Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 26, 2016
There has been a lot of public debate over the past several weeks about whether it’s a good thing to be “gross margin positive” or not and commentary always reminds me that some people at startups don’t quite understand financial metrics or even how to think about which ones are healthy. The first input is CAC. Customer acquisition cost.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search. Startups with huge burn rates – building leases, staff, PR and advertising – ran out of money.
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Up and Running
MAY 12, 2020
Identify any technology needs you may have (and whether or not you’re equipped to meet them) such as: High-speed internet with a reliable connection. Establish milestones and metrics for your business plan. To make your business plan work for you, you’ll want to incorporate milestones and metrics from the start. Good lighting.
Brandanew
MAY 29, 2015
Startups need PR, publicity and proof of visibility for investors and while you may have a PR agency, many struggle with producing enough or high quality content. The all encompassing Internet does provide opportunities but not when we create a content stealing epidemic. It is weird. .
crowdSPRING Blog
OCTOBER 4, 2013
Great post on the most important internet metric of them all – CONVERSION – crowdspring.co/18u6N8Y. Great post on the most important internet metric of them all – CONVERSION – crowdspring.co/18u6N8Y. Gathering Customer Needs | VentureFizz – crowdspring.co/15IZpsB. Want to succeed?
ReadWriteStart
JULY 7, 2021
Additionally, the major factors contributing to its high growth are better Internet access, e-commerce platforms, the scope of international trade, smartphone usage, and a rise in disposable income. Particularly, monitor core metrics like average time taken for delivering a courier, daily active users, and monthly active users.
Steve Blank
APRIL 2, 2009
Metrics – Mine is Bigger Than Yours The first thing SuperMac needed to do was to change how our potential color desktop publishing customers viewed our products versus our competitors’ products. As hokey as it is, when confronted with uncertainty or unknowns, human beings like to be reassured by comparative metrics.
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