Life Beyond Code

DECEMBER 28, 2012

2013 is days away. Here is a 17-point program to make it your best year. PS : If you have not checked out the Metrics that Matter (for free) this might be a good time to take a look at it. Happy New Year. Get paid to move the needle: Quit thinking that you need to get paid for the hours you put into anything. Entrepreneur.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric – [link]. “How to Pick the Programming Language for Your First MVP” – [link]. Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric – [link]. Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric – [link]. Chicago-based BrightTag ranked #4!

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

They need to learn to find answers to questions like: who are my customers, what product features match customer needs, how do I create demand and what metrics matter? In addition, most programs fail to teach students the distinction between a lifestyle business, small business and scalable startup. .” On Fire With A Vision.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 30, 2013

7 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2013 written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Like a lot of content producers I’m using the end of the year to look back and reflect on the body of work produced throughout the year. The use of high quality, education based content.

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ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2015

Agrawal, Catalini, and Goldfarb (2013) examined the types of risks that donors encounter in crowdfunding. In the official program, publicize the names of donors based on their donation amount: High Donations : Executive Producers. Kuppuswamy and Bayus (2013) analyzed all Kickstarter projects from 2009 to 2012. Project Risk.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2013

They’re using metrics that are often unworkable in the current business environment, causing growing businesses to look elsewhere for capital and increasingly towards alternative forms of financing. Such programs help early-stage companies get the capital they need to fuel growth, especially when banks aren’t lending.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

We’re looking for speakers for the 2013 Lean Startup Conference. Last year, the co -founders of B ack to the Roots talked about their innovation accounting and how they were ignoring sales metrics in order to grow. This post was written by Sarah Milstein, co-host of The Lean Startup Conference. Glad you asked.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

We’ve posted the full program for The Lean Startup Conference , and it includes more than three days of events for Gold pass holders and six days of events for VIP pass holders. Once upon a time in the 1950s, the average lifespan of a company on the S&P 500 was 58 years, I think, and in 2013, it’s down to about 13 years.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

As part of our expanded program this year , we’re looking more deeply at the role Lean Startup methods can play in transforming education and other mission-driven organizations (more on the latter below). Diane’s work suggests that even educational organizations—notoriously bureaucratic and slow—can effectively implement Lean Startup methods.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

In 2013, Google launched their demographic report within Google Analytics, and the collective cheer of marketers resonated across the globe. Use the top-left drop-down box to view different metrics, which include: % New Sessions —find out if you’ve managed to successfully target a new demographic. Google Analytics Demographics.

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Up and Running

JULY 2, 2013

At SXSW 2013, I got us in The Wall Street Journal by making my co-founder get our logo tattooed on his back side. During the 2012 election, we made a site that compared candidates’ website stats — not just website traffic, but a lot of interesting metrics. Moore , RJMetrics. Tattooing My Co-Founder. Making Our Company Relevant.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2015

The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs, lows and pivots that pushed them forward. She started ArtLifting with her brother, Spencer, in 2013, and acknowledges her youth and enthusiasm have been assets.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

The real metrics that help you determine if you’ve achieved product/market fit. ” The easiest metric for subscription software products to check is churn rate. . VIP program - Men’s Wearhouse also offers Free Shipping for “Perfect Fit” Members. & a lot more. Calculate Your Churn.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

According to Nielsen, YouTube reaches more US adults ages 18-34 than any cable network as of mid-2013. As of March 2013, one billion, (B!), One more thing to ponder… One hundred hours of video is uploaded into YouTube every single minute, as of May 2013. I'm not a fan of compound metrics. How cool is that!

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ConversionXL

MAY 16, 2018

Know the difference between leading and lagging metrics. While it’s always necessary to keep track of lagging indicators to evaluate ongoing performance, as marketers we want to understand what causes those metrics to move either up or down. As you can see, leading metrics differ wildly depending on the brand and industry.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

See Also: The 5 Metrics You Need to Track for Your Subscription (SaaS) Business to Succeed. As best we can tell, our company was the first city-themed subscription box when we launched in 2013,” says Sam Davidson of his business Batch. “No Start a VIP early-access program. “If Determine the saturation point. “As

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2014

That’s why you need to be simultaneously feeding your growth engine , while monitoring churn and your other startup metrics. When they met to discuss and attempt to address the issue in January 2013, they realized they had little insight into exactly why customers were leaving. churn rate meant the company’s growth was unsustainable.

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

Along the way I'll share some of my favourite metrics and analytics best practices that should accelerate your path to becoming a true Analysis Ninja. At this point you'll be a little confused about some metric or the other. Go, read one of the best pages in the Analytics help center: Understanding Dimensions and Metrics.

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entrepreMusings

JULY 6, 2013

April 2, 2013: Thumbtack.com , in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, today released the second-annual Thumbtack.com Small Business Friendliness Survey showing that Utah, Alabama, New Hampshire, Idaho and Texas rated as the top-five friendliest states for small business. San Francisco, Calif.) What is Thumbtack.com ?

