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Why vanity metrics are dangerous

Startup Lessons Learned

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."

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How to make the most useful dashboard

Berkonomics

If your business has no trade with Japan that could be affected by arbitrage, early shipments or other tactics that take advantage of the moving value of these currencies, that statistic is irrelevant to the dashboard – even if interesting to you. Find metrics that will be “leading indicators” of trouble to come.

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What to Expect When Developing an App in 2021

Up and Running

The mobile-savvy nations are China, Norway, United Kingdom, Japan, and Australia. What metrics are you tracking? According to the Payments Industry Intelligent report, by 2022, the forecast value for mobile payment apps will reach nearly $14 trillion. Take a look at some of the stats. Smart clothes. What does your monthly user count.

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Massacre at IBM

Steve Blank

That earned us the right to ask questions of fact about their department’s mission, goals, operations, volumes, tools, methods, and success metrics. In December and January we met with ten customers in Korea, Japan, and China. We did a quick overview of the product. We asked, “Given all that, what problems are you having?”

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Twitter Link Roundup #89 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Display Ads Lift Branding Metrics – [link]. Old People Line Up To Clean Radiation in Japan [Japan] – [link]. Important for bloggers: New Jersey supreme court denies blogger protection under press shield law – [link]. 37 Creative Shoes Advertisements – [link]. Empire Avenue Strikes Out – [link].

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Create a Powerful Dashboard.

Berkonomics

If your business has no trade with Japan that could be affected by arbitrage, early shipments or other tactics that take advantage of the moving value of these currencies, that statistic is irrelevant to the dashboard – even if interesting to you. Find metrics that will be “leading indicators” of trouble to come.

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How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia

The Next Web

The region’s other strong VC presence resides in Japan, which has the typical Japanese model of a few large firms dominating the market. Investments in Japan also tend to be much smaller in scale and much more conservative than the type of VC bets you would see being placed in China, India, or the U.S.

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