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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. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm .

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal the Pivots They See Businesses Making in 2022

Hearpreneur

Businesses are being more concerned about the changing habits of their stakeholders and are adjusting their culture and operations accordingly. There are also staffing issues, which limit full operational services. This won’t just be about daily business operations but performance. Photo credit: Michelle Devani.

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How Technology and Training Fueled One Ad-Based Company’s Growth

ReadWriteStart

Gain it he did: “Because we believe in teaching from example, I was running ad campaigns and analytics for the Golden State Warriors, MGM, Ashley Furniture, Social Media Examiner, and other big companies — then documenting the process step by step,” Young explains. “I Reinventing the Wheel .

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How to Design, Launch and Automate a Referral Program for Your Business

Up and Running

Lowers churn. Every SaaS business should be tracking and monitoring its churn rate. In fact, every SaaS should be optimizing as best they can to reduce churn. Churn rate is defined as the percentage of customers that cancel their subscription to your product or service over a given period of time.

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Flavors of Analytics

SVPG

So in this article I thought I would do the same thing by highlighting the main flavors of analytics. They think of just one type of analytics (usually web analytics) and can miss the bigger picture and larger benefit. User Analytics. Customer Analytics. Business Analytics. Compute Analytics.

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Critical Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Founders

Up and Running

Use current analytics to identify which business processes should be measured and who the stakeholders are. Many startups focus on growth (instead of profits) and often need to track KPIs that may be different from those used by established businesses: Burn rate : indicates the company’s negative cash flow or how quickly it’s spending money.

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Flipping Coins For CLV Dollars

YoungUpstarts

But it seems daunting to actually figure out who’s who, and to use this information in a day-to-day operational manner. In other words, the churn rate seems to slow down over time. Marketers are too busy developing snazzy ad campaigns to worry about such technicalities! ”