David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. For instance, tracking ‘months-of-runway’ combined with the month-over-month change to that metric allows us to rapidly identify companies that may be distressed. For more, see Recruiting Hacks: Best Practices in Wooing and Winning the High Performers.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Frameworks, because if I can teach someone a new mental model, a different way of thinking, they can be incredibly successful. the company are organized and incentivized (as in what metrics determine their bonus). Make sure your executive dashboards obsess about acquisition, behavior and outcome metrics. So fix that.

Analytics 154

Analytics Marketing Social Media Technical Review 154

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

YouTube Marketing and Analytics Framework for Success. At its purest, YouTube is about: Reaching massive global audiences. Reach one of the largest global audience on the planet proactively consuming content. Select if you want global, local, control the size of your audience. The YouTube Measurement Framework.

Analytics 149

Analytics Marketing Audience Channel 149

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2023

In the vast landscape of business tools and strategies, the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) has emerged as a prominent framework adopted by numerous businesses globally. Data: Monitoring essential metrics that depict an organization’s health and performance. This setup eradicates ambiguity, enhancing productivity.

Nebraska 148

Nebraska Framework Leadership Operations 148

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

. + Traffic Trends Key Metrics Analysis. Onsite Behavior Key Metrics Analysis. I tend to use Hitwise a lot less, or not at all, because it is a very hard to use, it is slow, the UX/UI, metrics and reports have not really evolved over the years. Traffic Trends Key Metrics Analysis. The metric being displayed is Visits.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Non-Compete Search 60

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 6, 2020

As the Greylock team has learned after decades of partnering with early-stage founders, the best approach is establishing a core set of fundamental questions that can be tailored to each individual company, rather than looking at a rigid set of metrics. WHAT METRICS SHOULD A FOUNDER SHOW TO RAISE A SERIES A FROM A VC FIRM LIKE GREYLOCK?

Technical Review 69

Technical Review Seed Stage Software Review Early Stage 69

Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

To create great entrepreneurs, we had to give our students the experience of navigating the chaos and uncertainty of running a lean startup while providing the same kind of rigorous framework the business plan did in its day. Done informally as part of an accelerator, yes, but not with a framework based on a clear process and clear pedagogy.

Business Plan 120

Business Plan Silicon Valley Saudi Arabia Lean 120

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.

Customer Development 224

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 3, 2012

I wanted to come up with a simple framework that companies could use to self-diagnose the sophistication of their digital marketing strategy. " framework with you. Use those metrics to optimize your social existence. Are you satisfied with a local maxima or is your digital existence solving for a global maxima?

Framework 147

Framework Marketing Search Mobile 147

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The majority of companies have a global footprint that is larger than their origin operations, far removed from HQ. Such a global workforce may not mean a diversity of thinking or local adherence to with the ‘company culture framework’. The changing cultural landscape. Embedding a diversity.

Framework 184

Framework Government Retention Hiring 184

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

We later modified the methods to include conversion-focused metrics to benchmark 5 nutrition websites , plus many many more as the basis for our ecommerce best practice guidelines. CXL benchmarking uses a standardized process to calculate a conversion-focused, validated, and standardized survey metric. GLOBAL UX – Who Won?

eCommerce 119

eCommerce Mobile Database Design 119

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

I can report on pageviews and bounce rates and sessions and all the other lovely metrics we normally obsess about. Now, all those other metrics suddenly have a purpose and context. Analyzing ecommerce conversions PLUS goals means we are going to solve for the global maxima. Were they all wasted visits? No, of course not.

Analytics 60

Analytics eCommerce Metrics Acquisition 60

OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2013

The book is part of the Startup Revolution series that Brad has been working on for a couple years now, including Do More (Even) Faster , Venture Deals , Startup Communities , and Startup Life (with two more to come, Startup Boards and Startup Metrics). Chapter 28: Going Global…Should Your Business Go Global?

Startup 95

Startup Advisory Board Elevator Pitch Forecast 95

Seeing Both Sides

MAY 19, 2019

Once you have reviewed this framework for deciding what you’re looking for, below you will find a list of over 600 companies to research and approach. a nod to the growing global importance of those two startup ecosystems. Are You Suited For A StartUp? As usual, the list is compiled and organized based on location.

Startup 24

Startup DC India Software Review 24

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

This structure allows for alignment on the front end, and real-time flexibility for performance metrics,” says Samira Salman , a family office investor and advisor. . Flexible VCs have created structures based on other company performance metrics than revenues, such as profits or founder salaries. Flexible VC 102: Variations.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 23, 2021

Those experiences led me to refine my decision-making framework. The metrics from the dashboard are the key inputs for collective decisions. You can always instrument your business and gather metrics, but that doesn’t mean the data you gather will be useful. Just track metrics that help you improve the product.

Venture Capital 46

Venture Capital Metrics Investment Bankers Framework 46

Hunter Walker

APRIL 5, 2023

a 19th century sailing ship, with robot sailors on deck, docking in a harbor, cyberpunk [DALL-E] ‘ Safe harbor ’ is a regulatory framework which provides that certain conduct won’t break a rule so long as specific conditions are met. Observability : Auditable, but not public, frameworks for measuring ‘quality’ of results.

Artificial Inteligence 63

Artificial Inteligence Framework Aggregator China 63

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Step 1: Optimal Metrics. You'll find it here: Digital Metrics Ladder of Awesomeness. The metrics ladder lays out a path that will get you there, step by step while ensure your org is coming along with you. Step 1: Optimal Metrics. Tough metrics. Smart metrics. Wait, Wait, What the Heck is Attribution?

