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| Page 1 of 6 | Previous | Next | STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED DECEMBER 23, 2009 Why vanity metrics are dangerous Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Why vanity metrics are dangerous In a previous post, I defined two kinds of metrics: vanity metrics and actionable metrics. In this post, Id like to talk about the perils of vanity metrics. My personal favorite vanity metrics is "hits." Of course not. | | | | | | |
| CODE AS CRAFT JULY 9, 2010 Batch Processing Millions and Millions of Images Many of our job postings for Engineering positions describe the company as a place “where the word ‘millions’ is used frequently and in many contexts&#. Nearly all of our projects at Etsy include metrics of one sort or another. When I looked through some Ganglia metrics, it was clear we were bound by NFS seek time. | | STARTUPCFO MAY 6, 2010 SaaS Conversion: Which metrics matter? I was in a VC diligence meeting yesterday and one of the partners asked me which metrics we were most focused on. At a high level, the key metrics to focus on are: Acquisition: Conversion rate from new unique visitors to new members, sign ups, etc? This is of course the Metrics for Pirates framework. I’m Do people get it? | CODE AS CRAFT DECEMBER 8, 2010 Tracking Every Release We spend a lot of time gathering metrics for our network, servers, and many things going on within the code that drives Etsy. Tweaking pages and features on your web site cause ripples throughout the metrics you monitor, including database load, cache requests, web server requests, and outgoing bandwidth. Ah-ha! | | | | | | | |
| - Why PageRank Doesn’t Matter Anymore (And What You Should Focus On Instead)
I… Read the rest of this entry » Blogs & Blogging Search Engine Optimization ana hoffman blogging tools Google PageRank performance metrics traffic conversion traffic generationIt’s amazing how many people ask me questions about Google PageRank on a regular basis. How long does it take to acquire PR? MORE >> -
CODE AS CRAFT | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2011  Measure Anything, Measure Everything
If Engineering at Etsy has a religion, it’s the Church of Graphs. Application metrics are usually the hardest, yet most important, of the three. It parses the messages, extracts metrics data, and periodically flushes the data to graphite. We can combine data from StatsD with data from our other metrics-gathering systems. MORE >> -
 The full story of “the one important thing” for startups
was listening to Noah Kagan (founder of AppSumo and the marketing mind behind Mint , and the author of this great guest post ) talk to the current crop of Capital Factory companies, when he said something so simple, so obviously correct, and yet it completely changed how I thought about my approach to WP Engine. Powered by LaunchBit ). MORE >> -
STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2010 Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Review)
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, February 8, 2010 Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Review) The next article in my series on entrepreneurship for Harvard Business Review is live today. Once again, we revisit the topic of Actionable metrics and their nemesis: Vanity metrics. Remember " metrics are people, too." MORE >> -
SOCAL CTO | THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010 Granularity and Consistency of Startup Metrics
Show me how much each unique visitor is going to cost you in search engine optimization and pay-per-click search engine expense. Part of those questions are around Startup Metrics. It’s the old – 5% of massive market gives us a big number. Give me granularity. Great stuff! We all are signing up for the same thing. MORE >>
- Lessons Learned: The engineering manager's lament STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2008
- Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008
- On the (un?)importance of design A SMART BEAR: STARTUPS AND MARKETING FOR GEEKS | MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2011
- Seed Milestone: Build The Engine GET VENTURE | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2010
- Succeeding at the default metrics will kill you THE STARTUP TOOLKIT | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2012
- Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior | For Entrepreneurs WWW.FORENTREPRENEURS.COM | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2010
- Patrick McKenzie (@patio11) on Engineering your marketing outcomes BUSINESS OF SOFTWARE BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2012
- Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business. STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
- How To Be A Successful Entrepreneur by Reverse Engineering Success GROWTHINK BLOG | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2011
- Learning is better than optimization (the local maximum problem) STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2010
- Making it Virtually Easy to Deploy on Day One CODE AS CRAFT | TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012
- The many facets of leadership STARTUP MUSINGS | MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2011
- Blog Writing 101: How To Satisfy Readers And Deliver Top 10 Google Rankings ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY.COM BY YARO STARAK | THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2011
- Google Safe Browsing without The Browser CODE AS CRAFT | SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2012
- Blameless PostMortems and a Just Culture CODE AS CRAFT | TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012
- Small Businesses Spending More And More On Social Media CROWDSPRING BLOG | TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012
- How To AMP Your Engineers: Ideas For Energizing Your Best ONSTARTUPS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2011
- Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2008
- The Superbowl ad test STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2010
- How and Why to Create Smarter Content DUCT TAPE MARKETING | THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2012
- Your Business “Driving Force” MARKET BY NUMBERS | MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2009
- Lessons Learned: The metrics and levers of engagement. STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2009
- Market By Numbers MARKET BY NUMBERS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2009
- 3 Quick And Dirty Secrets To Online Success ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY.COM BY YARO STARAK | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2011
- Moving Fast at Scale: a microconference at SXSW CODE AS CRAFT | TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2011
- The next reincarnation of cloud computing HIGH CONTRAST | MONDAY, JULY 19, 2010
