View from Seed

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Examples of housekeeping include the following list, though not every item will appear every time: Finance: Cash out date, burn rate, 409A valuation, cap table, common/preferred stock dashboard. Finance is mission critical, for instance – it just appears on a recurring basis. Note that “housekeeping” doesn’t mean “not important.”

Seed Stage 331

Seed Stage Cap Table Metrics Burn Rate 331

Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

They measure their success on metrics that reflect success in execution, and they reward execution. 20 th century Management Tools for Execution In the 20 th century business schools and consulting firms developed an amazing management stack to assist companies to execute. StageGate Process. This is a big idea.

IRR 335

IRR Startup Business Model Agile 335

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. And what of the product development team? And yet, their investors are frustrated. Go on an agile diet quickly.

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

ConversionXL

AUGUST 30, 2018

It slows product development. The key is to connect user research to an improved user experience and, in turn, an increase in customer retention, leads, or any other metric for which C-suite members are accountable. The finance team understands that content customers are less likely to churn and destabilize revenue flows.

Design 111

Design Framework Product Development Technical Review 111

The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2012

For this reason you should find out as quickly as possible if the product is indeed offering real value to your customers by looking at real data. The metrics that matter the most are returning customers (user retention), turnover per customer and viral growth (k-factor). Again, make sure you can decide whom to ‘marry’.

Bankruptcy 121

Bankruptcy Technical Review Intellectual Property Due Diligence 121

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2022

22:24] Retention and recruitment have become really hot right now for a lot of organizations – what role can community play? [24:13] John Cantarella (20:24): We're already seeing a bunch of third party companies start to build metrics and tools so they can start to measure the value of community overall.

Community 67

Community New York Small Business New York City 67

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

No doubt you’re thinking about myriad administrative and organizational needs relating to accounting and finance, staffing, your product and service roadmap for the year and more. Today’s best SMB-focused CRMs capture metrics more effectively than ever before. by John Oechsle, President and CEO of Swiftpage.

Artificial Inteligence 127

Artificial Inteligence Sales Cycle Colorado Retention 127