Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Cashflow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Hire a professional marketing and public relations agency once you have a good revenue stream but you don’t need them to start a free blog, establish Facebook and Twitter accounts with initial content and complete the basics of search engine optimization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Hire a professional marketing and public relations agency once you have a good revenue stream but you don’t need them to start a free blog, establish Facebook and Twitter accounts with initial content and complete the basics of search engine optimization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Many entrepreneurs never get past their first-stage focus on their innovative product, to scaling the business globally, organizing a structure to handle thousands of employees, and concentrating their focus “on the business” rather than working “in the business.” Switch your focus from product development to sales.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Let’s face it – no one wants to have to consult an instruction book to figure out how to find and purchase a product from your website. Furthermore, keep in mind that it’s best practice to have the ability to search for products and items on the top right corner (red dotted box above) of every page of the site.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Great post on the most important internet metric of them all – CONVERSION – crowdspring.co/18u6N8Y. Great post on the most important internet metric of them all – CONVERSION – crowdspring.co/18u6N8Y. Great post on the most important internet metric of them all – CONVERSION – crowdspring.co/18u6N8Y.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Benchmarking SaaS Startup Efficiency with Revenue per Employee Metrics | by @ttunguz – crowdspring.co/1sRVdjm. Why You Should Find Product-Market Fit Before Sniffing Around For Venture Money | Co.Labs – crowdspring.co/1sRVsv5. How to Ruin Your Company with One Bad Process | by @bhorowitz – crowdspring.co/11FYS9R.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Combining these goals and objectives will give you meaningful metrics to track. Objective Goal Metrics Grow the business Increase awareness and perceived value Followers, fans, shares, retweets, etc. It also gives Benefit the chance to sell the product. According to Facebook , 81% of shoppers research products on Instagram.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2014

Why Lead Velocity Rate (LVR) Is The Most Important Metric in SaaS | saastr – crowdspring.co/U3ZbaM. How To Turn Good Ideas Into Great Products – crowdspring.co/T83uRB. How many SaaS companies still have freemium products? If SaaS Products Sell Themselves, Why Do We Need Sales?

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

The Essential Email Marketing Metrics You Should Be Tracking | Hubspot blog – crowdspring.co/1gY786G. The Essential Email Marketing Metrics You Should Be Tracking | Hubspot blog – crowdspring.co/1gY786G. Brand NEW edition of Empower Your Small Business, crowdSPRING’s small business newsletter – crowdspring.co/1gnb0N1.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

The Metrics Required for Raising a Series A Round | EquityZen – crowdspring.co/ZEAcxq. How to get your employees into fitness | Fortune – crowdspring.co/1saKodQ. Some very interesting stats on VC success rates/returns | Quora crowdspring.co/1vlN6vc. A Long, Ugly Year of Depression That’s Finally Fading – crowdspring.co/1uOvesG.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Why Responsive Web Design Helps People Buy Your Product | Inc – crowdspring.co/1psW8QW. My Golden Rule for Pitching Your Startup or Product – crowdspring.co/1n4zIpz. Why Responsive Web Design Helps People Buy Your Product | Inc – crowdspring.co/1psW8QW. – crowdspring.co/1pEnAkK. – crowdspring.co/1pEnAkK.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2018

Some relate content marketing to PR and will even use them interchangeably. PR or public relations typically involves events, activities, causes, or products and are meant for short-term gains. Having multiple team members skilled in different areas increases the quality, productivity, and end results of your project.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Say no to SaaS vanity metrics - crowdspring.co/NzqJ53. Consumers are more informed today about products. Our Love Affair With the Tablet Is Over | Re/code - crowdspring.co/Nv1PDw. Most active venture capital investors of 2013 in the US by stage – pic.twitter.com/cfCFXWmpbH. How I learned to stop giving advice - crowdspring.co/1fZqSZb.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Measurable Metrics for Your PR Team – crowdspring.co/1fsgR2k. A very creative way to advertise hair products | Adweek – crowdspring.co/1eArG2c. 21 Products That Are Up For Design Of The Year | Co.Design – crowdspring.co/1nHfLVq. Move Over Product Design, UX Is The Future | Co.Design – crowdspring.co/1nHgtSQ.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2014

Product lessons we can learn from Google+ | Inside Intercom – crowdspring.co/1o6ZpYG. 3 Key PPC Metrics Are Lying To You. Why Products Created By Ad Agencies Fail | Co.Create – crowdspring.co/1lDryD6. | Re/code – crowdspring.co/1hYEli4. Find Out How – crowdspring.co/1j0S8nO.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Good whitepaper on advertising measurement metrics | by Ben Kunz – crowdspring.co/HsVIMR. Good whitepaper on advertising measurement metrics | by Ben Kunz – crowdspring.co/HsVIMR. Good whitepaper on advertising measurement metrics – crowdspring.co/HsVIMR. Commuting’s Hidden Cost | NYT - crowdspring.co/1aR15fY.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric – [link]. “Products take off not just because of WHAT they do but HOW they make us feel.” “Products take off not just because of WHAT they do but HOW they make us feel.” Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 31, 2013

The image above is a mosaic of the most interesting photos from Flickr, based on Flickr’s mysterious “interesting” metric. Three foolproof ways to price your startup’s product – [link]. How the Productivity Myth is Killing Your Startup | by Shanley – [link]. Don’t ask them to react to a list.”

