Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Austin Startup Week kicks off next week on Oct. This is a chance to network with students in Rowling Hall from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Here are other don’t-miss UT events curated from the more than 100 events over the five-days of Austin Startup Week. After the conversation, there will be a networking reception at Capital Factory.

Hosting 49

Hosting Austin Texas Startup 49

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

17:16] Is there a small set of metrics that you rely on? [19:43] John Jantsch (00:00): This episode or the duct tape marketing podcast is brought to you by the nudge podcast, hosted by Phil Agnew and brought to you by the HubSpot podcast network. Is there a small set of metrics that you rely on as. Maybe these are hard.

SEO 84

SEO Channel Campaign Audience 84

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. Bill Austin March 22, 2007 11:08 AM Dennis McDonald in Alexandria, Virginia USA said. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch. How do you use LinkedIn?

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Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Graphs - Chris Dixon , July 22, 2010 It has become customary to use “ graph &# to refer to the underlying data structures at social networks like Facebook. Computer scientists call the study of graphs “ network theory ,&# but on the web the word “network&# is used to refer to the websites themselves). Not so bad.

Software Review 217

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Technical Review 217

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Every 6-8 weeks, we’ll bring you an awesome operator from our network, and I’ll ask three questions to learn more about his/her specific work and contributions to his/her organization and community at large. So, by definition, San Francisco and Austin are different zones. Thus, any two days of the same zone are also independent.

San Francisco 132

San Francisco Metrics Demand Austin 132

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. He also has a discussion of how your choice of business model determines which of these metric areas you want to focus on. Choose one.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

My fellow partners at Austin Ventures may say this is the first thing they look for. I greatly leveraged my eCommerce and broad Shop.org network to do so. But it was the dot-com craze and all of the metrics (eyeballs, pageviews, etc.) There is usually a way. Team : Without a good team, you cannot build a good business.

Bootstrapping 52

Bootstrapping IPO Business Model Software Review 52

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

For much of 2014 and 2015, I banged my head against a plane window flying back and forth between Austin and Silicon Valley while trying to raise institutional VC money for Localeur. Those were CEOs of public companies and founders or executives of some of the fastest-growing and most successful tech companies in Austin and tech.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Technical Review Venture Capital San Francisco 48

ConversionXL

JUNE 19, 2019

Set targets: metrics to tackle the overarching goal for your product lifecycle. We need a metric or KPI that shows how good we are at increasing the likelihood that someone will convert in the future. Add events, scripts with custom triggers, dimensions, metrics, details on page views, hits. Shapes the curve of your business.

Agile 90

Agile Analytics Algorithm Software Review 90

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

I used to think that investments in metrics were a form of waste. Customers dont care if you have good metrics, only if you have a good product. The only reason we learned the art of metrics-based decision making at IMVU was out of necessity. that justify decisions already made. I think it was $350 the next, and so on.

San Francisco 98

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 98

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

We covered Round Rock, Cedar Park, Pflugerville, Austin, and Manchaca. While far from perfect, this idea created and operated by 4 people was hitting the metrics we had set. However, we did receive a tremendous amount of support and encouragement from the Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN). Now, onto the next one!

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup America Due Diligence 48

Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

In the meantime, figure out which of your college buddies works there or network your way to someone who does. Important metrics to track include customer count, average order value (AOV), retention or repeat purchase rate, ad spend, paid CAC, weighted average CAC, rolling LTV estimates, and more. And something always breaks.)

Technical Review 49

Technical Review Software Review China Acquisition 49

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

At least, not in the traditional sense of trying to squeeze every tenth of a point out of a conversion metric or landing page. Even if it shows improvement in some micro metric, does that invalidate the overall design? That was evident in the metrics and in the in-person usability tests. Let me illustrate.

San Francisco 154

San Francisco Lean Metrics Design 154

Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

In order to achieve 20x growth, Snap needs grow both of those metrics 4–5x. This begs the question: how much time do users spend in Snapchat today compared to other social networks, and how will that number change over time? Spiegel has repeatedly described Snap first as a camera company, not as an ephemeral social network.

Valuation 48

Valuation Technical Review Forecast Social Network 48

Austin Startup

AUGUST 18, 2010

I propose the following metric: inclusion at the South by South West (SXSW) Conference ! First, it refers to Semantic Web Austin , a non-profit that is positioning Austin as a leader in the semantic web technology space. Juan Sequeda – University of Texas at Austin/Semantic Web Austin. Mainstream for whom?

Semantic 86

Semantic Web Wiki Guatemala 86

Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Does our board regularly network with other community leaders who serve underserved and marginalized populations? Measuring progress is easier when you break the metrics down into the following categories: Recruiting — The number and types of resources you use to recruit a diverse workforce. How to Measure DEI Effectiveness.

Metrics 52

Metrics Leadership Equity Community 52

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

For example, one angel investor reportedly invested in several hundred social networking ventures employing this philosophy. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

Lean 168

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 21, 2013

TBD, but traditional metrics won’t capture its benefits. As a result, as Techstars scales up, its direct local economic benefits– unlike a Microsoft in Seattle, Google in Mountain View, or Dell in Austin – are realized in several locations, not primarily one. But building trusted networks is hard work that takes a deft touch.

