Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

He wrote it in 2000, and as far as I know has never updated it. Notice that none of those five reasons deals with TDD or automated testing, which have changed the game. This is the approach of test-driven-development (TDD). I agree with the other Anonymous regarding TDD (Test Driven Development). Do you have testers?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. It was early 2000. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. That was market.

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Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

The move came as a shock to many in the tech business community, in which we’ve become accustomed to real-time disclosure by company executives through social media. To understand the SEC’s point of view , it’s necessary to review the principles underlying securities law in the United States.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Why Good-Better-Best Prices Are So Effective | Rafi Mohammed-Harvard Business Review – [link]. How do I find good technical co-founders? Metrics for Series A – [link]. Why Good-Better-Best Prices Are So Effective | Rafi Mohammed-Harvard Business Review – [link]. The link is in the Other section below.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

There is no golden metric for everyone, we are all unique snowflakes! :). and tell you what are the best key performance indicators (metrics) for them. All I have access to is just a cursory review of their digital existence. Here are six O, B, A metrics I would recommend for Betabrand’s strategic dashboard.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 4, 2016

Technology is changing the way sales is conducted. And as I mentioned, technology is making sales generally more sophisticated. A 2015 global study of 2000 B2B buyers and sellers by Accenture shows that B2B buyers have high expectations for engagement. And typical success metrics for them would look like: email open rate.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. We’ve had a supportive board and encouraging metrics and a helpful climate for our community news notion (now 51 sites in 3 states). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. The Funding Problem. They compete on features, price and execution.

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www.joelonsoftware.com

MARCH 24, 2010

Joel on Software Fog Creek Compensation by Joel Spolsky Wednesday, August 30, 2000 At Fog Creek Software, the way we make sure that people are paid fairly and rewarded for excellent work is based on a professional ladder. Wanted: High Frequency Performance Operations Specialist at Two Sigma Investments (New York, New York United States).

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

It is also intriguing to see that the market bottom was reached only two years after the start of the decline for the 1929, 1973 and 2000 crises, so we might need another year before the market reaches it lowest point. So were do we go from here? Here are a few strategic thoughts that might be helpful as you plan for next year: 1.

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

You assign an annual quota to each rep, train them, feed them some sales tools and assign them a sales engineer (particularly for more technically complex products) and coach them along the way. To that point, a well-run telesales operation will be super metrics-driven. Related articles. Scaling is Hard.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! One when scale started to kick in, when we hit the, you know, 200 employees at the head office, 2000 employees system wide, it started to get complex and a little bit outside of my sandbox. And now we've got technology coming in. More About Cameron Herold: The COO Alliance.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

Improving each of these areas might boost your customer retention – BUT it’s only by scrutinizing your customer facing metrics & direct customer feedback that will provide you with your top priorities. Retention, along with many of our usage metrics, have improved as a result of some of these changes. image source.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

Improving each of these areas might boost your customer retention – BUT it’s only by scrutinizing your customer facing metrics & direct customer feedback that will provide you with your top priorities. Retention, along with many of our usage metrics, have improved as a result of some of these changes. image source.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

Improving each of these areas might boost your customer retention – BUT it’s only by scrutinizing your customer facing metrics & direct customer feedback that will provide you with your top priorities. Retention, along with many of our usage metrics, have improved as a result of some of these changes. image source.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

Improving each of these areas might boost your customer retention – BUT it’s only by scrutinizing your customer facing metrics & direct customer feedback that will provide you with your top priorities. Retention, along with many of our usage metrics, have improved as a result of some of these changes. image source.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

A Harvard Business Review (HBR) study of 4,700 public companies looked at the three years before, during, and after recessions. The HBR study contrasts Office Depot and Staples during the 2000 recession: Office Depot cut 6% of its workforce, but it couldn’t reduce operating costs significantly. Image source ).

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

Lately, everybody seems to be talking about a new technology bubble. A Comparison Between Today’s “Bubble” and the Last Tech Bubble. In the great bubble of 1998-2000, the boom in public valuations mirrored the boom in private valuations. Are the prognosticators correct? Will we head mercilessly into another crash?

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. I have the knowledge in tech to implement it. If you’re looking for technical talent – go to the dev meetups. Building Metrics / Usage Reports / KPI 3. Those are the only 2 metrics you need initially.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2017

www.bioquark.com) due to the fact that in spite of generating close to $1 trillion annually, my former industry was incapable of generating any cures for the chronic diseases responsible for the majority of human degeneration, suffering, and death. #10- 10- Address financial and operating metrics. Photo Credit: Ira S.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

“TripAdvisor is to travel reviews what Kleenex is to tissues.”. . Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. Big Data meets travel…in 2000.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

What’s even more remarkable is that the amount of financing poured into private cloud companies dwarfed the amount raised by public cloud companies in 2021, as hedge funds like Coatue, Tiger and Dragoneer are turning their eyes to the private tech markets. We opened our office in London in 2000, followed a few years later by Bangalore.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I got out of the university in early 2000 and I never went on to a full-time job, so it’s always been an online business for me. I have a few contractors to do the technical side of my work and a customer support person, but that’s it. I didn’t have a contractor doing technical things for me. DOING DUE DILIGENCE.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 22, 2015

You could have an in-house user research lab with fancy neuroscience technology and 25 researchers, actively track 5000 metrics across 500 segments and what not – but it would not only cost a lot (likely way more than the profit from testing wins), it would be distracting and silly. Step #2: Technical Analysis.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

People, not just metrics. Eric Ries : You're not like a lot of other tech folks. And of course, this is 2000. This one really started getting legs in the late '90s, early 2000s. Eric Ries : And pretty unusual among tech platforms, if we're being honest. Eric Ries : Metrics are people too. So 20 years ago.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Over $2000 value on this amazing tool. Or, is there some sort of like AI technology that I can just have do this for me and spit out the themes are?” And, there may be an AI technology, but, I’ll say this, “Even as a CEO of a multimillion dollar company, this is some of the most high value work that you can do.”

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alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

In 2003 as part of my master’s degree I reviewed over 50 empirical studies in typography and found a definitive answer. Part 2 reviews the evidence for and against the legibility of serif and sans serif typefaces. However, Tinker commented that perceived legibility was due to a great extent to familiarity with the typeface.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

These are good things to think about and companies to study as we move back from consumer to Enterprise in the tech cycle. And so we think that the model flipped to a model where, today, where the most interesting and advanced new technology now comes out for the consumer first. Security, Cloud, NoSQL databases, etc.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. Though this was 2000 , and all startup & VC blogs we've grown to love didn't exist yet, I did have mentors available. Metrics availability. Silly, right?

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