ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

Most startups are driven by high-end technology, innovations, and agile testing, with the help of which new trends are being born. This is one of the “must-haves” in the business strategy and should be considered a priority rather than an option.

eCommerce 185

eCommerce Technical Review Software Review Analytics 185

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Are your campaigns driving conversions? In this article, we’ll share key brand tracking metrics and methods for how to measure and optimize your success. Key brand tracking metrics. Unlike conversion rate formulas that produce statistically significant results, the ROI of brand awareness is less obvious and quantifiable.

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Metrics Marketing Campaign Audience 157

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2011

It may be hard to remember that there was a time when people in the agile software development community thought Lean Startup was incompatible with agile practices. Bring your tough questions – Brad and I will be having a conversation on stage and you’re invited to join us. No BS, no vanity metrics, no launches, no PR.

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San Francisco Silicon Valley Lean Agile 146

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2021

It's important to keep business agile. I figured that telephonic conversations provide limited help to the victims, and physical intervention is required. One of the key metrics of success in Real Estate is having a large market share. #8- Being prepared for the unexpected. Photo Credit: Sean Kelly.

Entrepreneur 136

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 2, 2010

The Five Whys for Start-Ups - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review Root cause analysis and preventive maintenance are concepts we expect to see in a factory setting. As start-ups scale, this agility will be lost unless the founders maintain a consistent investment in that discipline. Read the rest of The Five Whys for Start-Ups.

Technical Review 132

Technical Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 132

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.

Metrics 141

Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

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. Of more relevance is another research by Google that indicates fast websites lead to higher conversion rates and lower bounce rates. Whichever drives engagement and conversion levels better is the one you use.

eCommerce 142

eCommerce Analytics Framework Mobile 142

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Our fall webcast series concluded on a high note with three extraordinary conversations about the origins and implications of Lean Startup. Kent, a veteran programmer, a founder of the Agile method and the creator of Extreme Programming, came armed with anecdotes and lessons from his own experience, as well as a few questions for Eric.

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Lean San Francisco Cofounder Programming 165

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2010

Heres an excerpt: The Startups Rules of Speed - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review Every startup that achieves success eventually faces a critical moment — whether to speed up or slow down. Read the rest of The Startups Rules of Speed - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review. This is the speed-up-or-slow-down moment.

Software Review 141

Software Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 141

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Most of the time, the experiments you run will have a zero percent conversion rate - meaning no customers were harmed during the making of this experiment. I would aim to get no more than 1o0 clicks per day - over the course of a week or two, youll get pretty good conversion data. Measure conversion rates. Expo SF (May.

Demand 167

Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 167

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MARCH 2, 2023

We exhibit wisdom by utilizing objective data for our experiments and identifying the truth that manifests in the metrics compiled from our data. We demonstrate courage when we align our efforts and activities with those metrics despite our personal feelings and desires. Strategy 3: Enhance and prosper through unguarded conversation.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This means users can pose questions or enter queries in a more natural, conversational manner without being limited to specific keywords. Precision and Recall Metrics: Define a process to assess the precision (the relevance of retrieved documents) and the recall (how many of the relevant documents were fetched).

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Artificial Inteligence Generative AI Search Database 346

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

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 17, 2009

Im excited that well get more than the usual few minutes of Q&A, so come with a healthy appetite for conversation. If you or your company is interested in sponsoring someone with a scholarship to travel to the expo and contribute to the conversation, please leave a comment or let me know. You heard me right. Expo SF (May.

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Lean San Francisco Web Continuous Deployment 76

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 7, 2010

Id be honored to have you join the conversation. The Conversation - Harvard Business Review For most of us, the phrase management science conjures up a decidedly non-entrepreneurial image, and for good reason. Read the rest at The Conversation - Harvard Business Review. Id be honored to have you join the conversation.

San Francisco 119

San Francisco Management Continuous Deployment Lean 119

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Analytics is about designing, reporting, and leveraging operating metrics to aid strategic and functional decision-making. These are operating metrics because they are not part of GAAP financial statements, even though they are critical for everyone from the CEO to marketers and PMs to make data-informed decision on a daily basis.

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Analytics Hiring SQL Forecast 149

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

This type of agile thinking is what matters. Eric Ries, CEO at Long-Term Stock Exchange and author of Lean Startup , explains why this isn’t as big of a deal as it seems for agile teams… Eric Ries , Long-Term Stock Exchange: “If you’re worried about disappointing some potential customers – don’t be.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review Way back when the money was doled out, the team made a compelling pitch about the large market that was going to adopt their new innovative product or service. They are on-schedule and on-budget, but their gross metrics are way off.

Hockey Stick 105

Hockey Stick San Francisco Entrepreneur Lean 105

Women Entrepreneurs Can

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Knowing your audience helps craft messages that resonate with them, leading to higher engagement and conversions. This agility enables you to make informed decisions, optimizing your advertising efforts for maximum impact. Use analytics tools to track metrics and conversion rates.

