Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

The full financial details and metrics were in the deck. So my time was freed up to call board members in advance and walk them through our metrics and understand any concerns. And it turns out that employee reviews matter. Didn’t have employees sign non-solicitation agreements? HR & Legal. Shame on you.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Small Business and Startups: The Trends for 2014 (Pt II) - crowdspring.co/1atXci8. Good whitepaper on advertising measurement metrics | by Ben Kunz – crowdspring.co/HsVIMR. Qualities Of Truly Great Employees | Business Insider by Dharmesh Shah - crowdspring.co/1h0QmFY. Perfect employees don’t exist.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 8, 2013

As we enter Q4, I’m starting to see discussions about annual performance – often in the context of gearing up for 2014 plans. Quantitative metrics are either too easy to hit, or completely impossible. I’m considering encouraging all the CEOs I work with to get rid of MBOs in 2014. Things are changing daily.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Benchmarking SaaS Startup Efficiency with Revenue per Employee Metrics | by @ttunguz – crowdspring.co/1sRVdjm. 30 new free tools & resources for designers (October 2014) | Inspired Magazine – crowdspring.co/1z7oKKI. Design Is Changing How We Innovate | Co.Design – crowdspring.co/1sChJN5. 1sGidTV.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 10, 2014

Their big goal in 2014 is to learn how to curtail their sweet tooth’s cravings and replace those sugary treats with healthier options—foods that sustain energy in a stable, healthy way, as opposed to a fast spike of energy, followed by an even faster crash and burn. Best of luck to you and your business in 2014.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

We invest in protocols that meet our quantitative and qualitative metrics. In 2014 he launched what was the first cryptoasset venture fund, the Dapps Fund. has about ~40 employees and has raised $9M in venture capital. We dive deep into white papers, review technology, economics, game theory, etc. Factom, Inc.

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Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2018

trillion in 2014. The first approach is to have your employees test your website’s usability. Ask employees (preferably ones that are unfamiliar with the website design) to complete a set list of tasks on your website. How will you know if your website is working for you if you never look at your metrics?

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2014

That’s why earlier this year, we wrote a white paper on the state of small business in the first quarter of 2014, based off of the survey that we conducted of nearly 400 small business owners. In fact, 76 percent of respondents said they expect to bring on new employees this year. How often are they checking up on key metrics?

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Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 12, 2016

It’s actually hard to find an investment thesis that was hot in 2014 that hasn’t had a corresponding disillusionment today. But many of today’s billion dollar venture firms invest in four-person startups as well as pre-IPO startups with thousands of employees. Let’s not even get started with “on-demand” or “subscription e-commerce.”

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

And according to some metrics, 2015 ended with 2.5% industry growth over 2014, with orders coming faster than months in the previous year. These metrics indicate slow but steady growth through 2016. Compared to many industries, that’s a large market split between relatively few competitors. Making a Business Plan.

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Up and Running

MAY 30, 2016

We received a certificate of excellence from Trip Advisor in 2015 and since I took over in 2014, I was able to raise our Canada Select (National accommodations rating program) score from a 4 to a 4.5,” she explains. The 7 Key Metrics Every Business Owner Should Monitor. How to Hire Your First Employee. Step 4: Hire your staff.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2013

I start by asking what I need to accomplish in 2014 to make it a great year and to put me on the path to achieving my long-term goals. I think about financial metric goals such as the revenue and profits I''d like to generate in 2014. And I look at the business assets I must create in 2014. And so on. Dave Lavinsky'

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Rob Go

APRIL 13, 2015

When Kayak went public, the company had one of the highest revenue/employee ratios of any business. Here’s what Kayak looked like when it went public: Kayak: IPO Market Cap: $1B, Revenue: $225M (2011), Employees: 185 (July 2012), Rev / Employee: $1.2M (Paul has quoted $1.5M, which makes sense given growth of the business in 2012).

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 22, 2015

Online sales metrics have reached a high of $248.7 billion in 2014. Internet has also erased the routine job hassles; employees sitting at disparate locations can coordinate with each other and submit their assignments to the client. So if you want to see your business flourish in future, it is vital to imbibe the trend.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Encourage your employees to post about your Facebook Page. Ask your employees to add their place of work, and perhaps occasionally share content from your business’s Facebook Page on their own timeline as well. However, if you’re thinking the impact of brand tone ends with your website, employees, or the product itself, think again.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

The Essential Email Marketing Metrics You Should Be Tracking | Hubspot blog – crowdspring.co/1gY786G. Does A Billion-Dollar Valuation Buy Employee Happiness? Good read for entrepreneurs & startup employees on liquidation preferences – crowdspring.co/1neVvzy. ReadWrite – crowdspring.co/1ekm5xR. 1eVT4b8.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 8, 2018

Does investing in employees marketing skills pay off? Per employee, expenditures ranged from $399 at large companies to $1,886 at smaller organizations, according to the same report from Training magazine. Or is it just a waste? Businesses spent nearly $94 billion on corporate training in 2017—a 33% increase over 2016.

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Transformify

JULY 25, 2019

million underserved youth since 2014. We also emphasize the importance of joining one of our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). The pilot started in Massachusetts and resulted in hiring three full-time employees. I am a numbers person and thankfully, I am part of a metrics-driven organization. About Transformify.

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 11, 2015

After watching my friend remain a committed leader when others might have abandoned hope, it was awesome to see Joe land Klout with a $200 million exit to Lithium in March 2014. We knew we were doing something controversial and we did our best to own it (Klout employees refer to themselves as Kloutlaws).

