Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

The solution I’m exploring is a just in time learning methodology that accelerates founders’ learning curve by aggregating relevant content, peers and mentors.&#. Founders that learn are more successful : Startups that have helpful mentors, track metrics effectively, and learn from startup thought leaders raise 7x more money and have 3.5x

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

An investor had few hard metrics other than the actual financials, and little technology to make the process scaleable. Over the past few decades, better metrics became available, and investors could take a more analytical, data-driven approach. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Before you can dive into them fully, it’s important to understand the difference between hit-level metrics and session-level metrics. Avinash wrote an excellent post on this very topic, Excellent Analytics Tip #23: Align Hits, Sessions, Metrics, Dimensions! Here’s a graphical summary… ( Image source ).

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. Many VC funds rely on general-purpose CRM and sales funnel solutions like Copper , Pipedrive, Salesforce , Streak , and ZenDesk.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 21, 2014

How do you come up with compelling analytics KPIs if there isn't a simple relationship between online activity and profit, for example when you sell online content via a traditional offline annual subscription sales process?? I believe these two posts with a collection of some of my favorite metrics will inspire you: 1.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2014

We also know that content performs for your business when you pair it with marketing automation software; you can use content to build up email subscriptions, understand your audience’s interests, and nurture the leads in your sales funnel. The Uberflip platform starts with aggregating all the content you create and curate.

Marketing 162

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Up and Running

JUNE 22, 2021

And this is an especially effective tactic for B2B firms because it helps them avoid the need to turn to a B2B collection agency to handle overdue invoices, which often adds additional complexity to the process. In that scenario, a B2B firm would save on their own labor as well as on the cost of the collections process.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 20, 2013

As is common in these types of educational companies, aggregators rule the roost. The above image only illustrates three segments and their conversions – search, referrals, and aggregators – purely for the sake for simplicity. The answer is simple: Aggregators. And what metric should you focus on in this proper end-to-end view?

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 8, 2016

As Avinash Kaushik famously wrote, “All data in aggregate is crap.” Before you can dive into them fully, it’s important to understand the difference between hit-level metrics and session-level metrics. If the answer is no and you’re a B2B SaaS company, that might be a problem. ” [Tweet It!].

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Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2010

Because every tool uses its own sweet metrics definitions, cookie rules, session start and end rules and so much more. If you don't kill 25% of your metrics each year, you are doing something wrong. Why do you think introducing a completely different set of numbers is going to make your life easier? Usually for free.

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ConversionXL

MAY 13, 2020

After a few hours playing around with SQL , I was already able to deliver insights I never could have with aggregated Google Analytics reports. What’s the difference between raw and aggregated data in Google Analytics? Google Analytics, in the free version, provides only aggregated data. Do more and more people use Feature X?

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Posted by Philippe Botteri.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 13, 2016

In test 2 you change the Recommendation engine algorithm, such that you primarily show sale articles here. It is possible, for example, to test the placement of the recommendations at 50% traffic, while the other 50% is used for the sale articles in the recommendations. Don’t measure too many metrics.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Eloqua is bringing this revolution to the B2B marketers by providing on-demand applications and best-practice expertise for B2B marketers to execute, automate and measure effective marketing programs that drive revenue. sales and marketing. (10). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. anecdotes. (13).

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Established location-based services to enable the CSP offer B2B and B2C services based on mobile positioning, tracking & locating, turn-by-turn navigation and mobile local search. Logia offers Mobile Operators a range of solution for their Apps Stores starting from Content Aggregation, Billing aggregation to full white labeled Apps Store.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. Startup Metrics for Pirates â?? SaaS Metrics Tutorial â?? SaaS Sales Team Compensation â??

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

So, I’ve had about 4 years on the “inside” of a fast-growing, venture-backed B2B SaaS startup. Metrics availability. Each of those domains would get one point in the aggregated list. Here’s an example in a direct sales channel. The “official” date is June 9 th , 2006 — for those that are curious about such things).

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