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Why Company Culture Is Vital for Every Remote Company

YoungUpstarts

For many remote (and even regular) companies, company culture is something ethereal and abstract: while the most important metrics (customer engagement and satisfaction, employee turnover and retainment) are closely monitored, features like company culture are often neglected. by Denis Kryukov from Soshace.

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How to Run Your Company Based on Metrics: What, Why, How, Who, and When

David Teten

I review a lot of board decks with a beautifully hand-crafted page with metrics for the company. Good metrics are comparable across industries; comparative ; readily understandable; and help drive decisions. Comparative means that you can compare a metric across time periods, groups of users, or competitors. So how do you do it?

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Experts share tips for mission-driven organizations on DE&I

Board Effect

When board members come from diverse backgrounds and experiences, they offer fresh perspectives β€” often challenging biases β€” leading to balanced and better decisions that might not have occurred without such diversity. Measuring DE&I progress Use tools and metrics. β€œTo Let’s look beyond numbers on a balance sheet.

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18 Ways to Make Your Financial Model Stand Out to Investors

David Teten

If assumptions get better over time (lower customer acquisition, higher gross profit, better retention), note how you plan to achieve those milestones in the model. A good model needs to factor in cash collections, disbursements, and other working capital considerations with a Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows.

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The Very Best Digital Metrics For 15 Different Companies!

Occam's Razor

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.

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Why Companies are Not Startups

Steve Blank

They measure their success on metrics that reflect success in execution, and they reward execution. These metrics stack the deck against a company that wants to invest in long-term innovation.). Our Investment Readiness Level is just one of those metrics.) Innovation metrics need to be predictive for the future.

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How to Measure Ecommerce Customer Acquisition Cost (+ Tips to Reduce it)

ConversionXL

Customer acquisition cost (CAC) is an important metric for any ecommerce business. customer retention ). The more customers spend money, the healthier everything looks on balance sheets. But remember, CAC isn’t solely a marketing metric. How customer lifetime value impacts customer acquisition cost.