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Key Digital Marketing Trends For 2013 | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. B t Metrics – [link]. Andreessen Horowitz, Github, and Box Share 2013 Enterprise Insights - [link]. Programming Your Culture | TechCrunch - [link]. Key Digital Marketing Trends For 2013 | crowdSPRING Blog – [link].

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The success of business can be measured through many metrics — page views, revenues, profits, the number of employees, or an exit (either through a private or through a public sale). Just like my brain was programmed to smoke every few minutes, the meddling had become an ingrained behavior. Back to the top. They may [.].

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2013! - crowdspring.co/1aTk8Jc. Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2013! - crowdspring.co/1aTk8Jc. 14 metrics marketers use to measure social media ROI in 2010 vs. 2013 - crowdspring.co/1fDCYZw. Want to change the world? Eat more nuts. 18VZyZt.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

” But in 2013, the Sheehans set their sights higher. We added an employee-of-the-month program, we work on providing meals and beers, and trips to Portland, but retaining people is still a tough one. It was August 2013 when we put an offer on the current building, after looking at about 15 different properties.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 26, 2017

In IBM Marketing Cloud’s 2016 Email Marketing Metrics Benchmark Study we also see comparable stats. Incentives and prompts for your referral program. In 2013, management consultancy McKinsey & Company estimated that Amazon generated 35% of its revenue from its on-site and email product recommendations. Image Source.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Amazon Prime members (that’s Amazon’s loyalty program), convert at 74%. While I don’t have access to CollegeHumor’s data, I’m willing to bet that once they convince a reader to view one article from the homepage, their engagement and retention metrics increase. Those numbers are impressive. So, what gives?

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marketingland.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

8 Ways We Deceive Ourselves With Metrics (And How To Avoid Them), Part I. and particularly people involved in metrics and evaluation of “how did we do this week/month/quarter?” ” Every metric you have for success implies you’d like more or less of that metric, so you always have a wished-for outcome at hand.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

When I decided to leave my mobile data start-up in 2013, I remembered my mortgage experience from 2010, and found that nothing had changed – the model was broken, antiquated and inefficient. In the summer of 2013, we decided to found Sindeo. After looking at many extensions, we came up with the word ‘metrics.’

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

So we decided to study one program in particular: Harvard Business School. So I have personal scars from what it means to over-index success using fundraising as the key metric. All eyes on you, classes of 2012, 2013, 2014! There is no single right answer. Disclosure: I’m a second year MBA candidate at HBS.)

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practicetrumpstheory.com

JULY 14, 2010

First, what is an actionable metric? An actionable metric is one that ties specific and repeatable actions to observed results. This distinction carries over to metrics too. Map Metrics to Actions The next step is to map specific actions in your product to Activation and Retention.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

We measure, we have programs against diversity inclusion. Our chief diversity officer is as metric-driven as you would see. In 2013, California was the only place that had regulations on ride sharing. It’ll all be underlined by a membership program. It’s like, no, no, no. She’s great. We’re going to be there for you.

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Up and Running

MAY 25, 2016

The Mohawk Valley Metric Century —a bike ride event in Eugene, Oregon—is an example of a benefit event held annually to raise money for Oregon Supported Living Program’s Arts & Culture Program. Barring event expenses, all proceeds are contributed to the aforementioned charitable institution.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 6, 2018

All metrics were revealed. At Bazaarvoice, we practiced vulnerability by reading books like Fierce Conversations and having training programs around them. One of my good friends, Autumn Manning, won this year and I recently did a podcast with her on company culture. This lesson was first shared at Lucky7 on Feb. but most informative?—?presentation.

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

I’d like to think that our programs are helping students live lives of meaning through the benefits of entrepreneurship.   They have a growth metric – one measurement of success – that focuses the attention of the entire enterprise. April 2013. January 2013. Ours was increasing business from current customers.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Content continues to dominate media headlines and marketing programs at many startups and small businesses. The study surveyed 1,217 marketers around the world in July and August 2013. The study surveyed 1,217 marketers around the world in July and August 2013. But is content marketing effective?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2019

by Will Koffel , head of the Google Cloud Startup Program in the Americas. In 2013, I left a CTO job overseeing a 50-person product engineering team for the same job at a four-person startup. Development teams must build a muscle for reliable estimation and delivery, whether through Scrum velocity metrics or their own approach.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2019

These metrics show the progress you’re making to determine if you are on or off track. My company was founded in 2004, but we didn’t have a BHAG until 2013. I designed our first BHAG in 2013: keep all junk we pick up out of landfills. In the past, these types of goal setting programs were treated as corporate fluff.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Maybe you are wondering which metrics to track, or whether or not you should take out a loan for your business. Skype became part of Microsoft so I was at Microsoft for two years and then in September of 2013 I left Microsoft and GroupMe to start Fundera which is an online marketplace for small business loans. Thank you very much.

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