SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. Where LinkedIn Works for Me A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive About this Blog Southern California Tech Central Southern California Tech Central Loading. Its works great.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Interesting Model for University President Saw a post by Paul Kedrosky pointing us to Graeme Thickins on How Stanford Does It. Its interesting to think about how universities might want to have their staff better aligned with moving ideas from the lab to start-ups.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Some very interesting graphics including this heat map: Very cool visualization tool! in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? Where LinkedIn Works for Me A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive About this Blog Southern California Tech Central Southern California Tech Central Loading. in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Kevin Federline Search Engine Just saw a post - Sleep with a pop star, get your own branded search engine. talking about Prodeges Search with Kevin Site - [link]. I actually think this is a pretty innovative model. in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Stanford Podcasts - eHarmony - Greg Waldorf I was just pointed to a set of great podcasts done by Stanford B-School and particularly, I just listed to the podcast by eHarmonys Greg Waldorf. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Challenge of Predicting Winners I just read a bit on the payout to YouTube from the Google Acquisition ( Internet News , CNN ). in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive I recently met with The Hive a new incubator in Orange County. Where LinkedIn Works for Me A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive About this Blog Southern California Tech Central Southern California Tech Central Loading.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Where LinkedIn Works for Me Ive been a long time user of LinkedIn , but only recently have started getting the benefits I always expected. Im sure that many of you have read Guys article Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn. in Computer Science.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Blog Archive. ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Wednesday, February 23, 2011. SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? Where LinkedIn Works for Me A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive About this Blog Southern California Tech Central Southern California Tech Central Loading.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Back in 2018, my colleague Rob wrote a blog post about how the VC asset class is doing. Warning – this assumes some basic knowledge of VC performance metrics. Building off Rob’s original post, let’s continue to look at the 2007 vintage. For a primer, I would recommend refreshing yourself here. during this time.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. Startup Co-Founders: If You Cant Recruit Em, Should You Join Em?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. “They’re probably a little ahead of their time,&# she said. in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners has an interesting post: Time Rich or Time Poor? In it he separates web consumers into: Time Rich (more time than money) and Time Poor (more money than time). in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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Altgate

OCTOBER 1, 2010

What do you think, is this the right way to score these metrics? We decided (so far) that if, for example, a company had 4 executives while there peers had 5, we would “reward&# them in their score for being people efficient.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Back in 2018, my colleague Rob wrote a blog post about how the VC asset class is doing. Warning – this assumes some basic knowledge of VC performance metrics. Building off Rob’s original post, let’s continue to look at the 2007 vintage. For a primer, I would recommend refreshing yourself here. during this time.

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Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

I feel like I’m often looking for interesting things to read about a variety of subjects, but I manage to include your blog among my reads every day. Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Blog Archive. ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different?

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Blog Archive. ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Started on Jan. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 My Investments.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 15, 2010

← No one wants to tell you your baby is ugly More on Liquidation Preferences → [link] Tweets that mention @altgate » Blog Archive » Pre-Money Valuation vs Number of Founders — Topsy.com [.] Perhaps the are other tell-tale metrics like time required to raise money vs. number of founders…need to think more on that.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 28, 2015

About That. | @crowdSPRING Blog – crowdspring.co/1NK8tPd. 16 Startup Metrics – buff.ly/1Nwxfp5. Bring Your Blog Back to Life! 8 Years, 4 Major Trends: The Evolution of Websites From 2007 to Now crowdspring.co/1NKcIKq. From the Vault: Working Remote. The Art of the Out-of-Office Reply nytimes.com/2015/08/28/fas….

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Blog Archive. ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Started on Jan. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 My Investments.

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Altgate

JANUARY 17, 2009

You touch a facility and you see data about what is going on there; for example for call centers you see customer support metrics. On a giant wall screen in the main lobby, you see a map of the world with every Fidelity facility. If I were CEO of a large corporation, I would definitely have a “data&# room like this to meet in.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, October 4, 2008 About the author ( Update January, 2010: This post originally dates from October, 2008 back when I first started writing this blog. I hope you take something of value from this blog. Eric, love the blog. Thanks for your professional blog. So thats me, your author.

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blog.adaptiveblue.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

AdaptiveBlue Blog Installing is easy! Click Allow Click Install Now After downloading, Restart Firefox 5 Infrastructure Tips for Startups by Alex on December 18, 2007 · 13 comments Even 5 years ago an approach to infrastructure in a startup would have been different. December 27, 2007 at 3:03 pm Great Tips for Web 2.0

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Blog Archive. ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Started on Jan. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Public SaaS 13 Multiples. SaaS 13 Index Valuation.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Back in 2018, my colleague Rob wrote a blog post about how the VC asset class is doing. Warning – this assumes some basic knowledge of VC performance metrics. Building off Rob’s original post, let’s continue to look at the 2007 vintage. For a primer, I would recommend refreshing yourself here. during this time.

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gtziralis.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

personal webpage, blog and everything in between. Put these, along with your basic operations metrics and core finance numbers in one page and share it with your investors, these are sufficient to get them engaged and updated. December 2007. November 2007. October 2007. September 2007. August 2007.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 10, 2008

The definition becomes for the last quarter of 2007: CAC Ratio = (GM (Q4 07) - GM (Q307)) x 4 / S&M costs (Q307) A CAC ratio of one would be equivalent to breakeven marginally on a new customer in one year. Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Monday, March 10, 2008. at 8:58 PM.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Blog Archive. ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Started on Jan. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 My Investments.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2014

That’s why you need to be simultaneously feeding your growth engine , while monitoring churn and your other startup metrics. They refer to these differences as “ Red Flag” Metrics (or RFMs). Total number of logins also proved to be an important metric, though not as much so as the former two. times per day on average.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 14, 2010

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Blog Archive. ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Started on Jan. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 My Investments.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2013

I used to live and work in Dubai (2005-2007). A metrics company! It takes a while to understand how its connected. Ultimately it depends what the searcher was looking for. Verdict: the scent is average. #4 That helped me figure this out quicker than some, but it’s a pretty good “never do this” example.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

and the second SaaS public transaction in history behind the acquisition of Webex by Cisco in 2007 for $3.2B. Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Blog Archive. ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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