YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 31, 2017

While retention is probably the most important metric these organizations track, good CSMs don’t focus on renewal alone. Additional metrics beyond engagement and retention might include net promoter score (a customer’s likelihood to make a referral), actual referrals made, and willingness to serve as a reference.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 21, 2021

Kevin Wu, co-founder and CEO of job search optimization program Pathrise , says “Digital marketer roles are some of the most in-demand positions in the tech industry.” Ideally, digital marketers can optimize PPC marketing campaigns so the conversions (sales) from the ad nets more revenue than the cost of the campaign. And he’s right.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2018

In other words, if there exists low hanging fruit for your company to expand, sometimes leaving that fruit alone before you sell will help you entice a higher multiple, resulting in your net benefit. Another important metric is churn. First up is the size of the customer base itself, especially in relation to the size of the market.

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Valuation Technical Review Exit Strategy Metrics 145

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

Savvy investors tell me that startup founders who claim to have never failed are either lying or have never tried anything innovative. It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Net result and reward. Ownership.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 26, 2022

“Personal Branding” The term is fingernails on a chalkboard-level cringe for many of the best founders—mostly because it feels most of the people who spend time building their personal brand don’t actually have much there there behind it. Unfortunately, this has real consequences for founders. So how can founders differentiate?

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

That last bit should sound familiar if you follow theories of Startup Laws & Metrics. When “growth rate” becomes the only important metric for company “fitness,” other metrics are left unsolved. “Profitability” is perhaps the most-talked-about example of a metric left unsolved.

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Board Effect

APRIL 15, 2024

Solving our most pressing social issues, providing a safety net of love and care, this is the immeasurably critical role of our social sector organizations. Measuring DE&I progress Use tools and metrics. “To

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

At this level, as a founder you feel SO CLOSE to profitability that many say, “I’m going to keep my costs really low this year to try and hit profitability. Gross Profit (also called Gross Margin or sometimes “Net Revenue”). I have had this discussion with many a first-time entrepreneur. Simplifying: Revenue -.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Also among the new speakers is Keya Dannenbaum, founder and CEO of ElectNext. There were a number of reasons: the users (from whom net promoter scores averaged 9.5! He gave us a quick rundown on two major growth challenges he’s faced: Challenge #1: Vanity Metrics. Lean validation. So we spent a couple months building the thing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Mastering SEO in the Age of AI written by Tosin Jerugba read more at Duct Tape Marketing  The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Stephan Spencer, an acclaimed SEO expert and founder of net Concepts, an interactive agency specializing in search engine optimization.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Aside from event website conversion rates, other metrics worth tracking include, but are not limited to: Email open rates. It used to be that tracking metrics for in-person events was as limited as tracking snail mail. Another during-event metric worth tracking is social media engagement. During the Event. About the Author.

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Campaign Marketing Social Media Software Review 73

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

This Net Promoter System question represents an engagement metric that all subscription businesses should track. She is the founder of Peninsula Strategies LLC , a consulting firm based in Menlo Park, CA, that helps companies excel in the Membership Economy. .” A value problem is very different from a budget problem.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Even for those who don’t care to dive into the numbers, it’s worth a quick glance because co-founder/CEO Andrew Mason wrote a letter which forms the preamble of the full document. How They Make Money: Groupon keeps a share of the coupon value (typically 40-50%) as its net revenue (1). in net revenue and passes $0.58

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The Next Web

MARCH 10, 2013

This is a guest post by Chris Hollindale, co-founder and CTO of Hasty. In terms of your health, food consumption is the most important metric to be tracking – “you are what you eat.” Hasty is a seed-funded stealth startup whose mission is to improve the health of humanity. Why then, should you not take this same approach with yourself?

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View from Seed

AUGUST 16, 2019

Is a Founder raising a new round well in advance of cash-out date because she sees an opportunity to put more gas in the tank ahead of what current underlying business metrics would suggest (i.e. Or, is she concerned about small cracks in the business so wants additional cash cushion as an extra safety net (i.e.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

A few months ago, we wrote about the data we focus on to evaluate marketplaces and later shared a marketplace KPI dashboard that we created to guide founders on the important metrics they should track. There are lots of great blog posts and articles out there that talk about social platform metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2018

Savvy investors tell me that startup founders who claim to have never failed are either lying or have never tried anything innovative. It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Net result and reward. Ownership.

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Metrics .Net 160

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Last week, we kicked off a blog series to help founders determine their company’s core priorities and strategies at each stage of the progression from seed to Series A and Series B. This metric is over 90% for best-in-class startups and is a huge driver for above mentioned LTV.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2013

Considering that the co-founders wasn’t too sure in 2011 when the incubator started if they could get enough quality raw startups in the Southeast Asia region to make the program work, this number seems astonishing. . Other nations made up less than 1% of applications each.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 13, 2019

SaaS sales and marketing teams can get overwhelmed by metrics. But without any metrics, it’s impossible to track growth. If growth is the best way to get out alive, marketing metrics do little unless they correlate with sales. According to Gartner , three metrics form the foundation for those growth levers: (Image source).

