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! Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds.

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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. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

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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. Its works great. And there was a big surprise. It includes traffic! This is something that Ive wanted on my wifes GPS for a while. If you havent checked it out, its pretty amazing.

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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

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 About this Blog Ive been thinking about doing a blog with my thoughts on technology and whats happening in the Los Angeles area technology scene for a while, but it was Ben Kuos recent start of a blog that inspired me to actually go ahead and do it. Thanks Ben.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

To win in business you need to follow this process: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act. We are far too enamored with data collection and reporting the standard metrics we love because others love them because someone else said they were nice so many years ago. That metric is tied to a KPI.

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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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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. What metrics are going to be the key startup metrics and how do we get those metrics without too much cost? I used an image from Roger Smith that describes the varying roles of a CTO as the company matures.

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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? Im part of a CTO group that meets once a month to discuss various topics. About 18 months ago, the entire group began to mention that they were having more difficulty finding good developers.

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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.

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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. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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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 ). Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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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. This company was started by Victoria Duff (who many of us know from back in the late 90s), Phillis Lane (who I have known for quite a few years) and Jon Bukosky.

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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. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Wednesday, February 23, 2011. SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble? The 10 laws of SaaS unveiled at Bessemer CEO Summi. ► 01/27 - 02/03. (1). Happy New Year 2008! ► 07/01 - 07/08. (2). How to fish a salmon.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Your digital performance dashboard has 16 metrics along 9 dimensions, and you know that the font-size 6 text and sparkline sized charts make them incomprehensible. Focus only on KPIs, eliminate metrics. Here are the definitions you'll find in my books: Metric : A metric is a number. Time on Page is a metric.

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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).

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

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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? that talked about a recent NY Times article When It Comes to Innovation, Geography Is Destiny. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Hyundai’s Assurance program, which debuted during the 2007–08 financial crisis, is a great example. De Beers made such an investment, even though a brand campaign could only soften the decline in sales during the 2007–08 crisis: Ally faced a different challenge. What does a thoughtful campaign look like? Prepare for future downturns.

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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. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. I saw this kind of pricing when I first entered the VC market in 2007. Another firm we saw tried to raise $15 million at a $60 million pre-money with similar metrics. It was early 2000.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

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. At that time, the market had enjoyed a decent recovery from the economic crisis of 2008, but hadn’t quite fully recovered to its highs in 2007. Ok, let’s jump in.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

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. At that time, the market had enjoyed a decent recovery from the economic crisis of 2008, but hadn’t quite fully recovered to its highs in 2007. Ok, let’s jump in.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 15, 2010

link] fnazeeri That’s absolutely correct, although we can look at other metrics like “step up in subsequent rounds&# on which I hopefully will be able to post more soon. 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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Altgate

DECEMBER 17, 2009

it's up to the Board or CEO) One or more financial metrics Balanced scorecard For very early stage startups (e.g.  It is just too hard to see out 12+ months with any certainty to be able to pick meaningful metrics. " Well, there are basically three ways you can link pay to performance (in startups): Discretionary (i.e.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2017

Gender lens investing is part of the broader genre of “impact investing,” a term coined by the Rockefeller Foundation in 2007 that put a name to investments made with the intention of generating both financial return and social and/or environmental impact. so I am also excited to announce our participation in a project with ACG Inc.,

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. ► 02/03 - 02/10. (1). The 10 laws of SaaS unveiled at Bessemer CEO Summi. ► 01/27 - 02/03. (1). Happy New Year 2008! ► 07/01 - 07/08. (2). How to fish a salmon. ► 06/17 - 06/24. (1).

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Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. ► 02/03 - 02/10. (1). The 10 laws of SaaS unveiled at Bessemer CEO Summi. ► 01/27 - 02/03. (1). Happy New Year 2008! ► 07/01 - 07/08. (2). How to fish a salmon. ► 06/17 - 06/24. (1).

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 1, 2009

► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. The 10 laws of SaaS unveiled at Bessemer CEO Summi. ► 01/27 - 02/03. (1). Happy New Year 2008! ► 07/01 - 07/08. (2). How to fish a salmon. ► 06/17 - 06/24. (1). Save the planet! ► 2006. (7).

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. ► 02/03 - 02/10. (1). The 10 laws of SaaS unveiled at Bessemer CEO Summi. ► 01/27 - 02/03. (1). Happy New Year 2008! ► 07/01 - 07/08. (2). How to fish a salmon. ► 06/17 - 06/24. (1).

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

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. At that time, the market had enjoyed a decent recovery from the economic crisis of 2008, but hadn’t quite fully recovered to its highs in 2007. Ok, let’s jump in.

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Austin Startup

JULY 2, 2021

Chargify’s new BI tool has taken our speed-to-calculate and accuracy of MRR and financial metrics and reduced it down to a mere dashboard refresh with 100% accuracy,” said Jenny Leman, President of CareerPlug. About CareerPlug Since 2007 CareerPlug has worked to make hiring easier for over 12,000 growing companies in the U.S.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

US Median Income – 1947 to 2007 – 20th, 40th, 60th, 80th, 95th Percentiles (Photo credit: Wikipedia). As an entrepreneur, I encourage you to think hard about whether the right thing to compare a particular metric to is median vs. average. I see people use average all the time when they should be using mean.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

His most recent company, Filtrbox, participated in the inaugural Techstars class (Techstars Boulder 2007) and was a win for all parties involved; Filtrbox was acquired in 2010 by Jive Software (NASDAQ: JIVE). No updates, screen comps, or metrics have been publicly shared yet. Three months in, the burn is now at $70k/month.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. ► 02/03 - 02/10. (1). The 10 laws of SaaS unveiled at Bessemer CEO Summi. ► 01/27 - 02/03. (1). Happy New Year 2008! ► 07/01 - 07/08. (2). How to fish a salmon. ► 06/17 - 06/24. (1).

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