SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

But it is an important metric for firms in pursuit of explosive growth. Tech companies see engineers move frequently, integrate their products tightly, and often find themselves acquiring or merging with counterparts. Raising capital isn’t the be all and end all of startup success. It decreases your odds of being bought.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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OnlyOnce

APRIL 23, 2024

But once California banned them and then we started doing business internationally in countries where they were illegal or not customary, we realized it was unfair to treat some employees different than others, so we got rid of them entirely and reverted to the common denominator. But by and large, I say good riddance to non-competes.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Metrics – Mine is Bigger Than Yours The first thing SuperMac needed to do was to change how our potential color desktop publishing customers viewed our products versus our competitors’ products. As hokey as it is, when confronted with uncertainty or unknowns, human beings like to be reassured by comparative metrics.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 5, 2019

Timing can play a critical role in message relevance, something Lemkin discovered in his first cold email campaign: In my first start-up, I cold emailed the VP Engineering of a Fortune 100 company. Ultimately, the only metric that matters is the positive reply rate. Those metrics include: Delivery rate.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

To do that we will create end-user demand and drive it into the sales channel, educate the channel and customers about why our products are superior, and help Engineering understand customer needs and desires. And the results weren’t the traditional PR metrics of number of articles or inches of ink. Two paragraphs, Five bullets.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

A recent job posting by zlien , a construction industry software company, frames the product manager’s mindset this way: Do you find yourself staring at a complex world and identifying problems to engineer away? so that the talent, the designers, engineers, analysts and data scientists, can focus on their core work. What do they do?

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Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2009

Look for some “ skunk works &# project where the product developers are actively seeking alternatives to their own engineering organization. In Apple’s case Burrell Smith was designing a computer in a skunk works unbeknownst to the rest of Apple’s engineering.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

VP of Business Development, DNAnexus - Palo Alto, California In the not too distant future, everything will be determined by your DNA--your job, what retro 50's decor you'll buy, how tightly you'll slick back your hair, whether or not you can date Uma Thurman. We are also one of the stickiest sites on the internet.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

In addition, I do a few consulting projects on the side, in the areas of product strategy, search engine optimization, and intellectual property. I'm working quite a bit with startups who are leveraging social media, but I'm finding it hard to predict success and metrics. I'll be interested to see what it turns into.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 20, 2010

I recently did a webinar for the Search Engine Strategies conference (I am doing the opening conference keynote at SES London and SES New York ) and my Market Motive co-faculty member Greg Jarboe sent me this KPI via email: "Your webcast was a big success. How do you measure success of a online webinar? Back to our story.

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2011

Davis , a German applied Laser research group, a California organic farm er who wanted to be an Earlyvangelist , four service partners and three weed/pest management consultants. This week they broadened the discussion with interviews with the city planner in Mariposa, Texas and the city engineer from Rapid City, South Dakota.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

" Become.com is a search engine designed to help consumers searching for products on the web. In June of 2008, Become.com was selected as Best Search & Comparison Site [link] by the Sloan Center [link] at the University of California, Riverside. California Avenue, Suite 110 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 T: 408-215-4627 ext.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 2, 2015

See Also: Metrics in a Minute: What is Cash Flow? As CEO of a California biotech company, it is critical that I have speedy responses to my submissions and queries.” If you are looking to expand your business in other cities, get an idea of the amount of search engine traffic for your top keywords in those places.

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Up and Running

JULY 23, 2018

Make sure your really on top of your financial metrics so you’re not suddenly surprised that even though you’re bringing in revenue, you don’t have enough cash flow to survive. . If you continuously misses the break-even point deadline (ideally, there should be only one deadline) it’s time to look seriously at where the business is heading.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 7, 2016

Keep in mind that I grew up in Texas and then lived in California. I rarely look at any key metric anymore that isn’t simultaneously plotted on a map of the world. HW: Previously at YouTube and now at Spotify you’ve held significant product responsibilities in areas where software and content engineering are blurring.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Its Ok to Exit a Little Early -StubHub was experiencing great growth and hitting its metrics when Ebay acquired the company in early 2007 It is quite possible that Jeff could have gotten a higher price for the company by waiting, but felt there were a number of benefits to exiting when they did.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

As the engineers were busy rearchitecting the original Stanford MIPS chip into a commercial product, one of my jobs was to find out what features customers wanted. On the other hand, the Motorola 68000 microprocessor (used in the Sun and Apollo engineering workstations) and the IBM 360/370 mainframes were big-endian. What a great idea.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

. “Growth hackers have a passion for tracking and moving a metric. Without metrics or data, a growth hacker can feel out of place and uncomfortably exposed. This strong bias towards data drives a growth hacker away from vanity metrics towards metrics that will make or break the business.” ” Creativity.

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BeyondVC

MAY 12, 2006

I had the opportunity to attend my third Microsoft VC Summit in California on Thursday. For those who care, the sweet spot for Microsoft is to buy a more engineering and technology focused company versus a sales and marketing oriented one. It was a great opportunity for VCs to network with Microsoft’s top executives.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Gone are the days of advertising to everyone in San Francisco, California. The problem (which advertisers and engines alike recognize), is this method greatly undervalues the offline influence some of these search ads can have. Instead, I predict 2016 will be the year of alterna-metrics.” (via Acquisio).

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