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NetSuites nice quarter

deal architect

Nice earnings call yesterday – record numbers across 8 metrics Just as good was the mainstream publicity through the movie Moneyball which was released in most US and Canadian cities on September 23 and which features the Oakland A’s stadium.

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Sports, Business, Metrics, and Winning

Growthink Blog

and how now the most successful teams are managed not by pep talks and gut but by and through data and metrics. Building on this long-term attention to detail and metrics, last year the Spurs became the winningest team in NBA history (to go along with their five league championships in 16 years). Some examples: FIFA.

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3 Ways Acquisition Entrepreneurship Is Better Than Starting Your Own Business

YoungUpstarts

The team’s success centers on favoring the metric of “getting on base” over “swinging for the fences.” ” The Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series by adopting the same strategy.

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It’s Time to Play Moneyball: The Investment Readiness Level

Steve Blank

Investors sitting through Incubator or Accelerator demo days have three metrics to judge fledgling startups – 1) great looking product demos, 2) compelling PowerPoint slides, and 3) a world-class team. And we can offer investors metrics to play Moneyball – with the Investment Readiness Level. We think we can do better. Here’s how.

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Moneyball Design: Why the Research and Data Analysis is Critical to Getting Your Prospects to Convert

ConversionXL

It’s about the Oakland A’s and their General Manager Billy Beane. 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. . – The Art & Science of Web Design by Jeffrey Veen. What’s Moneyball?

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date. Metrics: 50mm users (up from 40mm in Dec 2009), -Competition includes: Spotify , Last.fm. Founded in 2008 by Mehdi Maghsoodnia.

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The Cost of Customer Acquisition: How Much Can You Spend to Earn New Business?

Duct Tape Marketing

Marketers spend a lot of time and energy looking at the metrics that illuminate the costs of finding new customers and keeping current customers. He compared what we as marketers do with data to the way Billy Beane approached managing the Oakland Athletics in Michael Lewis’ book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game.