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 11, 2014

Benchmarking Box’s S-1: How 7 Key SaaS Metrics Stack Up | by Thomas Tunguz - crowdspring.co/1dysrz8. 20 Most Creative Product Packaging Designs - crowdspring.co/1mqyhFi. The Guardian writes about WondeRing, a smart ring that controls your world (a crowdSPRING product design project) - crowdspring.co/1g1a4hK.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2013

How One SaaS Startup Reduced Churn 71% Using Red Flag Metrics – crowdspring.co/JbgG2P. Good tips for entrepreneurs on firing people who don’t fit – crowdspring.co/1fFt0n7. The Last Re-Org You’ll Ever Do – crowdspring.co/1bXthC9. Managing a Growing Startup?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2013

Great products sell. Excellent Analytics Tip #25: Decrapify Search, Social Compound Metrics | by Avinash Kaushik – [link]. 3D Printing Helps Ford Cut Production Time on Some Parts by 25% – [link]. Crowdsourcing: Great For Your Business (A Handy Primer) | Forbes by Teresa Meek – [link]. ” – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2013

14 metrics marketers use to measure social media ROI in 2010 vs. 2013 - crowdspring.co/1fDCYZw. Inspiring Ways to Showcase your Products for E-Commerce Websites | InstantShift - crowdspring.co/18VaLJF. How To Become A Customer Acquisition Expert - buff.ly/1aWRqqY. Techniques for Responsive Typography | Codrops - crowdspring.co/1aT9CBQ.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 10, 2013

“Working in 90-minute intervals turns out to be a prescription for maximizing productivity.” How to Set Yourself Up for a Productive Day | by Michael Hyatt – [link]. The critical metrics for each stage of your SaaS business | by Lars Lofrgren – [link]. Creative product packaging – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 12, 2013

The Lean Analytics Cycle: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act – [link]. Eight brands that crowdsourced marketing and product ideas | Econsultancy – [link]. 13 Creative product designs | Designskilz – [link]. From Marissa Mayer to Sheryl Sandberg: Undeserved Backlash Against Women in Business?

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 3, 2015

The Internet has also transformed banking for small business owners, particularly when it comes time to apply for business loans and other financing products. Small businesses are the backbone of our nation’s economy; they produce $6 trillion in gross domestic product each year. Types of Alternative Business Loan Products.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Accommodate your investors, and keep explanations of your product simple and direct, using terms that everyone can understand. Products and Services. Milestones and Metrics. If you need more space for product images or additional information, use the appendix for those details. This is your product or service.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior – [link]. Arming & Aiming: How to handle sales objections at a startup – [link]. The Importance of Customer Experience to your Startup – [link]. 5 lessons on leadership from @RichardBranson – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

SaaS Metrics 2.0 – A Guide to Measuring and Improving what Matters | For Entrepreneurs – [link]. Interesting thoughts on being productive working remote vs innovative together – [link]. The product design sprint: a five-day recipe for startups – [link]. 50 Stylish Arabic fonts| Tutorial Lounge - crowdspring.co/1e3QBjs.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Product or Service Features Are Rarely A Competitive Advantage – [link]. Product or Service Features Are Rarely A Competitive Advantage – [link]. Why marketer misuse of metrics may be an addressable cultural issue – [link]. Amazon’s Approach to Product Development – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 25, 2012

We have written about many tactics that have worked in our own marketing efforts, such as public relations , goal-setting , branding , etc. QR code marketing has brought outdoor advertising into the 21st century by tying together the ancient art of cave painting with the modern art of website metrics. Photo: Howard Lake.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

The other departments in marketing gave the same answers; the product-marketing department said their job was to write data sheets. But my favorite was when the public relations manager said, “we’re here to write press releases and answer the phone in case the press calls.” The same was true for the Product Marketing group.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2013

Productivity On the Go: 10 Apps to Help You do Business! Productivity On the Go: 10 Apps to Help You do Business! 5 Customer Experience Metrics Every Successful Company Tracks | The Buffer blog – [link]. When people get confused about “BS metrics” – [link]. Some pretty incredible and inspiring examples.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

The Science of Productivity: How To Get More Done In Less Time - [link]. The Science of Productivity: How To Get More Done In Less Time – [link]. The 6 Marketing Metrics Your CEO Actually Cares About [Cheat Sheet] | Hubspot Blog - [link]. Ad agencies are discovering products like Columbus discovered America - [link].

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Up and Running

MARCH 6, 2013

Otherwise it shows you don’t care about the company or our products. And just for the record, this candidate was a male, most likely in his late 30’s and had worked in the journalism and public relations field for nearly 15 years. 3: Not talking results : In today’s world of marketing, everything needs to be about metrics.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2020

The lack of in-person interaction, the monotony of waking up where you work combined with at-home distractions and an easily overwhelming crisis can impede productivity and threaten the morale of even the most dedicated and self-motivated team member.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2012

When has a consumer startup hit product/market fit? - [link]. Why You Ought to Throw Away Your Vanity Metrics for These 5 Customer Metrics – [link]. What Successful Products Teach Us About Web Design - [link]. You’re Mentoring the Wrong Way – [link]. How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Metrics for Series A – [link]. How should one go about pricing their software product? How CEOs Stay So Productive | Fast Company – [link]. What is someone going to stop doing when they start using your product? The Value of Taking a Productive Pause – [link]. Venture Math 101 – [link].

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