Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

There has been a lot of public debate over the past several weeks about whether it’s a good thing to be “gross margin positive” or not and commentary always reminds me that some people at startups don’t quite understand financial metrics or even how to think about which ones are healthy. If you can’t raise — you’re dead. End of story.

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Metrics Cost Acquisition Startup 150

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 16, 2022

If you want to do better, you need to understand how to improve your product. For that, you need metrics for growth, says Esther Gons. The post Metrics For Growth appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Metrics Product 263

Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2021

As more remote teams transition to a hybrid structure, one question at the forefront of many business leaders’ minds is how to maintain high productivity levels both at home and in the office. But hybrid workers can still face barriers to concentration that derail their productivity. . Lead your hybrid team to maximum productivity.

Product 189

Product Technical Review Employee Software Review 189

View from Seed

MARCH 29, 2016

This desperate need for employees often leads to an equally desperate, ad-hoc approach to recruiting without any relevant recruiting metrics being tracked. The resume-to-interview metric is simply a measurement of how many resumes startups review for each person interviewed. Applicant source quality: Resumes-to-interviews.

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Metrics Founder CTO Hire Technical Review 120

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

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. I was recently talking with a startup company who wanted me to try their product. In our next meeting I asked them how often it crashed.

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Metrics Startup Acquisition SEM 346

Up and Running

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Thankfully, there are a number of great tools for tracking your web metrics (both free and paid) that can help you get a better understanding of what your users are doing on your site and even how your competitors are faring in their own online efforts. Ahrefs’ Site Explorer reveals insightful SEO metrics and data about any website or URL.

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Metrics Web Analytics Advertising 89

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 11, 2022

Why Call Tracking Metrics Matter To Your Marketing Efforts written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. My guests today are Todd and Laure Fisher, their husband and wife co-founders of Call Tracking Metrics company. It's an, you know, we know that this person was inquiring about product X, Y, or Z, right.

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Metrics Marketing Software Review Cofounder 85

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2017

Not so long ago, every business assumed that the keys to success were the highest quality product, the best value for the buck, and the best customer service. Exploit your product and service differences. You must be able to highlight these differences between your products and services, and those of your competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2023

You need to track what content is resonating with your prospective customers, through metrics including submit rate by content offer, elasticity, velocity, cost, and ultimately revenue by content program. Metrics which must be tracked include number of leads, conversion rates by lead stage, velocity, growth rate, and total lead database size.

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Demand Metrics NPV Net Present Value 256

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 2, 2016

New technologies emerge daily and bring ingenious products to the world. It’s generally accepted to praise developers and designers for bringing these products to life but there is usually someone else behind the concepts and ideas. Product managers should also understand the company’s goals. necessary product.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

FBe's recommendation was (paraphrasing a 35 min talk): Don't invent new metrics, use online versions of Reach and GRPs to measure success. Client posted a video of a soon to be released product on their Facebook brand page. The new product became the number one selling product in the company's history in that country.

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Metrics Advertising Marketing Social Media 165

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

From start to finish, a company must be able to provide high-quality products and/or services for their customers or clients. Remaining efficient, however, requires that business owners continually dissect each department or task and research effective ways to increase productivity. Accounting. Social Media Management.

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Product Social Media Software Review Software 136

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2023

They poured their hearts and souls into creating an innovative product fueled by the desire to make a difference in the lives of their target audience. Startup X reached out to a product design services provider, and with their help, they were able to turn their fortunes around. The good news is that there’s hope!

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Design Product Churn Rate Architecture 105

The Equity Kicker

JUNE 20, 2014

A lot of traditional metrics of business don’t account for the changed metabolism and velocity of business due to presence of the network and, more lately, the concept of anywhere computing. There are no new metrics or valuation methodologies on the horizon, so expect to see more hard to understand valuations.

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Valuation Metrics Software Review Technical Review 123

Up and Running

MAY 17, 2016

Taking steering one step further, let’s suggest that good planning, with milestones and metrics, is something like steering with the aid of a GPS. Metrics are like dials on the dashboard, indicators of how you’re doing, tracking your progress toward goals. Metrics give you tracking and accountability.

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Metrics Social Media Business Plan Advertising 80

View from Seed

MARCH 19, 2015

Starting in 2009, Savoia began using an approach as an engineering director at Google that helped the tech giant know whether it was about to build the right product for the market … or a product that would flop. Having The Right It is essential for the following reason: Most new products and innovations fail in the market.

Product 120

Product Technical Review Marketing Lean 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2021

For example, I commonly see metrics to keep track of revenue per employee, overtime, and absenteeism, but I don’t often see measures of overall customer satisfaction with individual employees. Incentives should be a combination of metrics and recognition to highlight results. Incent and reward employees who delight customers.

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Customer Technical Review Metrics Employee 369

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 8, 2024

Factors to Consider Before Taking on Debt The debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) is a financial metric lenders use to assess a business’s ability to cover its debt obligations. Investing in technology can help businesses streamline operations, improve productivity, and gain a competitive edge in the marketplace.