- Q: What Does Your *PLAY* Button Do? (increasing User Activation. 500 HATS | THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2008
- 3 Quick And Dirty Secrets To Online Success ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY.COM BY YARO STARAK | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2011
- Lessons Learned: The ABCDEF's of conducting a technical interview STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2008
- Achieving Sustainable Growth STARTUP DAILY | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012
- It's a startup, not a spreadsheet STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2009
- The Truth About Evil Marketers MARKET BY NUMBERS | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
- How I learnt to grok Customer Development ASH MAURYA | MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009
- Data, Data and more Data SETH LEVINE'S VC ADVENTURE | TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2010
- Where Are the Worst Talent Shortages? FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2011
- Lessons Learned: Stevey's Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2008
- Key Elements of a Massively Scalable Startup STARTUP MARKETING BLOG | MONDAY, MAY 17, 2010
- Lean analytics: Questions VCs should ask (and you'd better answer) WATCHING WEBSITES | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2009
- When Employees Misinterpret Managers BEN'S BLOG | WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2011
- Startup CTO or Developer SOCAL CTO | TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2010
- How to create a profitable Freemium startup (spreadsheet model included!) ANDREWCHENBLOG.COM | THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2010
- How does Etsy manage development and operations? CODE AS CRAFT | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2011
- Hot or Not? What the Web Thinks About Your Brand FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012
- Case Study: UX, Design, and Food on the Table STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2011
- Death By Competitive Analysis STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2010
- Too Busy for Social Media Marketing Could Be Fatal STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2011
- Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. 500 HATS | SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 2010
- Don’t Be Too Busy for Social Media Marketing STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2010
- Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 SOCAL CTO | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2010
- A Better Way To Ask For Investor Intros SEED STAGE CAPITAL | THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012
- Datablindness STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2009
- Your SOLUTION is Not My PROBLEM - Master of 500 Hats 500 HATS | MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2009
- 9 Deadliest Start-up Sins FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012
- Marketing Best Practices WILL PRICE | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2006
- Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs WWW.FORENTREPRENEURS.COM | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2010
- Lessons Learned: Five Whys STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008
- Perfection By Subtraction – The Minimum Feature Set STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010
- Resumes are for *Shit*. The 4 Things You Really Need: LinkedIn. 500 HATS | MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2008
- Step Away From the Business Plan FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012
- Lean analytics: Questions VCs should ask (and you’d better answer) WATCHING WEBSITES | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2009
- Lessons Learned: The lean startup STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
- 5 Top Marketing Blogs by Entrepreneurs READWRITESTART | THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2011
- Innovation inside the box STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2009
- Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do? STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
- Venture Region Survey Results: Comparing The Valley, Boston & New York GET VENTURE | TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010
- 9 Deadliest Start-up Sins STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012
- What Does a CEO Do, Anyway? ONLYONCE | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2010
- Twitter Link Roundup #29 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More CROWDSPRING BLOG | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2010
- The 10x Product Launch ASH MAURYA | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2011
- Pivot, don't jump to a new vision STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2009
- Great Entrepreneurs are PASSIONATE about Customers & Products, NOT. 500 HATS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2009
- Visual Tech Job Board Comparison NATHAN HURST | FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2010
- Winter is coming STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011
- Ways to Acquire Users for Free SPENCER FRY | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2011
- Continuous deployment for mission-critical applications STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2009
- Key Performance Indicators: The Rules of the Game When You Play to Win GROWTHINK BLOG | TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012
- Tracking the Hiring Funnel THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
- Four myths about the Lean Startup STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2010
- Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 2010
- Google’s Search Changes: Should You Care? FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012
- Why Lean Canvas? ASH MAURYA | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2012
- Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
- Proof that speeding up websites improves online business. WATCHING WEBSITES | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
- Minimum Viable Product: a guide STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2009
- No departments STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2010
- Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out – The Startup Genome Project STEVE BLANK | SUNDAY, MAY 29, 2011
- What's Wrong With the Lean Start-up FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012
- Business Models for Social Networks: Monetizing Social Capital. 500 HATS | THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2008
- Recruiting programmers to your startup CHRIS DIXON | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011
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