Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

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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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Metrics like Return on Net Assets, Return on Capital and Internal Rate of Return are the guiding stars of the board and CEO. As Harvard professor Clayton Christensen noted, these efficiency metrics provided wise guidance for times when capital was scarce and raising money was hard. Act Like a Startup.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Bitcoin Allocation – Growing the role of bitcoin in investment portfolios. A lightweight “agent” with access to logs and metrics can, to start, retrieve relevant information (e.g. There doesn’t exist a web search API that has access to page content, parsed outlinks from the page, or even edit history.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2015

year-to-year, respectively, as the company remains the gold standard for digital and search advertising. Google’s average cost per click (CPC), the metric that calculates the price paid each time a website visitor clicks on a search ad displayed on that site, has been declining incrementally, if not steadily, over the last two years.

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Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

In search of Europes next tech stars. Portfolio. (3). In search of Europe's next tech stars. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Wednesday, August 03, 2011. at 11:03 AM.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

11- Paying attention to metrics. Metrics do not lie, and metrics over a longer time period are much more useful to study. Although your company's analytics are vital, simply investigating your own metrics is insufficient. Instead, you should monitor metrics for the whole sector. Photo Credit: Shiv Gupta.

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2021

Simply research the company with its portfolio. Try answering these questions: How has download and search traffic been trending for this app category? What metrics are you tracking? Your development team is the key to your success. Today, there are thousands of development teams all over the world.

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Artificial Inteligence Developer Development Team Review United Kingdom 150

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

2- Growth of voice search. Consumers are loving the convenience of simply speaking what they want, from movie requests to directions, thanks to enhanced voice search. According to DVS Interactive, voice searches account for 20% of all smartphone searches. 3- Visual search. Photo Credit: Sep Niakan.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

Many of our clients have expressed an interest in using video as part of their online marketing efforts, and we have seen firsthand the impact of videos on search engine results. You'd only need your iPhone to manage this content and analyze these metrics so you can work anywhere else in the world as long as there is an internet.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

work (collection, processing, reporting, analysis), processes, org structure, governance models, last-mile gaps , metrics ladders of awesomeness , and… so… much… more. A quick search query will illustrate that that looks something like this…. Each cell contains a metric (online, offline, nonline ). The Impact Matrix.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

In the last five years “ Lean Startup ” methodologies have enabled entrepreneurs to efficiently build a startup by searching for product/market fit rather than blindly trying to execute. In this new model, the Horizon level of innovation is defined by whether the business model is being executed or searched for. Here’s how. Get to Yes.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 2, 2013

It helps you understand how reliant the company/client is on Search (too much is actually not good). Like everything in life, you want a balanced portfolio (left). Search is always big for everyone. Find high bounce rates for one segment (Paid Search) and look at other segments (Display) where pages have low bounce rates.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

However, it is important to check the portfolio of the program and see how many companies from your industry have participated. On the other hand, if the program’s portfolio demonstrates that they worked with quite a few companies in your field, you are good to go. Contact accelerator staff. Reasons for rejection analyzed + tips.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

What metrics do we use to see if we learned enough in Customer Discovery ? I gave my boilerplate answer, “I’m a product guy and I tend to invest and look at deals that have measurable revenue metrics. Dave McClure has some great metrics…” It was an honest but vaguely unsatisfying answer. It’s an impressive portfolio.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior Great companies are almost always run by great management teams. Good metrics should also be actionable, and drive successful behavior. In a follow up post, I will use this technique to walk through the design of a set of metrics for a SaaS company.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

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.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

Some VCs have identified a number of new advantages that distinguish them in the marketplace: – Portfolio acceleration. I saw “ portfolio operations ,” i.e., levers to enhance the operations efficacy of portfolio companies, become a standard part of the private equity toolkit. – Portfolio company diversity.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

Some VCs have identified a number of new advantages that distinguish them in the marketplace: – Portfolio acceleration. I saw “ portfolio operations ,” i.e., levers to enhance the operations efficacy of portfolio companies, become a standard part of the private equity toolkit. – Portfolio company diversity.

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Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

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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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

kaChing launched a virtual portfolio management game on Facebook in January 2008 and a similar version shortly thereafter on kaChing.com. Because kaChing prefers its portfolio managers to have a long track record, the marketplace launch (i.e., A portfolio manager’s entire track record & holdings had to be disclosed.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

Years later Clavier's name now comes up all the time when one of his portfolio companies finds success; his exits include Mint, Tapulous, and UserPlane, other investments include Mashery (a ReadWriteWeb sponsor), Rapleaf, Fitbit, bitly, GroupOn, Twitter and many more. You should do your own due diligence on the investors.

