View from Seed

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Recently, I’ve been working with a few of our portfolio companies to help them think about how to recruit and interview their first analytics hire. Analytics vs. Finance?—?what’s Analytics is about designing, reporting, and leveraging operating metrics to aid strategic and functional decision-making.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2021

In line with this, HR leaders will have to remain agile, forging culture-based connections when they can while still preserving the structure of the business. And once things like machine learning and big data analytics get thrown into the mix, it’s hard to stop that momentum. The Gig Economy: Here to Stay? Data-Driven Insights.

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Artificial Inteligence Algorithm Retention Software Review 150

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2023

Additionally, the shift towards performance-driven metrics for remote teams allowed professionals to take their productivity to new heights Thanks to David Brickley, STN Digital ! #7- 9- L&D enables teams to be agile Photo Credit: Chris Gadek Investing in L&D is essential for companies to build agility into their cultures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2017

Technology allows forward-looking predictions of outcomes, and critical decision-making assistance through artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), medical diagnostics, and data analytics. It’s not enough to merely talk about these changes.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Leadership Agile 139

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

In a new book, “ The Leadership Capital Index ,” Dave Ulrich, a best-selling author, business consultant, and business school professor, provides some real insights and metrics on what makes up the elements of goodwill in the minds of top valuation experts. I have paraphrased his key points here as follows: Leader personal impact.

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ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2020

From where they’re standing, they’ve already spent a ton of money buying analytics and dashboarding tools, each of which promised to be the holy grail. You also need metrics on cart abandonment and purchase rates of those who saw your test idea and those who didn’t. Someone will need to track additional metrics. Dependencies.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 12, 2022

While it is unclear how much Google uses speed as a metric, what is clear is how users treat a slow-loading website. Analytics – Learn more about your customers. An example is using analytics to learn more about where your customers are coming from. Stagnancy will allow other more agile marketers to leapfrog you.

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eCommerce Analytics Framework Mobile 144

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

With digital analytics , you have access to all the data you need to make smart decisions without solely relying on feelings. In this guide, you’ll learn how digital analytics can benefit your business and how to use it to communicate with stakeholders. Table of contents What is digital analytics and what can you gain from it?

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

In this article, we’ll share key brand tracking metrics and methods for how to measure and optimize your success. Key brand tracking metrics. Supplement brand loyalty metrics with qualitative measures such as brand associations and perceived quality, as these can give you insight into why customers intend to repurchase.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

There is no golden metric for everyone, we are all unique snowflakes! :). and tell you what are the best key performance indicators (metrics) for them. In the past I’ve shared a cluster of metrics that small, medium and large businesses can use as a springboard…. If you want to play along. Don’t read what I’ve chosen.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Enable Google Analytics tracking. You just have to sign up for Google Analytics, get your account number, and plug it into your site. Use Googles built-in Analytics/AdWords integration, to track the effectiveness of each ad you run. The nice thing about services like SnapPages is that they offer this built-in. Expo SF (May.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

The disadvantage is that its methodology was based on the old waterfall model of product development and not the agile and lean methods that startups use today. It taught lean theory ( business model design , customer development and agile engineering) and practice. Seeing Is Believing. The Business Plan is Dead.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

It’s also a time when you are most agile to work on ideas and implement strategies without the crippling setbacks caused by decision hierarchy and process. Others data Extraprise metrics' The early startup phase of your business is a very exciting time because there is an immense amount of opportunity and success to be had.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 15, 2019

Bubble Kings most commonly reside in organizations where there is little to no accountability (or misplaced accountability, ex: celebration of vanity metrics). If, for any number of valid reasons, you are stuck there my advice is to focus your analytical efforts exclusively on the Attacker's biggest fears. To provide context.

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Leadership Non-Compete Analytics Software Review 79

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

This actually aligns closely with the Lean Planning approach, which allows your business to be more agile and make adjustments as you test your idea in the market. For me, the key to reducing setbacks in my freelance business was to study my business metrics, do a robust market analysis , and close the loopholes as they emerged.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

We wanted to give you a rundown of what’s in store, along with particular insight into two of the workshops we’re most excited to have lined up for Gold and VIP attendee s—one session with Jez Humble on implementing continuous delivery and one with Alistair Croll on Lean analytics for corporate entrepreneurs.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

It’s also a time when you are most agile to work on ideas and implement strategies without the crippling setbacks caused by decision hierarchy and process. Others data Extraprise metrics' The early startup phase of your business is a very exciting time because there is an immense amount of opportunity and success to be had.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MARCH 18, 2024

These adoptions often lead to a company-wide metamorphosis, ushering businesses into a new era of efficiency, agility, and data-driven decision-making. The return on investment in an ERP system transcends mere financial metrics, encompassing improvements in customer satisfaction, employee productivity, and overall organizational agility.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, February 8, 2010 Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Review) The next article in my series on entrepreneurship for Harvard Business Review is live today. Once again, we revisit the topic of Actionable metrics and their nemesis: Vanity metrics. Remember "metrics are people, too."