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Finance Technical Review Metrics .Net 123

Up and Running

AUGUST 18, 2017

Harvard Business Review recently published an article on how using the same old business metrics can result in missed opportunities for entrepreneurs. Yoon says, “Classic metrics like market penetration and market share, which many leaders are measured on, are the very things causing us to miss market opportunities and threats.”

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Metrics Software Review .Net Demand 83

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

In the interests of helping you work smarter and last longer, I would like to offer my top ten list of key resource drains to avoid in early businesses and startups, based on my years of advising entrepreneurs and my own business experience: Expanding your product line too quickly for scaling. Use multiple small orders at first.

Technical Review 306

Technical Review Metrics Social Media Channel 306

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Why vanity metrics are dangerous In a previous post, I defined two kinds of metrics: vanity metrics and actionable metrics. In this post, Id like to talk about the perils of vanity metrics. My personal favorite vanity metrics is "hits."

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Metrics San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 167

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Plan to deliver a family of products, rather than a one-trick pony. Even a great initial product, with no follow-on, won’t keep you ahead of competitors very long. A smarter risk is to build a plan, with associated greater resources, that will put you in position to expand your product line and keep one step ahead of competitors.

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Forecast Stock Options Technical Review Metrics 304

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

With business teams now getting back together in the workplace after primarily working remotely during the pandemic , it’s an ideal time to implement change and make sure your team is feeling a renewed sense of satisfaction, high engagement, and maximum productivity. Develop metrics to monitor work intensity.

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Metrics Conversion Global Product 270

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

For example, early adopters may be easily sold, but new technology product success really hinges on adoption by certain demographics, perhaps more influenced by celebrities or mommy bloggers. The last thing you need in a startup is a false start, where you can’t deliver on a product change deadline, or a new marketing channel.

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Metrics Technical Review Leadership Framework 387

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 1, 2023

Strategies For Successful Product Launches written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Mary Sheehan In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Mary Sheehan. She is an accomplished product marketing leader who has held marketing leadership roles at Adobe, Google, and many startups.

Product 61

Product Framework Technical Review Cofounder 61

What is ESG Investing? The tricycle of businesses

DECEMBER 5, 2022

API Metrics for Product Managers: As a product manager, it’s important to track the success of your product in order.

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API Metrics Management Product 52

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Most of the entrepreneurs I meet as an investor and advisor have no shortage of right-brain thinking, showing vision and creativity, but often don’t realize that their potential is being limited by a balancing focus on results, metrics, and customer specifics. Show results with a minimal viable product (MVP).

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Technical Review Metrics Leadership Technology 332

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback. Building your public image and presence should start even before product development, through your website, logo, and blogging.

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Angel Groups Social Media 261

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

If you don’t understand your key financial metrics, you have no way of monitoring your business’s health—and you risk mingling assets, incurring penalties for filing taxes late, overlooking expenses, and running into difficulties paying bills and employees, just to mention a few! Each article will give you: A brief definition of the metric.

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Metrics Burn Rate .Net Churn Rate 60

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

(Almost) everything you need to know (but are afraid to ask) before you wistfully ask a product manager to coffee so they will help you find a job. TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies.

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Management Product Technical Review Software Review 85

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Communicating these changes effectively or providing appropriate training can result in employee resistance, decreased productivity, and a lack of adoption. With formal training, employees may be able to adapt to the new tool, leading to increased productivity and potential resistance towards its adoption.

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Database Software Metrics Operations 131

Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Product knowledge can be taught, but a profound understanding of intricate prospecting methodologies is indispensable for success. Patience is vital, emphasizing that SDR productivity takes time to develop, dispelling the misconception of instant results. SDRs require proper tools, including a CRM system and reliable data sources.

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Early Stage Sales Developer Development Team Review 78

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Effective sales coaching is pegged on the accurate sales metrics that you can easily generate with the aid of sales coaching tools. Here are 4 categories of sales coaching tools sales managers can use to track sales metrics and drive sales. · Performance-oriented metrics.

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Metrics Sales Retention Software 141

David Teten

DECEMBER 16, 2015

I review a lot of board decks with a beautifully hand-crafted page with metrics for the company. Good metrics are comparable across industries; comparative ; readily understandable; and help drive decisions. Comparative means that you can compare a metric across time periods, groups of users, or competitors. So how do you do it?

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Metrics Analytics Balance Sheet .Net 60

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

It outlines four major growth strategies: market penetration , market development , product development , and diversification. The goal of market penetration is to leverage new tactics to increase product sales , including existing customers and new customers within existing markets. Product development. Market penetration.

Marketing 115

Marketing Framework Metrics Channel 115

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The single most important SaaS metric is retention , because cancellations indicate lack of product/market fit, no matter the cause (price, features, severity of need, duration of need). If it cannot be fixed, it means the business is a failure even if other metrics are stellar. Once you’re scaling (i.e.

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Metrics Retention Revenue Equity 270

Guy Nirpaz

MAY 29, 2016

I’ve written recently that MAU and DAU are the most important metrics for Customer Success. For that purpose I will assume that I’m the VP of Customer Success of Google AdWords product. This product allows you to create online ads web or mobile that are displayed by Google and drive traffic (or people) to your website.

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Metrics Customer Technical Review Programming 40