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Up and Running

MARCH 6, 2013

2: Not bringing a portfolio of your work : When interviewing for a position on a marketing team, ALWAYS bring a portfolio to your interview. 3: Not talking results : In today’s world of marketing, everything needs to be about metrics. When in doubt, wear a suit. This is true for any marketing activity today.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Nowadays nearly every online shop utilizes some sort of product recommendation engine, which is no wonder, as these systems, if set up and configured properly can significantly boost revenues, CTRs, conversions, and other important metrics. This is a very important metric when evaluating a recommender system. Popular Products.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 3, 2015

These include making deposits, transferring funds, paying bills and managing stock portfolios. FICO credit scores, business cash flow and business debt are being joined by cash-flow reports, direct deposit data and, in some cases, social media reviews and metrics during the approval process. Small Business Loan Overview. How it Works.

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Genuine VC

JULY 19, 2010

Portfolio construction favors early-round capital allocation vs. company life-cycle allocation. These results are based on actual usage of product by early users, with resulting operating metrics which more than just validate a hypothesis. Initial investment in a company is among the first non-founder capital raised.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Paid Search or affiliates or email or display or YouTube or whatever channel you end up choosing. [ Remember: Engagement is not a metric, its an excuse. ]. The ideal metrics for this desired outcome are Visitor Loyalty & Visitor Recency. You can compute two important metrics: Likelihood to Recommend / Brand Lift.

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Campaign Analytics Metrics Search 128

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

In theory, conversion optimization aims to improve the user experience, which, conveniently, is what Google wants to do as well with their top search results. It’s in Google’s self interest to provide the best search experience for the user. You know all about vanity metrics , and how you shouldn’t be obsessed with them.

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SEO Technical Review Algorithm Software Review 48

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Creating and showing constant momentum through personal portfolio projects and volunteering is a powerful means of landing a new job as a product manager, especially if one has never officially held the professional title “Product Manager.” Other key questions he looks to answer: What metrics did they track to define success?

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Management Product Technical Review Software Review 85

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 10, 2013

The critical metrics for each stage of your SaaS business | by Lars Lofrgren – [link]. 6 Interesting Facebook Tricks You Might Not Know | Search Engine Journal – [link]. 15 Beautiful and Awesome Examples of Portfolio Designs | Silky Designs – [link]. 10 Myths about Startups – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

www.jonsamsel.com

MAY 12, 2011

Jon Samsel Social media, SEO, marketing and writing Home Bio Books Portfolio Login A Framework for Web Analytics On May 10, 2011, Heardable’s CEO, Jon Samsel, was asked to speak at the Jamba Juice Digital Marketing Summit in Emeryville, California. All rights reserved. startupcto

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Portfolio. (3). In search of Europe's next tech stars. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2). software. (10). Venture Capital. (3). Blog Archive. ▼ 2012. (1). ▼ 01/15 - 01/22. (1). ► 2011. (2).

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Portfolio. (3). In search of Europe's next tech stars. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2). software. (10). Venture Capital. (3). Blog Archive. ► 2012. (1). ► 01/15 - 01/22. (1). ▼ 2011. (2).

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Occam's Razor

JULY 18, 2011

To not have it as an active part of your marketing portfolio is sub-optimal. I dare say even more than Search (and without a shred of doubt, more than Social Media). You must use metrics that are unique to the medium. Ready for the best email marketing campaign metrics? Optimal Acquisition Email Metrics.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

First and foremost, your content needs to be written to rank for key search terms. All these metrics show whether a website you’re analyzing is following a shifty link building strategy or not. Theoretically, if you build a link on a website with DR 30, this metric has all the chances to reach 60-70 very soon.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Portfolio. (3). In search of Europe's next tech stars. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2). software. (10). Venture Capital. (3). Blog Archive. ► 2012. (1). ► 01/15 - 01/22. (1). ► 2011. (2).

Software Review 48

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Portfolio. (3). In search of Europe's next tech stars. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2). software. (10). Venture Capital. (3). Blog Archive. ► 2012. (1). ► 01/15 - 01/22. (1). ► 2011. (2).

Software Review 59

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Europe 59

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. Pacer is useful to search prior litigation, bankruptcies, etc.

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