Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2017

Pick a single metric that is the focus for all growth. Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. A focus on looking good as an acquisition or IPO candidate has undermined many startups. Less is more.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 19, 2020

This was supposed to be Airbnb's biggest year by many measures, including its IPO, which was one of the most anticipated since the 2008 financial crisis. First came their early awareness of the virus as business in China began to plummet. Instead, the global pandemic has turned 2020 into its most harrowing year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. You won’t impress investors by claiming that everyone in China needs one, and nobody else has exactly the right features to compete with you. Financial forecast and metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. You won’t impress investors by claiming that everyone in China needs one, and nobody else has exactly the right features to compete with you. Financial forecast and metrics.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

2007 was a turning point for the SaaS industry with the successful IPOs of NetSuite, SuccessFactors, DemandTec, Salary.com, Aprimo and Constant Contact. What metrics should I be using to drive a saas business? or What do I need to do to get ready for an IPO. Save Asia for post-IPO. “Bookings” is for suckers.

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Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. You won’t impress investors by claiming that everyone in China needs one, and nobody else has exactly the right features to compete with you. Financial forecast and metrics.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

This was supposed to be Airbnb's biggest year by many measures, including its IPO, which was one of the most anticipated since the 2008 financial crisis. 10:44) The moment the company went below 1x growth for the first time since it was founded as the pandemic hit China and then Europe. (11:50) People, not just metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. You won’t impress investors by claiming that everyone in China needs one, and nobody else has exactly the right features to compete with you. Financial forecast and metrics.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

The Deutsche Bank report has a very interesting chart on the topic presenting the Free Cash Flow margins vs. the revenue growth four years post IPO for select software leaders: As you can see, with 20% Free Cash Flow margin and a 50% growth rate, Salesforce is well positioned in the pack! SaaS business metrics: why are they different?

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Growthink Blog

JULY 23, 2012

In that same time frame, United States IPO volume declined 75% in real terms and now accounts for less than 11% of the global total. And with their capital and confidence, China and India are stretching their wings. A strong results and metrics-focused approach. These are fantastic new markets for U.S. Your India strategy? •

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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.

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www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

Set up the metrics first, then youll know if you succeeded. Hiring the best developers is essential because [link] History | Permalink | Share it ecohistorical 0 Fans Follow 01:39 PM on 10/12/2010 Great post, Mariam. It always comes down to the fact that you cant get what you want (or need) unless you know what youre looking for.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Metrics for Pirates â?? SaaS Metrics Tutorial â?? Sourcing in China. Smart China Sourcing. Startup Foundry tools list. Small Business tools list. Lean Startup Circle â?? Google Group for startup advice. SEO and Analytics Tutorials. read this before you spend time elsewhere. worth reading as well. Freelancer â??

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 12, 2015

This includes, but is not limited to money from China, India, Middle-East and also from “retail” investors (or otherwise unsophisticated investors who are attracted to a market simply because of the amount of press/media attention it gets). That increases the overall money supply coming in to venture.

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