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics Technical Review Channel 60

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 29, 2010

Tactics were discussed out of context, and there wasnt an overarching framework for figuring out what works for what kinds of companies, industries, and stages of growth. And do I still need to get out of the building if Ive got great metrics and surveys?" The Lean Startup movement is already global ( see the map ).

San Francisco 120

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 120

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

“Rare is the business that has a formal disaster plan, let alone one that covers a global Black Swan event.” Frameworks for businesses during a crisis. Each study, however, offers a framework to help with decision making. That crisis saw a global spending decrease of 9%, with U.S. Tim Stewart, trsdigital.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

To learn more about the Do in stage one please review my See-Think-Do-Coddle framework for content, marketing and measurement.]. Bonus: Facebook Marketing: Best Metrics, ROI, Business Value ]. During this stage you should also invest a lot in Search Engine Optimization. Second , create the world's greatest mobile experience.

Analytics 165

Analytics Marketing Channel Metrics 165

VC Cafe

MAY 18, 2022

Rising inflation and interest rate hikes, growth in debt to GDP ration, the war in the Ukraine (and global instability), increases in prices of energy, changing consumer habits to a post Covid-19, supply chain issues, etc, might be all contributing factors to the stock market (and tech in particular) declines. Fundraising will get tougher.

Term Sheet 190

Term Sheet Startup Valuation Ukraine 190

The Next Web

AUGUST 10, 2013

By firing events on every action, you can get metrics that track Call-to-Action buttons and compare their performance to find out which one can be optimized. Ultimately, while big changes need to come from intuition, optimization of an interface or flow should include a structured experimentation framework.”.

Cofounder 157

Cofounder Guerilla Startup Analytics 157

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The variant led to a 42% uplift in form submissions as well as improving secondary metrics. We also saw an increase in the ratio of successful tests, and improved both primary and secondary metrics across all of our testing activity. We also created more contrast between the page content and the form. Look For These 8 Traits.

Framework 77

Framework Global Conversion SEO 77

Up and Running

MAY 30, 2022

It keeps them on track, even when the global market rapidly shifts as we’ve seen in recent years. An often overlooked purpose of a business plan is as a tool to define success metrics. By housing these financial metrics within your business plan, you suddenly have an easy way to relate your strategy to actual performance.

Business Plan 150

Business Plan Balance Sheet Revenue Metrics 150

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. ” Historically, investing was a manual, artisan process.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Data companies more focused on later-stage companies include Avention , Bureau Van Dijk , BizQualify, Dow Jones , FactSet , Genesis , S&P Global Market Intelligence , DueDil , Core 2 Group , D&B Hoovers , InsideView , LexisNexis , Pitchbook , Preqin , PrivCo , SourceScrub , Refinitiv , and Unquote.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

According to a McKinsey Global Innovation Survey , “although 84% of executives agree that innovation is important to growth strategy, only 6% are satisfied with innovation performance.” In my course on product innovation , I give the example of how we used this framework at Convoy. . – Jeff Bezos. ” .

Product 139

Product Customer Algorithm Metrics 139

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2016

To me, Lean Startup provides a framework and a methodology for taking customer empathy work and translating that into real and measurable outcomes for our community. This is where it is crucial for the project teams to be tracking metrics. However, I’ve never quite seen how we could operationalize this in our organization.

Government 165

Government Lean Startup San Francisco 165

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Even if you work in a multi-headed hydra called "global corporation." If you are a regular reader of this blog you know how deeply fond I am of the Acquisition, Behavior, Outcomes framework. While at Compete I can also dig into a whole bunch of metrics like Visits, PageViews, udience segmentation, and so much more.

Web 138

Web Analytics Technical Review Affiliate 138

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 3, 2012

Not a good metric for small business – [link]. Global search ad spending up 17% in Q2 (but Europe only 2% growth) – [link]. The Ultimate Roundup of Responsive Grids and Frameworks for WordPress Projects – [link]. Cool infographic looking at global inequality using the Olympic rings – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Occam's Razor

APRIL 15, 2019

Bubble Kings most commonly reside in organizations where there is little to no accountability (or misplaced accountability, ex: celebration of vanity metrics). One person who demonstrated Curious One behavior to me was the recently ex-Global CEO of Unilever, Paul Polman. Two Inspiring Examples | Curious One Archetype. Paul Polman.

Leadership 79

Leadership Non-Compete Analytics Software Review 79

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

While this strategy is not new, it is becoming a staffing solution for companies that have increasing demand for technical talent and struggle to compete in a global hiring marketplace to hire from a relatively small pool of talent. That simple metric will give you a simple baseline from which to improve.

San Jose 149

San Jose San Francisco Silicon Valley Employee 149

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Express : Express is built on NodeJS framework. Web frameworks. Zend Framework (PHP). Startup Metrics for Pirates â?? SaaS Metrics Tutorial â?? open source framework for Ruby. a PHP open source framework. high-level Python framework. open source framework for app development. But thatâ??s

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 25, 2022

But while some of America’s most powerful lawmakers focus on cutting Big Tech down to size, how many of the major challenges we face, as a country and as part of the greater global community, can we solve without major technological activity and innovation? That’s why Ro Khanna’s perspective is valuable in this moment.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review America Government Global 28