Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. Metrics like Return on Net Assets, Return on Capital and Internal Rate of Return are the guiding stars of the board and CEO.

Private Equity 329

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 329

Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

Facing continuous disruption from globalization, China, the Internet, the diminished power of brands, changing workforce, etc., It describes the product/service, who is it for, what channel sells/deliver it, how demand is created, how does the company make money, etc. existing enterprises are establishing corporate innovation groups.

IRR 335

IRR Startup Business Model Agile 335

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Leaders (company is leaving China, our IPO is next week, 1,800 new stores are being opened in 180 days, our new IRR is 8%). Conversion rate is one of those metrics that I strongly encourage you only create benchmarks for from your own data. You have the standard metrics like Time on Site, Pages/Visit and Bounce Rate.

Analytics 133

Analytics Vertical Metrics Web 133