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

10 Ways to Motivate Your Employees on the Cheap – crowdspring.co/Y8l0IJ. Ten Things Bosses Never Tell Employees, But Should | by Jeff Haden – crowdspring.co/Yef2Gd. 10 Ways to Motivate Your Employees on the Cheap – crowdspring.co/Y8l0IJ. 50 Free Resources for Web Designers from August 2014 – crowdspring.co/1vJ9Fwa.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

Incepted in 2012, Alignable’s platform hit the market in 2014, and since then, we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of business owners in North America join. A few stats to consider on the market opportunity in North America alone: 28 million SMBs in North America, with roughly 60 million employees. Doesn’t look all that compelling.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Great Bosses Don’t Give Up When an Employee Needs Help - crowdspring.co/NeJf2t. Say no to SaaS vanity metrics - crowdspring.co/NzqJ53. Great Bosses Don’t Give Up When an Employee Needs Help - crowdspring.co/NeJf2t. Old School SEO Tests In Action (A 2014 SEO Experiment) - crowdspring.co/1dB0QGP. 1fDWbqg.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

The brewpub opened in 2014 and is gaining renown for its unique food menu, beers, and ciders. Elk Horn also won “Best New Restaurant” in Eugene Weekly Best of Eugene 2014-2015. Stephen: Employee relations. The toughest battle is finding solid employees. We’ve started reading self-help books on working with employees.

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VC Adventure

APRIL 16, 2020

The current programs, including the Payroll Protection Program authorized by Congress and the Main Street Lending Program from the Federal Reserve, seek to help small businesses and their employees. Most businesses have few employees. The result was 117,000 fewer companies in 2014 than there were in 2007. They sound good.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 26, 2017

A 2014 survey by Econsultancy revealed , “Just 42% of companies are able to measure customer lifetime value.” In IBM Marketing Cloud’s 2016 Email Marketing Metrics Benchmark Study we also see comparable stats. A 2014 survey by Econsultancy revealed, “Just 42% of companies are able to measure customer lifetime value.” click rate.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 10, 2013

By firing events on every action, you can get metrics that track Call-to-Action buttons and compare their performance to find out which one can be optimized. For most startups, including Path, one of the most efficient and practical ways to get feedback is by testing rapidly amongst close friends, family and employees.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

According to the Brewers Association, in 2014 Ninkasi was the thirty-sixth largest brewery in the U.S., In 2011 Falling Sky employed 20-25 people in the restaurant, brewery, and homebrew shop, and in 2015 that had grown to 45-55 employees. Metrics: Know your numbers. I’d been running the homebrew shop for a while,” says Jason.

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ConversionXL

MAY 14, 2014

Peep Laja (@peeplaja) April 17, 2014. The criteria for participating in this was that: Your company has to have over 100 employees. We analyzed the site, created a design treatment (built based on their brand guidelines) and it beat the control on every metric by 30%, 40% and so on. Know anyone? Great success.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2014

As the VP of worldwide sales and field operations, I had been looking for sales tools that engage and encourage HP’s sales reps and provide us with a clear understanding of which metrics are important, how they are collected, and how they are analyzed. Players (sales reps) earn points for everything they do. These results are hard to deny.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

For much of 2014 and 2015, I banged my head against a plane window flying back and forth between Austin and Silicon Valley while trying to raise institutional VC money for Localeur. but it’s true. One of the biggest myths alive and well in startup land, particularly in Silicon Valley and even in Austin’s tech scene, is that money rules all.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 11, 2020

He was president of the startup accelerator YCombinator from 2014-2019, and is currently the CEO of OpenAI, which he co-founded. 16:07) We discuss the importance of facilitating people's ability to do work, especially for leaders who have the flexibility to offer employees the chance to help. (18:12)

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Transformify

JULY 30, 2019

She later led its diversity and inclusion refresh to accelerate results, helping MassMutual increase the diversity of its customers, employees, financial advisors and suppliers, as well as driving forward a protocol that measures diversity and inclusion results as part of company performance. This crosses a variety of efforts.

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ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2019

In 2014, there were roughly 4.1 Despite the fact that email continues to thrive over 40 years after its inception , marketers remain fixated on top-of-funnel engagement metrics. is the average open rate for a company with 26–50 employees. It starts by understanding where email testing is today. Shocking, I know.). click rate)?

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2015

At Zeeto we’ve created a reporting platform to track our key metrics and daily financial progress and give all employees viewing access. You get a greater buy in from employees when they feel like they are “in the know.” We launched our first collection on Kickstarter (end 2014) and pre-sold 500 watches from our campaign.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

At its current 20-25% revenue growth rate, TripAdvisor will join Akamai in the billion dollar revenue club in 2014. I took a few of the relevant metrics – unique visitors, revenue and market capitalization – and calculated a few ratios to demonstrate how good a job TripAdvisors does at monetizing their users.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2023

One of the first companies (outside of Disney) to get access to the Snap Camera SDK, Zoog has some of the best conversion metrics I’ve seen for a B2C consumer app. You can find more ‘old school’ Israeli B2C startups in Dan Eblagon’s 2019 post. founded in 2019, raised $13.5M

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The Directors, the Marketers, the Optimization employees and our resident social media gurus. First, someone worked really hard on this and created a really nice model for a smarter decision to be made for 2014. The valiant hope is that they will do something. You are a Ninja, it will likely take you less.

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