David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

For technology vendors and models, see Venture capitalists eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments. . Real Ventures , an early-stage, Canadian-based fund, runs a two-day Founder Camp every six months. Here are a few other examples of services which do meet these two tests: Bootcamp.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Analytics spark more questions and discussion than almost any other aspect of the Lean Startup method. If you’re coming to them from outside the tech sector, the language around analytics can be particularly confusing. For those new to analytics, Alistair and Ben have a free Udemy course well worth checking out.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Especially in the early stages of growth, standing up to competition means that your business also needs to minimize the cost of acquiring new customers. Customer acquisition drives sales and profit margins and it needs to be measured and balanced together with the customers’ lifetime value (LTV). Email campaigns.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Well, I have coached early stage entrepreneurs for a couple of years now - diligently, patiently - and have learned a few things. The first step is to develop some reference customers, something all early-stage startups should do. However, 1M/1M is a development economics project.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 16, 2015

For early stage companies, the metrics that matter might typically center around activation, engagement and retention. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC). Lean Analytics recommends this set of metrics for some of the major categories of startups: Create a management dashboard. Gross Profit. Payroll Expenses. Compass.co

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In liquid markets, most of the calories expended on technology and analytics are focused on trade selection, or “ origination ”. I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm . 3) Raise capital.

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 25, 2015

Firm founder Kirsten Green has an amazing analytical mind combined with empathy for the consumer. At the time, no one was investing in early stage consumer companies — it wasn’t a “thing” yet. Forerunner Ventures is one of Homebrew’s favorite co-investors for consumer commerce/retail startups. EK: It’s a great question.

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David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

We also have a better known brand than some of our early stage companies, so we can leverage that to help source talent. A more sophisticated way to do this: calculate your internal ratios , e.g., your Customer Acquisition Cost and Lifetime Value. This requires pulling in data from multiple datasets, e.g.,: marketing (e.g.,

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Quantitative & analytical. One of his biggest accomplishments there was championing the acquisition of StubHub. ” After PayPal, StubHub is widely seen as eBay’s second most profitable acquisition. This is exactly the brand that GRP Partners wants to embody. Natural mentors – a desire to help. Approachable.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Only around 10–15% of B2B leads turn into paying customers, and it’s because tactics optimizing for the early stages of the funnel only cater to early-stage goals. It’s their job to implement a holistic approach to growth that encompasses both marketing and sales and looks at every stage of the buyer’s journey.

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Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

What should an early-stage startup founder focus on if they want to implement PLG? But for early stage founders, I think there are two particular scenarios where PLG can be really helpful. So for early-stage founders, those are the two scenarios where PLG might be a great fit. That's the foundation.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

#tearsofpain One way of removing silos and focusing on the entire business is to leverage Acquisition, Behavior and Outcome metrics. A small change I’ll make in this post is that when I recommend the metrics, I’ll follow the Outcomes | Behavior | Acquisition structure throughout this post. Hence that’s the macro-outcome.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 23, 2021

For example, if you haven’t achieved product-market fit, instrumenting every aspect of customer acquisition is overkill. I’ve seen entrepreneurs make the mistake of focusing all their efforts on customer acquisition when they also needed to fix a leaky funnel or customer churn. Just track metrics that help you improve the product.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

We spent the first 45 minutes or so talking about industry trends (in this order): The history and background of True Ventures, one of my favorite early-stage VC’s (and the one with whom Om is a venture partner). Offers cloud-based web analytics software provider. Total raised: $22.0mm. Read more: TechCrunch.

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The Startup Toolkit

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

In an early stage deal, you check the numbers to avoid getting exploited, but you make your decision based on the investors. The latter means products, analytics, optimisations, and developers. The former means your friends won’t hear about your company until the acquisition. The people. your website.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

acquisition. Mr. Fralic was also one of the early employees and VP of Business Development at Half.com starting in 1999, and after the eBay acquisition, spent six years with eBay in a variety of entertainment, business development, and media roles. through the Yahoo!

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

If you’re a startup founder, you’re probably looking at Google in some way, maybe in terms of partnership or acquisition, but maybe some level of suspicion and fear. Gradient Ventures – an early stage fund backed by Alphabet, investing exclusively in AI first companies. M&A – Acquisitions.

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The Startup Toolkit

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

In an early stage deal, you check the numbers to avoid getting exploited, but you make your decision based on the investors. The latter means products, analytics, optimisations, and developers. The former means your friends won’t hear about your company until the acquisition. The people. your website.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

I also advised Antonio to defer his investor road show and even customer acquisition programs until this basic positioning exercise is in place. IDES is an analytics enhancement for fraud prevention systems addressing the credit card fraud market. IDES Technologies. Then Cristina Soviany presented IDES Technologies from Belgium.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 13, 2019

And while that figure is promising, early-stage SaaS companies need a ton of growth to survive. Don’t focus on metrics like MRR too early on. Are you trying to grow an early-stage startup? But without any metrics, it’s impossible to track growth. And without growth, a SaaS company is dead in the water.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

But analyzing data will go beyond capital gains and be used to create smarter policies for those in need, as noted in Gartner Group’s “Top 10 Data and Analytics Trends for 2021.”. — Sajan Pillai is the CEO and Managing Partner of Season Two Ventures, an early-stage venture fund based in Southern California.