Advertising 52

Advertising Small Business Campaign Audience 52

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

Unfortunately, the video of our sllconf conversation is not online (due to technical problems), but we have a physical tape backup which we are endeavoring to get online soon. Although many of the non-technical folks in the room didnt understand what was happening in the moment, plenty of hackers were on high alert. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 133

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Software Review 133

Occam's Razor

MARCH 8, 2010

Like good little Reporting Squirrels we collect and stack metrics as if preparing for an imminent ice age. Rather than being a blessing that stack becomes a burden because we live in times of bright lovely spring and nothing succeeds like being agile and nimble about what we collect, what we give up, and what we deliberately choose to ignore.

Metrics 117

Metrics Web Analytics PPC 117

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. Go on an agile diet quickly. With a product development team that is not shipping, any agile methodology will surface major problems quickly. Time-to-complete-a-sale is not a bad metric for validated learning at this stage. And yet, their investors are frustrated.

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

OnlyOnce

JUNE 30, 2022

I can always picture the person narrating the book, or hear their voice saying the words, I can periodically see their personality showing through the words on the page, and books bring out so much more detail than I’d ever get from a conversation.

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Silicon Valley Agile Venture Capital Framework 62

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

So I generally feel right at home in these conversations. 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. In other words, they are facing conditions of extreme uncertainty, just like startups. Is that a lot?

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Focus on the output metrics of that part of the product, and you make the problem a lot more clear. To promote this metrics discipline, we would present the full funnel to our board (and advisers) at the end of every development cycle. Max Levchin of Slide and Paypal has noted that 10% of Slides headcount is devoted to metrics only.

San Francisco 166

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Continuous Deployment 166

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 29, 2010

The way forward requires getting everyone together in a room, and having a conversation about where were headed. My aspiration with the Lean Startup methodology has always been to provide such a framework, so that we have more intelligent conversations about what works and what doesnt for startups. Thats what this conference is for.

San Francisco 120

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 120

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Metrics for this depth are rare and only long-term. We might have medium-term goals like “adopting agile methodologies” or “getting everyone on the same page with a project kick-off” as the outcomes for the reader. The metrics for this level are more concrete and objective.

Agile 139

Agile Social Media Audience Software Review 139

Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

And worse, even if someone does manage to start something new, our management structure has so many financial, legal and HR hurdles that every initiative needs to match our existing business financial metrics, processes and procedures. More agile competitors are starting to eat into our business. What Drives Innovation?

Widget 120

Widget Lean Business Model Metrics 120

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

In a startup context, numbers like gross revenue are actually vanity metrics, not actionable metrics. For example, say that your business model calls for a 4% conversion rate – as ours did initially at IMVU. After a few months of early beta at IMVU, we discovered that our actual conversion rate was about 0.4%.

San Francisco 102

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup 102

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

It is written in a conversational tone, doesnt take itself too seriously, and avoids extraneous fluff. It is written in a conversational tone, doesnt take itself too seriously, and avoids extraneous fluff. I think theyve succeeded. The Entrepreneur’s Guide is an easy read. I think theyve succeeded. Expo SF (May.

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Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

I always learn a ton from him and this conversation was no exception. These are metrics that are impacted in the short term as a result of the changes under experimentation, but they don’t have a great line of sight to key business metrics over the long term (ex. Bala is a seasoned product, business, and technology leader.

San Francisco 133

San Francisco Metrics Demand Austin 133

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

I hope to show why lean and agile techniques actually reduce the negative impacts of technical debt and increase our ability to take advantage of its positive effects. Yet other agile principles suggest the opposite, as in YAGNI and DoTheSimplestThingThatCouldPossiblyWork. Reconciling these principles requires a little humility.

Technical Review 168

Technical Review Software Review San Francisco Lean 168

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 1, 2015

Why Revenue Isn’t the Most Important Financial Metric for Startups – buff.ly/1DhyQo4. A Conversation With Stewart Butterfield nyti.ms/1JZMxhm. A Designer’s Introduction to “Agile” Methodology – Tuts+ Web Design Article bit.ly/1JT4QEb. When the Cyberbully Is You nytimes.com/2015/04/30/sty…. 1D7HR4v.

Small Business 48

Small Business Design Social Media Startup 48

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Most importantly, if you know a high-quality entrepreneur who you think would add to the conversation, would you be willing to try and convince them to attend? We changed our model to B2B and adopted Agile around 2002. Would you be willing to link to the Master Class info page from your blog? Expo SF (May.

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

If you find yourself getting asked non-key questions, try to use your answers to steer the conversation back to the key questions. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Expo SF (May.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 128

Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

What are those metrics? Andrew : If you are a travel company right now, I think you’re seeing very specific metrics dropping. As a result of that, all of those metrics go up. Transcript: Hi, and welcome to the a16z podcast. I’m Lauren Murrow. ” We have to watch our cash.

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Founder Conversion Technical Review Cash Position 36

Hearpreneur

JUNE 21, 2017

10 – It’s much easier to double your business by doubling your conversion rate than doubling your traffic. It’s much easier to double your business by doubling your conversion rate than doubling your traffic. It helps me have the agility to make adjustments on the fly that benefit brands.

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Entrepreneur Africa Cofounder CTO Hire 51