crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Good whitepaper on advertising measurement metrics | by Ben Kunz – crowdspring.co/HsVIMR. How to Design a Website that People Trust - crowdspring.co/1bPcyPf.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Bitcoin Allocation – Growing the role of bitcoin in investment portfolios. A lightweight “agent” with access to logs and metrics can, to start, retrieve relevant information (e.g. What’s missing is the last mile — distribution, customer journey design, guardrails and workflow automation.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

You'd only need your iPhone to manage this content and analyze these metrics so you can work anywhere else in the world as long as there is an internet. An added bonus is if the company decides to apply for Certified B Corporation designation. You can help your clients create cover letters and portfolios they’ll be confident to share.

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Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 114

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

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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Metrics Design Entrepreneur Startup 55

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 10, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight: Red Poppy Floral Design – [link]. The critical metrics for each stage of your SaaS business | by Lars Lofrgren – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

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. Ultimately this is not just another staff function.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

Up and Running

MAY 10, 2021

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. Simply research the company with its portfolio. What metrics are you tracking?

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Artificial Inteligence Developer Development Team Review United Kingdom 150

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

As far my interior designing company, for example, is no longer doing business in the same way. We now design homes for the less affluent. 11- Paying attention to metrics. Metrics do not lie, and metrics over a longer time period are much more useful to study. Thanks to Ayanna Freeman, Ayanna Denise Skin ! #7-

Entrepreneur 116

Entrepreneur Metrics Technical Review North America 116

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. Massive liquidity awaited the first movers to the IPO’s, and that’s how they managed their portfolios. Every startup is in a race against time.

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Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Stroh, which details the principles and metrics to follow for fostering innovation in any organization. Target a portfolio of solutions, not just one product. Normally the best innovations come from the people on the front line, rather than a top manager or designer. by Patrick J. Incent everyone on the team to be an innovator.

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Metrics Demand Portfolio Customer 257

David Teten

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Instead of budget approvals, monitor key metrics and give managers more flexibility. So here’s the solution I have recommended to some of my portfolio companies: “ agile budgeting ”, i.e., monitoring a few key variables while giving managers significant flexibility. Best Practices in Spreadsheet Design.

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Agile Management Forecast Silicon Valley 60

Version One Ventures

APRIL 11, 2019

This time, I am very excited to introduce Sin-Mei Tsai , VP of Engineering at Shippo , a Version One portfolio company. The first and foremost category of quality for engineers is the mainstream definition of quality: “Did the code work as designed?” Technical design quality. Nothing feels as satisfying as an elegant design.

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Part-Time VPE Software Review Engineer Technical Review 100

View from Seed

JULY 14, 2020

Today, one of our most recent portfolio companies, Opus , announced its rebrand as well as their $2M seed round. When we first met Rachael Nemeth and learned about Opus, we were impressed both by the product engagement metrics and her product insights around the best way to deliver high-impact training to frontline workers.

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Portfolio Leadership Metrics Employee 177

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Creating and showing constant momentum through personal portfolio projects and volunteering is a powerful means of landing a new job as a product manager, especially if one has never officially held the professional title “Product Manager.” A PM basically sits at the center of UX, technology and business.

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Management Product Technical Review Software Review 85

Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

work (collection, processing, reporting, analysis), processes, org structure, governance models, last-mile gaps , metrics ladders of awesomeness , and… so… much… more. Remember, tools, work, processes, org structure, governance models, last-mile gaps, metrics ladders of awesomeness, and… so… much… more. The Implications of Complexity.

Analytics 93

Analytics Framework Metrics Algorithm 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2020

Stroh, which details the principles and metrics to follow for fostering innovation in any organization. Target a portfolio of solutions, not just one product. Normally the best innovations come from the people on the front line, rather than a top manager or designer. by Patrick J. Incent everyone on the team to be an innovator.

Demand 345

Demand Portfolio Metrics Customer 345

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

An investor had few hard metrics other than the actual financials, and little technology to make the process scaleable. Over the past few decades, better metrics became available, and investors could take a more analytical, data-driven approach. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

www.gv.com

JANUARY 7, 2013

At the Google Ventures Design Studio, we have a five-day process for taking a product or feature from design through prototyping and testing. We call it a product design sprint. This is the sixth in a series of seven posts on running your own design sprint. This part of the sprint is super exciting for me as a designer.

Design 45

Design Product Software Review Seattle 45

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

However, it is important to check the portfolio of the program and see how many companies from your industry have participated. On the other hand, if the program’s portfolio demonstrates that they worked with quite a few companies in your field, you are good to go. We had designed it and we were executing it.

Programming 109

Programming Chile B2B B2C 109

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

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.

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Customer Development Web Developer Customer 219

View from Seed

JUNE 5, 2018

Last week, we hosted our very first portfolio-only Hiring Bootcamp in NYC, led by NextView’s talent advisor Kristen Caldwell. Intense discussion on what are the right metrics to track around recruiting. Metrics, metrics, and metrics! Without metrics you cannot manage (and improve).