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Rob Go

MAY 28, 2015

There were a couple interesting tidbits that I learned from our conversation that is particularly relevant to early stage companies, and I thought I’d try to crystallize a few learnings on my blog as a companion to the podcast. Hopefully it’s helpful for founders and early stage operators as well.

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Rob Go

MAY 28, 2015

There were a couple interesting tidbits that I learned from our conversation that is particularly relevant to early stage companies, and I thought I’d try to crystallize a few learnings on my blog as a companion to the podcast. Hopefully it’s helpful for founders and early stage operators as well.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 21, 2013

Lean Analytics is the latest addition to the Lean Series. Start with metrics in mind To help with this, the book looks at dozens of metrics—such as churn, customer lifetime value, viral coefficient, acquisition cost, uptime, and engagement—and suggests where that metric should be before you can move on to the next stage of your business.

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keen.io

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

These were the best resources I found: Equity for Early Employees in Early Stage Startups. Startup Equity for Early Employees. This time, I was looking more closely at Keen’s cap table and various financial events, like raising Series A, becoming profitable, and company acquisition. Paul Graham’s Equity Equation.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

But the larger funds usually have lower returns because they are often investing bigger dollars at later stages with less risk and therefore lower returns. As you can see in this Cambridge Associates data, early-stage investing beat later stage investing in returns in 70% of the past 30 years. I use analytics.

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Haystack

JUNE 13, 2019

Normally, I like to pounce on these big acquisitions quickly with some quick analysis, but big M&A in tech is happening too fast, and it’s graduation season for the toddlers, and family is in town, so for this installment of the blog, we will talk about both Looker and Tableau together, as they’re in the same space. It was a red ocean.

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Rob Go

APRIL 24, 2015

User Acquisition: I’ve been on a bit of a quiet campaign to meet a bunch of really strong user-acquisition folks at different startups in Boston and New York. What they do have is a highly analytical background and a mentality around experimentation. The best companies tend to use tests in their hiring.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 25, 2021

This plan is your go-to-market (GtM) strategy , which should be informed by: Market conditions and competitive positioning Ideal customers and target audience Product offer and pricing Lead generation and customer acquisition process. These insights will help you choose a GtM strategy that will attract, retain, and grow your customer base.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

Amazon Corporate Development – Notable acquisitions include Whole Foods ($13.7B), smart doorbell system Ring ($1.2B, 2018) and autonomous mobility technology Zoox ($1.2bn). AWS Builder Space (Israel) – A non-equity program for early stage startups who are looking to accelerate their speed to market.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2020

Early stage startups have plenty of challenges, but benchmarking helps pinpoint product-market fit and provide directional data. For instance, benchmarking can show how your price point lines up against an industry heavy hitter or confirm you’re overpaying for customer acquisition costs. Tips for Startup Benchmarking.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2015

But as the company grows, it’s important to make the transition from acquisition to retention. A continued focus on acquisition isn’t an optimal strategy from a financial standpoint due to the costs involved, and it can also negatively affect brand management since dissatisfied former customers can dampen sales.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 11, 2018

Although automation may not seem as useful at this early stage compared to its place during the actual decision-making process (which is where abandoned cart emails, one common form, show up), there are still plenty of time-saving opportunities here to explore. Ask yourself in-depth questions while reviewing the results.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Internet analytics can be roughly broken down into two simple activities – customer acquisition and customer optimization. Nearly every Internet company on the planet has invested in some form of the first activity, customer acquisition. Customer acquisition efforts are pervasive in our industry.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

For startups the early stage funding landscape looks like this: Step 1: The Pre-seed round – you raise $100-$750K. You need to begin to “instrument” your customer acquisition process with analytics. Still, there are some benchmarks to keep in mind. Here’s the first 2½ years of a startup journey.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 4, 2023

You know, you name it, you know, for traffic analytics, right? John Jantsch (16:58): Yeah, you, I think you can almost make a case for saying it's targeting It is in a way because I think your core acquisition person that says this tools for this much and they know what those tools are, right? They want a path to grow themselves.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

12:33): And, you know, again, all respects like that started out with SEO, you know, but at the same time we realized over time that there's a need amongst our own user base and our future customers for content creation for marketer, you know, you name it, you know, for traffic analytics, right? They want a path to grow themselves.

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