Agile VC
JUNE 5, 2011
4) Unique Reporting of Accounting: Much has been made in the press that Groupon has chosen to report alternative non-GAAP metrics in addition to GAAP accounting. IMO this is much ado about nothing, as any comptentent analyst can look at Groupon’s GAAP and non-GAAP metrics and get a good sense of the business.
ConversionXL
JUNE 20, 2019
In comparison, Facebook Live shows overview metrics like minutes viewed, average percentage completion, and unique viewers.). Boston University used Vidyard to create personalized videos that encouraged people to promote their fundraising event, “Giving Day.”. Brightcove analytics aggregated data effectively across those platforms.
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Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 5, 2009
In a startup context, numbers like gross revenue are actually vanity metrics, not actionable metrics. Similarly, it’s easy to generate large aggregate numbers by simply falling back to non-disruptive or non-sustainable tactics (see Validated learning about customers for one example). June 8, 2009 1:16 AM Colin said.
Startup Lessons Learned
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
Two others – that each team member give their input independently and that the results be objectively aggregated – are also key parts of building a meritocracy. Diversity is not the only requirement for making good group decisions. So why is demographic diversity important? So why is demographic diversity important?
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 24, 2009
Despite all the energy invested in talking to authors about the size of their platform, very few gatekeepers have a rigorous set of metrics for measuring it. The problem is that there are no other metrics they can look at to judge the content of a book to know if it’s worth reviewing. Is that a lot? In that I see opportunity.
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 14, 2009
Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. First of all, it means that most aggregate measures of success, like total revenue, are not very useful. Time-to-complete-a-sale is not a bad metric for validated learning at this stage. Thank you for your simple, insightful explanation of why that is the wrong metric to use.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 14, 2009
In an ecosystem, each participant acts according to its own imperatives, but these selfish actions have an aggregate effect. In an ecosystem, each participant acts according to its own imperatives, but these selfish actions have an aggregate effect. Why vanity metrics are dangerous What is Lean about the Lean Startup?
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