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Metrics San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 121

Occam's Razor

MARCH 8, 2010

Is that your web analytics existence? Don't feel too bad, you share that plight with most citizens of the Web Analytics universe. Like good little Reporting Squirrels we collect and stack metrics as if preparing for an imminent ice age. It was a part of my first book, Web Analytics: An Hour A Day. The problem?

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This agility enables you to make informed decisions, optimizing your advertising efforts for maximum impact. Use analytics tools to track metrics and conversion rates. Your small business remains competitive with new, more effective advertising formats, staying ahead of the curve.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 24, 2017

Everyone has railed against these practices ( including us , many times), but it still seems that much of the industry is focused on short term metrics and surface level changes. With agile development cycles and uncertain monetization models, they live and die by data and experimentation. Image Source.

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Conversion Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Analytics 48

ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2017

In AI implications on Marketing and Analytics , I placed my considerations explaining how and why Artificial Intelligence (AI) will shape the next generation of Analytics and Marketing SaaS products. SaaS stacks give companies the agility they need to move fast, but often they are the cause of a huge data fragmentation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

That’s because many of our reports feed us vanity metrics: numbers that make us look good but don’t really help make decisions. Yet even among those who have access to good actionable metrics, I’ve noticed a phenomenon that prevents taking maximum advantage of data. Too much of this data is non- actionable.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Meeting growth metrics, achieving profitability, and ensuring a substantial return on investment are now integral parts of the startup journey. The Founder’s Journey To truly succeed, a founder needs resilience , a consistent capacity to innovate, and the agility to adapt to an ever-changing market.

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Technical Review Startup Silicon Valley Agile 137

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

In the early fall of 2009, as kaChing prepared for its marketplace launch, the management team showed the app—which included real time market data, SEC-grade accounting, analytics, compliance and customer management tools—to a number of investment pros to get feedback and endorsements. Expo SF (May.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment SEC 158

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Most importantly, it’s now possible to have detailed analytics on exactly what’s happening to messages and ideas as they flow through word-of-mouth channels. 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.

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San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Specifically: Who owns web analytics / who it reports to from a org structure perspective. Let me hasten to add that this, web analytics ownership, does not exist in a vacuum. If your overall web business is misaligned from an org perspective then honestly there is no hope for you, regardless of where analytics sits.].

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Analytics Framework Web Lean 95

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 12, 2016

And, as if unlimited is not enough, nearly every month your analytics vendors release new features, you discover new analytics solutions, and as your business is more successful (hurray!) What guarantees that agility and innovation are present in your analytics practice? It is not even an analytics tool.

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Analytics DC Software Review Leadership 60

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Nose to the grind "How do I" questions: David Walizer: How do you sell the value of web analytics to a skeptical client in 30 seconds or less? By doing multichannel analytics! More detail on those techniques, and three more, are in this blog post: Multichannel Analytics: Tracking Offline Conversions. Let's go!

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Analytics Web Non-Compete Metrics 94

YoungUpstarts

MAY 26, 2014

Superior number-crunching and analytics. It’s their comfort zone: numbers, metrics, analytics, logistics, strategies, and a well-defined and easy-to-see ROI. It’s how companies become agile. Boosting speed. Effectively managing the supply chain. It’s where brands are built.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

At Facebook we never did testing or looked at analytics. Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? We did surveys, user testing and psychological profiles.

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San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 60

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

There are few courses which teach aspiring entrepreneurs the skills (business models, customer and agile development, design thinking, etc.) We’ll build the class around the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack. use Google Analytics to measure the success of your campaign.

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Wiki Lean Management Business Model 311

ConversionXL

JANUARY 14, 2020

Looking at internal search keywords in tools like Google Analytics, Algolia , or Looker has many benefits. To find internal search data in Google Analytics, go to: Behavior; Site Search; Search Terms; Look at the “Search Term” column. Unless you’re a small, agile startup, shipping new features isn’t as simple as it sounds.

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SEO Framework SCRUM Search 159

Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2010

There are more mistruths and F U D about Web analytics out there than I think is reasonable. Web Analytics, this beautiful child, was born just the other day in the midst of tumultuous times, quite literally, when everything changes every day. Here are ten web analytics ground truths… 1. Part of it fueled by Vendors.

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Analytics Web Metrics Channel 118

Brandanew

JULY 9, 2015

For a small firm, while there are advantages that come with being more agile, it is also harder to compete on uneven ground as they may not have large budgets. There was no one God-sent metric box that solved all our queries in one go. They may also engage with large PR houses to get the distribution going.

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Marketing SEO Metrics Agile 100

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 17, 2011

Sawyier checks Google Analytics and other website tools daily and understands how his search rankings and traffic patterns change and what he has to do to keep the page views coming. Think of this as akin to agile management and don't be afraid to take small risks to learn how to improve your offerings. Know your site demographics.

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