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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

In liquid markets, most of the calories expended on technology and analytics are focused on trade selection, or “ origination ”. I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. Other VCs use Contently * or Social Native * to create relevant content.

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The Lean Analytics Cycle: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act

Occam's Razor

To win in business you need to follow this process: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act. We are far too enamored with data collection and reporting the standard metrics we love because others love them because someone else said they were nice so many years ago. This should not be news to you. Online, offline or nonline.

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Metrics that matter to social platforms (Part 1/3)

Version One Ventures

A few months ago, we wrote about the data we focus on to evaluate marketplaces and later shared a marketplace KPI dashboard that we created to guide founders on the important metrics they should track. As we have been developing our investment thesis on social platforms , we want to provide the similar information and tools.

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Focus on awareness and metrics are keys to success

Up and Running

Sure, the barriers to entry are lower, and customers are one mere click away from their growing social networks. Internet entrepreneurs in the UK need to push managing metrics right to the front of their to-do lists. Most meaningful metrics. But if only the entrepreneurship journey was as straightforward as this.

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