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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

I’ve recently come across several of such lists and I thought it could be useful to aggregate them and share them here. A lightweight “agent” with access to logs and metrics can, to start, retrieve relevant information (e.g. and generate a post mortem.

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5 Content Marketing Strategies for Niche B2B Industries

ConversionXL

But, ultimately, it generates paying customers—and that’s the only metric that really matters. Most niche industries have some form of representation on these channels, like: This subreddit for commercial audio-visual engineers. In many ways, this approach is anathema to traditional content marketing. Conclusion.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Skype and Zoom are useful for video/audio conferences. Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking. The simplest way to track a company’s performance: have them give you access to their internal metrics dashboard.

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It's a startup, not a spreadsheet

Startup Lessons Learned

In a startup context, numbers like gross revenue are actually vanity metrics, not actionable metrics. Similarly, it’s easy to generate large aggregate numbers by simply falling back to non-disruptive or non-sustainable tactics (see Validated learning about customers for one example). June 8, 2009 1:16 AM Colin said.

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Google Will Soon Rank “Passages.” Does It Matter?

ConversionXL

In aggregate, long-tail queries can drive a ton of traffic. To locate the best answer inside your video, Google needs an audio explanation so that the content shows up in the transcript, so this is something to make standard within your video strategy. Most video production tools allow you to add audio and sync it with your video.

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Heat Maps: What Are They Good For (Besides Looking Cool)?

ConversionXL

Click maps show you a heat map comprised of aggregated click data. It’s also easy to take in aggregate click data quickly and see broad trends. It’s like user testing but without a script or audio. Just because it’s “instant” doesn’t mean it’s magic. It’s a picture based on an algorithm—not actual user behavior.

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Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business)

Startup Lessons Learned

Two others – that each team member give their input independently and that the results be objectively aggregated – are also key parts of building a meritocracy. Diversity is not the only requirement for making good group decisions. So why is demographic diversity important? So why is demographic diversity important?