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Get Your Metrics Together

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Since many of our investments are companies that are scaling, vs. companies that are just getting started, there are a lot of derivative metrics in these plans. How LTV Metrics Lie — And What To Look Out For. As part of getting your metrics together for 2017, I encourage you to go read some of these articles.

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Thoughts on Sourcing Black Companies and Entrepreneurs

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Maybe we all need to start talking about grit instead of metrics that can only be achieved with money, and then make sure all entrepreneurs get the funding required to achieve equivalent metrics. The post Thoughts on Sourcing Black Companies and Entrepreneurs appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Book: LEVERS – The Framework For Building Repeatability into Your Business

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The best businesses are data-driven and metrics-driven. Instead of simply tracking top-line metrics, every person in the organization understands their role, how they impact the business metrics, and how this impacts its larger goals. However, even though the instructions are easy, the work isn’t.

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The Circle

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We believe we’ve mastered operant conditioning through the use of visible metrics associated with actions individual users take. We’ve somehow elevated social media metrics to the same level as money in the context of self-worth. Eggers completely disassembles this through a deeply engaging story with vibrant characters.

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Can Do Colorado – A New Energize Colorado Project

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Working through my market portfolio this am and thought This metric would be of interest to this group. From a business perspective, some businesses have benefited during this crisis, while other businesses (and entire categories of business) are being wiped off the face of the earth. This is a deep wealth transfer from small businesses.

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Founder’s Choice VC Firm Ranking

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We’ve wanted this to exist for a long time — NPS of us as a firm is too forgiving a metric, everyone scores well. We and a few other firms sponsored a “founders choice” version of the Midas List, with a legit (IMHO) rating methodology, built by two Penn students. No vitriol possible (unlike The Funded, etc.).

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Write More Faster

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I’ve been stalled trying to get through two books: Startup Opportunities (with Sean Wise) and Startup Metrics. Writing do more faster startup metrics startup opportunities' with Seth Levine). It worked. I’ve gotten a lot of writing on Startup Opportunities done in the last week and I expect this week to be a good one.

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