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Is It Fair To Tell Founders “Just Execute And You’ll Be Fine” When We Know It’s Not A Level Playing Field?

Hunter Walker

I think that there’s nuance, but the thing that stuck with me is the idea that “kicking ass” is some sort of metric that is universally agreed upon. Has any pre-Series A company succeeded on every metric month after month? Have they definitely de-risked every part of their business? Highlighted Homebrew Portfolio Jobs.

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What to Expect When Developing an App in 2021

Up and Running

First, there are global (long-term) trends that concern IT giants and are designed for a mass audience. Suppose you want to design a room. The jacket has a small “smart” sensor unit on the sleeve, designed to control your Smartphone. It will definitely become a trend in 2021 since the consumer market is promising.

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How Sin-Mei Tsai, Shippo’s VP of Engineering, Defines Code Quality

Version One Ventures

This time, I am very excited to introduce Sin-Mei Tsai , VP of Engineering at Shippo , a Version One portfolio company. One of them is the orthodox definition of code quality, but we have expanded on code quality with a couple of points of views of our own. Technical design quality. Functional quality.

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ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

Metrics like Return on Net Assets, Return on Capital and Internal Rate of Return are the guiding stars of the board and CEO. As Harvard professor Clayton Christensen noted, these efficiency metrics provided wise guidance for times when capital was scarce and raising money was hard. Innovation.

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Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior | For Entrepreneurs

www.forentrepreneurs.com

Blog About Log in Register Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior Great companies are almost always run by great management teams. Good metrics should also be actionable, and drive successful behavior. When we look to design metrics, we are looking to deepen our understanding of the machinery, and how it works.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain the Future Trends They See in Their Industry

Hearpreneur

Again, personalization will become more prevalent in product design and marketing. Small business owners now see the value of investing in branding experts, business coaches, copywriters and designers who bring unique insight and talent to the digital marketing space. Personal development course designers flourish in this environment.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

What metrics do we use to see if we learned enough in Customer Discovery ? I gave my boilerplate answer, “I’m a product guy and I tend to invest and look at deals that have measurable revenue metrics. Dave McClure has some great metrics…” It was an honest but vaguely unsatisfying answer. It’s an impressive portfolio.