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Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2014

In this webinar, we take time to discuss the different metrics that startups—and established businesses—should be tracking. In terms of pre-purchase, traffic and content metrics. So I’m going to keep going here, “Pre-purchase, the traffic and content metrics.” Peter, anybody have any questions as I go along?

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Metrics Startup Churn Rate Forecast 84

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 11, 2023

John Jantsch (13:13): Alright, let's talk about R O I or metrics in general. I think that those have obviously, I think people are putting metrics to those, but what do you say to a B2B person that's just like, how's that going to move the needle? A lot of it's around influence pipe that influence pipe number for b2b.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 19, 2018

SOPA, PIPA, and the FCC’s vote against Net Neutrality are specific instances of politicians being at odds with public opinion, where technology enthusiasts feel the constant struggle to stem the tide of harmful legislation, and many may be left wondering? Cultivating Conditions For Inclusion What is a Fractional Executive (CTO, CMO, CFO)?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2016

Savvy investors tell me that startup founders who claim to have never failed are either lying or have never tried anything innovative. It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Net result and reward. Ownership.

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Intellectual Property Metrics .Net Social Network 161

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

I have to say that it has netted far more than I would have thought. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Weve also found that potential clients find us through LinkedIn. Im very happy with the time Ive spent building up my LinkedIn network. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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View from Seed

MAY 16, 2019

Practically speaking this doesn’t mean that all of the shares owned by founders, investors, employees (RSUs), or others will be available to trade immediately as they will need to be converted and registered for public trading. You can see this both by looking at a cohort “layer cake” graph or by examining the net dollar retention.

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Up and Running

APRIL 2, 2015

See Also Small Business Owners, Start Tracking Your Financial Metrics. This includes social security numbers, net worth, details on assets and liabilities such as your home, vehicles, investment accounts, credit card accounts, auto loans, mortgages, the whole thing. Complete financial statements, preferably audited or reviewed.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

We’ve all heard the anecdotes—the famous founder who pitched 1000 investors before any of them said yes. Most founders I know who are in this mode simply haven’t done enough homework and planning on the idea. 8) Have you made significant changes to the product or business model that improved key metrics over time?

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Rob Go

OCTOBER 14, 2012

I’m thrilled by the companies we are investors in, as well as the founders that lead them. This is of particular risk if the founders of the firm never really worked together before, as was the case for us at NextView. Founders: Similarly, founders have a vast array of founding stories. OUR INDUSTRY.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 17, 2020

Subtract your monthly gross burn rate from your monthly revenue to get your net burn rate. What are the new financial metrics? But remember no winter lasts forever and in it smart founders and VCs will be planting the seeds for the next generation of startups. If you’re an early stage company, that number may be zero.

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OnlyOnce

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

support vs. professional services) with their own managers can emerge quickly in the life of a startup and these roles will usually come before a full-time CCO, unless one of the company’s founders happens to be playing that role. Specialized roles and multiple teams (e.g, You’re just hoping for the best, and hope is not a strategy.

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Hiring Customer .Net Metrics 62

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Darren Nix , Group Manager of the Assessments product team at Indeed and founder of the Y Combinator -backed startup Interviewed (acquired by Indeed), puts it this way: “Users can’t design your product for you. Hunter Brennick , co-founder and COO of Landing Lion , emphasizes humility and listening for product managers.

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Management Product Technical Review Software Review 85

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2015

Savvy investors tell me that startup founders who claim to have never failed are either lying or have never tried anything innovative. It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Net result and reward. Ownership.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Metrics .Net 120

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2010

It’s human nature to prioritize the metrics that get measured, so the simple act of keeping track is often enough to have a significant positive impact. Net Income: The five factors listed above all contribute to something that is directly measurable: net income. Detail isn’t important; tracking your progress is.

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Intellectual Property .Net Valuation Distribution 223

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Putting together a financial model and having the founders understand the interrelationships of the variables that can make or break a business is a worthwhile exercise. As a founder you are testing a series of hypotheses about all the pieces of the business model: Who are the customers/users? Startup Metrics. Web Metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2012

In a startup, that needs to be the founder or CEO, and that person has to be regularly and personally involved. Once a new product is launched, a key metric is the ratio of new product sales to overall sales. Net result and reward. The first and most important step is to identify a leader who can inspire and drive the process.

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Intellectual Property IP Valuation .Net 247

Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

In the fallout from the pandemic, most founders and CEOs are in the process of completely revamping their growth models from the bottom up amid new and unpredictable consumer behavior. What are those metrics? Andrew : If you are a travel company right now, I think you’re seeing very specific metrics dropping.

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