Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Wize provides consumers with a unique way to leverage the online wisdom by aggregating the opinions of millions of users and by letting people ask questions about a specific product or need to the Wize community. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Save the planet!

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Los Angeles Europe 48

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 a previous post , I covered the three main drivers of growth: Paid, Sticky, and Viral. Now consider a traditional media business. Let’s look at a viral growth company, like Facebook.

Customer 156

Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

“We’re using … TinyLetter for our “Content Newsletter” … and Buffer to schedule social media posts. Point Nine Capital uses Mention for media monitoring. I use Hootsuite to coordinate my social media activity, which consists of Teten.com, PEVCTech.com , Linkedin , AngelList , and (passively) Twitter and Facebook.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Occam's Razor

MAY 19, 2014

But the problem is that single golden metrics hide valuable insights and, more often than not, drive bad behavior. Here's my proposal: If you are pushed to have a single golden metric, give it a partner. The BFF metric you find should not be one that is very far away. So, great metric. Honestly, who can blame them.

Metrics 159

Metrics Analytics SEC Acquisition 159

Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

We talked to global social media experts and influencers to share with us their top social analytics tools for the coming year. For one these tools are entirely free and they provide a very in-depth look into how your account is performing on social media. Tina Chan, Social Media Manager, GEECL. Carrie Aulenbacher , Author.

Analytics 100

Analytics Social Media Marketing Media 100

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 11, 2020

There's a good enough vaccine to get the virality rate below one. But I do think there will be at least a short term moment where after a period of a lot of despair, and economic, and health disaster, a huge number of people die in tragedy, by mega tragedy, by any metric. SA : I don't remember the very first company.

Silicon Valley 68

Silicon Valley Technical Review Government .Net 68

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

It has been awesome, flattering, and humbling to see that post went viral and has been seen by so many thousands of people — mainly aspiring entrepreneurs — and has been translated into many languages. Your customer is growing up on social media. Jason is also an investor in and Board Member at RJ Metrics.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Effectively measuring and understanding your CAC and CLTV metrics are key to future success. Bessemer SaaS Law #1: Your key monthly business metrics are: CMRR (Committed Monthly Recurring Revenue), Churn, and Cash flow - “Bookings” is for suckers. Brian, Paglo www.paglo.com. Great list! Great list! Philippe Botteri.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

This introduction was also the opportunity to illustrate the amazing growth of our software and saas portfolio in the past years, with aggregated revenues reaching $1.2B What metrics should I be using to drive a saas business? If you want to learn more on SaaS metrics, you can read my previous blog post. Save the planet!

Software Review 48

Software Review South Korea IPO Portfolio 48

Occam's Razor

APRIL 29, 2013

Many used some data, but they unfortunately used silly data strategies/metrics. And silly simply because as soon as the strategy/success metric being obsessed about was mentioned, it was clear they would fail. It is a really good metric. There are many spectacular reasons for why Like (and +1s, Followers) is a horrible metric.

Metrics 166

Metrics Marketing Search SEO 166

Cracking the Code

MAY 15, 2008

The next wave of internet will come from companies aggregating these various data sets and leveraging them to provide more value to the user. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. but we have reached the inflection point when these silos will get connected.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review San Jose Venture Capital 48