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Hiring Portfolio Metrics B2C 120

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 3, 2019

Do not lose yourself in the granular metrics. If you follow these simple guidelines, then your social media marketing strategy is bound to be a success, and you will expand your customer portfolio in no time. Well, this means that you need to define your objectives simply and concisely. You have to look at the bigger picture.

Social Media 127

Social Media Media Marketing Design 127

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

When I do a quick mental query of headcount across our entire portfolio of ~30 companies, I think at least 50% and maybe as much as 60% of the entire headcount of our portfolio is in either product or engineering. it’s about measuring online influence and I’m big on metrics as a key element of business planning; 2.)

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Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

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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Artificial Inteligence Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur 106

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Recently, I’ve been working with a few of our portfolio companies to help them think about how to recruit and interview their first analytics hire. Analytics is about designing, reporting, and leveraging operating metrics to aid strategic and functional decision-making.

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Analytics Hiring SQL Forecast 149

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

When designed properly, a real estate website can be useful for lead generation and building client relationships. When it comes to web design, usability is very important. To avoid this, it would be advisable to work with a professional UI/UX designer. Check out his portfolio and connect on LinkedIn. Poor usability.

B2C 137

B2C Flash B2B Lead Generation 137

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

kaChing launched a virtual portfolio management game on Facebook in January 2008 and a similar version shortly thereafter on kaChing.com. Because kaChing prefers its portfolio managers to have a long track record, the marketplace launch (i.e., A portfolio manager’s entire track record & holdings had to be disclosed.

San Francisco 158

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment SEC 158

YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2019

What makes it such a game-changer is that it provides target metrics, strategies and tactics that early stage startups can use to guide them through the crucial go-to-market phase. For us at Wildcat and for the management teams of our portfolio companies, the Traction Gap Framework has proved to be an invaluable resource.

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Cleveland Early Stage Framework Startup 196

ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

Years later Clavier's name now comes up all the time when one of his portfolio companies finds success; his exits include Mint, Tapulous, and UserPlane, other investments include Mashery (a ReadWriteWeb sponsor), Rapleaf, Fitbit, bitly, GroupOn, Twitter and many more. How to Hack the Investment World.

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Investment Bankers Technical Review Cofounder Due Diligence 153

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

At V1, we have had the privilege to sit on many of our portfolio companies’ boards from (pre-)seed to Series B (and beyond). We actively help each portfolio company manage their changing priorities as they grow. These metrics will become your business’ North Star for everyone to rally around. Start to be data driven.

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Seed Stage Portfolio Metrics Hiring 163

View from Seed

OCTOBER 28, 2019

But this financing contour description is just a proxy for underlying business metrics. In reality, a pre-seed is “an early round of financing that is designed to help a company achieve certain intermediate milestones PRIOR to the magic combination of strong PMF + meaningful traction.”.

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Seed Stage Finance Dilution Early Stage 247

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 5, 2017

As we enter into a new golden age of design, good design has never been more important to the success of a business. Consumer awareness of good design is at an all-time high, thanks to companies like Apple , Target , and Starbucks , who make design a top priority. Attractive design helps you stand out.

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Design Missouri Differentiation Advertising 78

Cracking the Code

MARCH 24, 2015

We were fortunate to host very talented speakers from our portfolio (Ilya Sukhar from FB/Parse, Steve Marx from Dropbox, Bill Ready from Braintree, Ali Rayl from Slack, Eric Wittman from Atlassian, Sam Mac Donnell from HotelTonight.) It is not very polished but was designed for a fast read. gathered at the event.

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API Fractional CTO CTO Hire San Francisco 48

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Storage is what’s known as “highly fragmented,” meaning easier for a new entrant to get traction if it could design a better product / service / experience. The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product. The top 5 players combined control less than 25% of the market.

Startup 150

Startup Seed Money DC Software Review 150

Version One Ventures

AUGUST 16, 2017

George Psiharis (the awesome VP of Business Operations at Clio ) reached out with a great suggestion: connect the data teams across our portfolio companies with the goal of building a peer network to share best practices, and together push the bar on data science innovation. Clio has set up a “data literacy course.”

San Francisco 87

San Francisco Metrics SQL Portfolio 87

Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 10, 2020

This is going to be a drag on the portfolio, this is going to be a waste of time.”. it took years for Airbnb’s metrics to really start accelerating. THE POWER OF THE DESIGN MINDSET. But the design mindset doesn’t stop there. That was exactly how the partnership reacted when I brought in Airbnb.

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Hosting Hockey Stick IPO Silicon Valley 69

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Portfolio. (3). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Design courtesy of Ashley Cecil. CornerstoneOnDemand. anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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Software Review Europe Technical Review Spain 95