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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. Having a set of metrics that you watch & that you feel are the key drivers of your success helps keep clarity. And the more public you can make your goals for these key metrics the better.

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

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. Massive liquidity awaited the first movers to the IPO’s, and that’s how they managed their portfolios.

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Cracking The Code: In search of Europe's next tech stars.

Cracking the Code

In search of Europes next tech stars. Portfolio. (3). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Cracking The Code. Wednesday, August 03, 2011. Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 11:03 AM. McKinsey highlights. (1).

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Twitter Link Roundup #236 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

The Metrics Required for Raising a Series A Round | EquityZen – crowdspring.co/ZEAcxq. 9 Twitter Chats on Marketing | Heroic Search – crowdspring.co/XuWOyO. 9 Twitter Chats on Marketing | Heroic Search – crowdspring.co/XuWOyO. How To Build A World-Class Design Portfolio | Co.Design – crowdspring.co/1uDPSu7.

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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

The importance of reputation is why, for example, Andreessen Horowitz invested early and heavily in their own PR, adding PR guru Margit Wennmachers as a Partner. . Some VCs have identified a number of new advantages that distinguish them in the marketplace: – Portfolio acceleration. – Thesis. billion.

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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

The importance of reputation is why, for example, Andreessen Horowitz invested early and heavily in their own PR, adding PR guru Margit Wennmachers as a Partner. . Some VCs have identified a number of new advantages that distinguish them in the marketplace: – Portfolio acceleration. – Thesis. billion.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. An investor had few hard metrics other than the actual financials, and little technology to make the process scaleable. But beyond that, not much.