Colorado 141

Colorado Seattle Silicon Valley Warrant 141

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Assuming we hit our metrics, we’ll do our Series A which will be used to expand the geos outside the United States into Mexico, India and other parts of Latin America as well. Attend our ATX Startup Crawl at Austin Startup Week ! As a startup founder, what problems or pain points are you struggling with? Does his story sound familiar?

Startup 77

Startup United States Elevator Pitch Cofounder 77

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

When we became a standalone network, it didnt matter how easy it was to add new networks, since we never did. Worse of all, the plaintext codes we were used to sending were considered non-authoritative, since they could be pulled off a third-party network. It had a pretty good technical design.

Software Review 87

Software Review Design Software San Francisco 87

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

Ive spoken in some detail about a specific pivot that we went through at IMVU , when we decided to abandon the instant messaging add-on concept, and switch to a standalone instant messaging network. We went through another pivot when we switched again from instant messaging to social networking. It was painful.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Agile 167

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Customers found it confusing and it turned out to be at odds with our fundamental value proposition (which really requires an independant IM network). Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

Customer Development 131

Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer 131

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 6, 2018

First Round Capital invested in us when Bazaarvoice was under 10 people; they came in alongside Austin Ventures?—?where All metrics were revealed. My talk was about the 7 lessons I’ve learned on the journey from founder to CEO. where I am now a Venture Partner?—?in in our Series A. with the portfolio to show for it. presentation.

Founder 51

Founder Cofounder Software Review San Francisco 51

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

And they expose the startups to a vast network of mentors, none of whom get paid for their involvement. Inspiring ideas: real-time biz metrics; safe continuous deployment; A/B split testing. They dont invest a lot of money; just enough to keep them going through the summer. Some of the mentors are based in Boulder, but many are not.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Lean 113

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. It required hearing customers say it over and over again for us to take a serious look, and eventually to realize that social networking was core to our business. But the early customers all compared it to MySpace.

San Francisco 131

San Francisco Customer Lean Continuous Deployment 131

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Spray files across cheap disks on your network. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. MogileFS - "Distributed (meta) file system. Pay less for storage. No proprietary on-disk file formats."

Open Source 107

Open Source San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean 107

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

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. The problem is that there are no other metrics they can look at to judge the content of a book to know if it’s worth reviewing. Is that a lot? In that I see opportunity.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Pick a similar product that they do use, and ask them "who was the first person you know who started using [social networking, mobile phones, plasma TV, instant messaging.]? My background isnt metrics, but we came to it as a matter of practicality. 4) More posts about metrics, scaling, and online games. can I talk to them?"

San Francisco 133

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 133

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2009

From my side, i network with many startups all the time, and i am constantly trying to persuade them to adopt the new age mindset, but its often no easy task. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

Lean 115

Lean Video San Francisco Continuous Deployment 115

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

I went to excellent public schools (so-called science magnets) that had computer classes, which meant they had networked computers that I could use. If we network them together, theyll answer each others questions and collaborate on projects we can hardly imagine. But I was also very lucky. Theyll take it from there.

Programming 143

Programming San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 143

www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Lead Gen: I utilized my friends, professional contacts, and Harvard networks by sending out emails to list serves, reaching out to people, and getting referrals. I attended engineering-focused Meetups and networking events. After the group exercise, we were free to network some more and meet people outside of our group.

Cofounder 47

Cofounder Technical Review San Francisco Founder 47

Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

She had amazing metrics, skyrocketing growth, and fantastic margin structure. But other founders can provide feedback, mentoring, and networking opportunities. was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. Men Just Don’t Get It.

Cofounder 48

Cofounder Venture Capital Founder Metrics 48

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

For example, I’ve talked often about our belief that an instant messaging add-on product would allow IMVU to take advantage of a network effects strategy. When we became a standalone network, it didn't matter how easy it was to add new networks, since we never did. This happened quite often in the early days of IMVU.

Technical Review 168

Technical Review Software Review San Francisco Lean 168

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

And in some markets its decisive, because of well-known network effects (as happened with Microsoft, eBay, and many others). But if your product category doesnt have strong network effects, word of mouth alone is not usually enough to fend off a competitor who also has a quality product. So what model will prevail on the iPhone?

Distribution 74

Distribution San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 74

Austin Startup

APRIL 9, 2010

Appozite , an Austin-based startup and the creators of CheapTweet , today announced the launch of its new professional Twitter analytics service, TweetReach Pro. TweetReach meets this need by providing key measurement metrics to help businesses know more about a Twitter campaign’s effectiveness.

Public Relations 54

Public Relations PR Social Media Metrics 54

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The strength of their network is something you’ll want to confirm ahead of signing them on. Target market advisory boards was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. Never discount the power of a warm intro.

Advisory Board 48

Advisory Board Sweat Equity Marketing Vertical 48

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2008

The site is now a sad footnote in the history of Social Networking Services. If you ever have the opportunity to remove a feature without impacting the customer experience or business metrics - do it. The site hung on to its design philosophy of being an island cut off from the rest of the Web, and paid the price. How did they do it?

San Francisco 128

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Agile 128