SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

Technical Cofounder 150

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

So while the simplest way that people often evaluate stocks is by P/E ratios (price-to-earnings), one also needs to look at other metrics such as the PEG (price-to-earnings-growth). [of They raised $5 million in venture capital to fund growth. Investors value growth. What did they actually do? ” Quick examples: 1.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. What Do VC’s Do?

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Many startups and businesses dream of landing funding from angel investors and venture capital. However, very few businesses ever acquire venture capital funds. . Unfortunately, these atypical visionaries are unable to connect with people who control capital and investing. Find alternative funding streams.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

Technical Cofounder 150

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Use this time to make sure that you are matching the business you want to start to your personal aspirations. Milestones and Metrics. Depending on the size and goals of your venture, you may need to seek financing from an “angel” investor or from a venture capital firm. Analyze your industry. Tim Berry.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

The Venture Capital industry as a whole does a terrible job of giving things the right name and so we end up keeping the same name, but changing the meaning out from under it. Valuations are rising to match. So if the Micro-VCs are looking for Series A-like metrics, what does a company do when it’s just getting started?

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Cloud accounting is all about matching revenue and costs to consumption…well, except for professional services! SaaS companies use different metrics to calculate renewals. In regards to calculatimg the "Magic Number" - should the amount included as sales and marketing costs match the length of the sales cycle?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 31, 2016

To be successful, your business plan must match milestones to the sources of capital. Set out goals and metrics for your business. Manage to those metrics and use that as a framework to communicate. Report your progress against those metrics every month. Angel and other seed fund investors fund prototypes.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

Is there anything worse than sorting through hoards of jeans looking for a pair that’s cute, fits, and matches your style? She had amazing metrics, skyrocketing growth, and fantastic margin structure. Not only that, just 3% of all venture capital goes to companies with all female founders. Just 17% of startups in the U.S.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 17, 2020

What are the new financial metrics? Unless your investors are matching their orders for “full speed ahead” with a deposit into your bank, now is not the time to be railroaded into a burn rate that is unrecoverable. Are those assumptions about payers still correct? How do you know? Receivables – get on top of them.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2009

If we tried to match them on their playing field we’d never catch up. When we looked at the color graphics board market, our competitors had defined the market as one measured by technical metrics: screen resolution, number of bits of color, screen refresh rates, acceleration, etc. And paradoxically we had to raise our prices.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

Generate end user demand (to match our revenue goals) Drive that demand into our sales channels Value price our products to achieve our revenue and margin goals (create high-value) Educate our sales channel(s) Help engineering understand customer needs That was it. It wasn’t measured by how busy you were, it was measured by results.

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Up and Running

JUNE 23, 2015

She was initially drawn to Wirth’s passion for the cause of maternal health, but she also came to see that the two of them were well-matched for a business partnership because their skill sets were so complementary. Maternova has raised a seed round of funding, and is currently working on its series A. The Lean Startup by Erik Reis.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We’re looking at our lean business planning is about strategy, tactics, concrete specifics including milestones, metrics, tasks and schedule, and essential numbers to run a business, all of which lead to managing cash flow. You need metrics because we’re human. Funding plans, banking, what are our employment policies?

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

The reasoning behind investing in an index fund is that it closely matches the overall market - and it?s Concentrated Investing In the traditional stock market an index is a small sample of the market that represents the stock market as a whole. s very hard to beat the efficient market. s 500, and the Nasdaq composite Index. startupcto

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I’ve been thinking a lot about how Venture Capital firms can innovate on what I’ve been calling “Product Delivery”. I’m thinking more about the internal practices of a venture capital firm to help it do what it does more successfully. A lot of VCs are starting to be more creative about their “product”.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

The time they spend with customers is usually limited to transactional core products sales, generating lower margins – The resource allocation is not always matching the opportunity (geography, customer segment, vertical.) – The rules of engagement for technical resources (solution or product specialists) are not clear.

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 19, 2015

If you’re even remotely connected to the “industry” of Venture Capital, you need to read Howard Marks’ It’s Not Easy memo. I like to think of it as looking at the derivative (in a mathematical sense, not a financial sense) is often more revealing than looking at the raw change in a metric.

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

Since so many distinguished people report a broad variety of qualitative bubble signs, let’s attempt to pattern match the quantitative data. Let’s look at public market comparables and venture capital flows to see if we can find a match. Venture capital flows. It’s the valuation:value ratio.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

Another idea would be to say matching up. the sort of pain solution match-up process can work. But assuming it’s a fair exit, a venture capitalist, and I’m explicitly not saying angel because we could talk about angel and they’re sort of special so that might work out. For venture capital, right?

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

What kind of location matches your strategy? Angel investment/venture capital funds. If you’re a tech/digital startup, angel investment and venture capital funding may be perfect. If nothing else, familiarize yourself with your key financial metrics from the start. How will your customers get there?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

We also talk about cash flow management rather than fund-raising though – watch and justifying expenses by cash coming in that matches or exceeds. Did the VC’s like your team ? Hopefully this will get more bootstrapping entrepreneurs focusing on making money instead of raising money.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

What most founders don’t realize is: Every stage of a startup requires a different set of metrics and milestones and founder skills. Product/market fit means that you’ve found the match between your potential customers’ pains, gains and jobs to be done and the features of your minimal viable product. Number of customers?

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2023

As previously highlighted on VC Cafe (based on research by Sapphire Ventures) , while many funds avoid B2C investments, consumer startups can create extremely lucrative power-law returns for venture capital investors. B2C Venture Capital Investments in Israel To the most part, Israeli VCs shy away from B2C startup investments.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Moneyball uses rigorous statistical data analysis in player selection and attempts to predict the value of the players by using metrics more granular then batting averages and RBIs. “ They measured every single thing ” by developing one massive database of key metrics. It’s not just baseball. Usability testing.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Great businesses can be built off this network, starting with matching talent and opportunity. The usual tempo for raising money from venture capital is at a minimum of a year between financings. And show that you’re focused on the metrics that matter: revenue numbers, engagement traction, etc.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Then, I needed to determine who is the right match for me. What are my ideal match’s skill sets, background, age, geography, work style, level of commitment, compensation requirements, friend vs. new acquaintance, etc…? At this point, she was assessing if there were other people in the pool of candidates who would be good matches.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 21, 2011

For 78 straight weeks, my " This Week in the NYC Innovation Community Newsletter " enjoyed industry leading metrics. A check of my Mailchimp stats, not surprisingly, revealed that Gmail represents a third of my subscribers--almost an exact match to the loss of my ridiculously consistant audience. disappeared.

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Austin Startup

MAY 19, 2018

The number of those VCs who didn’t know our stage or who had some other part of their thesis that we didn’t match was also staggering. Don’t boomerang founders If you have specific metrics you look for in early stage companies. There is no such thing as “not right now” there is just “yes” and “no”.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

EcoMom’s metrics improved throughout this process and that’s when I decided to invest. Other Important Discussions in this Section you Shouldn’t Miss: I talk about how your own personal brand can actually hinder your funding process (be self aware of how others perceive you, seek out investors who match with your style).

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

There are a lot of people that artificially group together performance metrics for venture, and try to extrapolate successful stratagies from it. Reality is that venture is a bunch of individual stories, individual assessments of teams, unique products, and a whole lot of stars lining up for particular companies for success to happen.

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