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Startup Metrics

TechEmpower

Proving your Business Model Works - Build, Define, and Review But how do you prove your numbers? Next, define what you need from a metrics and reporting standpoint. The metrics, and how they relate, are captured in his slide: Note the relationship between retention/referral efforts and lifetime value.

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6 Keys To A Winning Business Model For Your Customers

Startup Professionals Musings

How do you convince investors that your business model will really work, before you have a revenue stream that exceeds your expenses? Even if you are bootstrapping your business, and you are the only investor, you should be asking yourself the same question. Word of mouth is not adequate for marketing and sales.

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Unlocking the Power of Data: Transforming Metrics into Actionable Insights

Duct Tape Marketing

Unlocking the Power of Data: Transforming Metrics into Actionable Insights written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Janstch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interviewed Peter Caputa, CEO of Databox, an innovative player in the realm of marketing analytics.

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Is a Venture Studio Right for You?

Steve Blank

Venture Studios are an “idea factory” with their own employees searching for product/market fit and a repeatable and scalable business model. But these look for founders who have a technical or business model insight and a team. They do the most to de-risk the early stages of a startup. How Venture Studios Work.

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10 Strategies To Avoid Bad Risks In Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Implement a modern real business model. Use metrics to measure results of marketing initiatives. The risks you want to take are the ones that you planned for in your resources, set up metrics to measure, and manage on an ongoing basis. Risk is more manageable with subscriptions and even freemium pricing.

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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. One of his companies - Gluecode - was sold to IBM for a pretty good price. Common revenue streams are consulting, training, support, customization, upgraded versions for corporate applications, etc.

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Granularity and Consistency of Startup Metrics

SoCal CTO

Part of those questions are around Startup Metrics. This aligns with understanding the the core business model: Get Users (= Acquisition, Referral) Drive Usage (= Activation, Retention) Make Money (= Monetize) (and Lifetime Value is a good one) Of course, that’s a big part of what the investor wants as well.

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