crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

There are three parts to a good competitive analysis: (1) defining the metrics and identifying the competitors you’re comparing, (2) gathering the data, and (3) the analysis. You’re going to need some brand health metrics to track. Start by defining what metrics are important. 3) Develop personas for your target customers.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 13, 2011

As customer and agile development reinvent the startup, it's time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Rather than invent a new form of corporate governance, venture investors adopted the traditional board meeting structure from large corporations. What's Wrong With a Board Meeting?

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Silicon Valley Balance Sheet Metrics Early Stage 117

David Teten

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We assume it will be a 2-3 day discussion, but may be much longer, because of the CR (Continuing Resolution) to fund the government overall. Dickinson: 3 amendments likely to be offered: 1) Financing 2) Schumer, at request of financial services sector, is thinking of bringing an amendment to the floor re: business method patents.

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Intellectual Property Detroit Technical Review Software Review 60

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 12, 2016

What guarantees that agility and innovation are present in your analytics practice? What one critical metric will help you clearly measure performance for each strategy above? How will you know if the performance was a success or failure, what's the target for each critical metric? You plus Finance plus CMO.].

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Analytics DC Software Review Leadership 60

Up and Running

JUNE 8, 2015

Broadly speaking, businesses bring in money through sales, financing, and returns on investments, and they spend money on supplies and services, as well as utilities, taxes, and other bills. It also gives decision makers the funds they need to pay suppliers, creditors, and the government. See Also All About Cash Flow.

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Due Diligence Agile Government Finance 60

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2014

Most C-suites and shareholders speak the language of the hard edge: metrics, analytics, logistics, strategies, and a well-defined and easy-to-see ROI. A strong soft edge makes a company resilient and agile — even in the face of the occasional C-suite disagreement. That’s how we can come up with a roadmap for the whole company.

Algorithm 174

Algorithm Analytics Social Media Metrics 174

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2011

And others are from unusual folks we don't normally think of as entrepreneurs, from corporate managers to government agencies. It enables a company to shift directions with agility, altering plans inch by inch, minute by minute. How much of that investment is squandered because the funder is relying on vanity metrics for evaluation?

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Lean Startup Metrics Private Equity 167

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 21, 2010

It also causes them to miss the numerous other kinds of startups that appear in less-glamorous settings: inside enterprises, non-profits, and even governments. This is equally true of a packaged good in a grocery store, an ecommerce website, a non-profit social service or a variety of government programs. Wrong again. Wrong again.

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San Francisco Startup Lean Continuous Deployment 168

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Among those: plentiful financing and nerds , a culture that celebrates both failure and success, and an ethos of openness and sharing. To an early observer, it would have seemed obvious that Route 128 had all the advantages: a head start, more government and military funding, and far more established companies. Expo SF (May.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 68