VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

I’ve recently come across several of such lists and I thought it could be useful to aggregate them and share them here. AI to build enterprise software – In the future, every enterprise could have their own custom ERP, CRM or HRIS that is continually updating itself as the company itself is changing.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2019

Getting access to these insights allows teams to channel more resources ahead of time to reduce the risk and impact of a missed deadline. It’s important to have a report that allows for a comparison of the quoted or budgeted cost with the actual cost, as well as letting the executive team compare financial performance using custom criteria.

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Artificial Inteligence Software Review Management Software Developers 168

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Google Analytics switched its default metric from “sessions” to “users” in 2018, mirroring Mixpanel’s emphasis on users over pageviews. Most businesses, even Mixpanel’s paying customers, retain Google Analytics. You’ll be able to see which channels (paid, organic, social, etc.) Engagement, conversion, and retention.

Analytics 119

Analytics Technical Review Acquisition Retention 119

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Such is the power of being able to proactively identify which of your competitor's strategies are working well, where their current customers come from, and what specific tactics you should experiment with to create and advantage for yourself. Traffic Trends Key Metrics Analysis. Onsite Behavior Key Metrics Analysis.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Non-Compete Search 60

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, December 14, 2009 Business ecology and the four customer currencies Lately, I’ve been rethinking the concept of “business model&# for startups, in favor of something I call “business ecology.&# Let’s begin with the four customer currencies. And this is true outside of games.

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Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? This may sound crazy, coming as it does from an advocate of c harging customers for your product from day one. Every board meeting, the metrics of success change.

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 13, 2012

Yehoshua I've covered this topic in detail in this blog post: Multi-Channel Attribution: Definitions, Models and a Reality Check. I explain three different models (Online to Store, Across Multiple Devices, Across Digital Channels) and for each I've highlighted: 1. That means: All of these metrics are off.

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Analytics Channel Metrics Web 124

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

Or compressing my experience into custom reports and advanced segments I've shared. You'll also be able to create your own custom reports, advanced segments, filters, share with the world everything you create, and all kinds of fun stuff. It is a collection of advanced segments, custom reports, and dashboards.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics eCommerce PPC 60

Occam's Razor

MAY 19, 2014

" Or, "Profitability, it is so sexy, just focus on Customer Lifetime Value, no, sorry, I mean Profitability." But the problem is that single golden metrics hide valuable insights and, more often than not, drive bad behavior. Here's my proposal: If you are pushed to have a single golden metric, give it a partner.

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Metrics Analytics SEC Acquisition 159

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

If you segment your A/B test results by browser version, you might discover that customers coming from the Safari web browser are converting much better than the average. In any experiment, some metric within some group usually changes, but whether we’ve invested in the statistical rigor to discover it is another question altogether.”.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior Great companies are almost always run by great management teams. Good metrics should also be actionable, and drive successful behavior. In a follow up post, I will use this technique to walk through the design of a set of metrics for a SaaS company.

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Metrics Design Entrepreneur Startup 55

Occam's Razor

APRIL 21, 2014

I believe these two posts with a collection of some of my favorite metrics will inspire you: 1. Best Metrics For Digital Marketing: Rock Your Own And Rent Strategies 2. Best Web Metrics / KPIs for a Small, Medium or Large Sized Business. They still tend to think of digital as a fulfillment channel. Joseph Boisseaux.

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Analytics Marketing Campaign Metrics 131

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 4, 2022

We can all use head fake metrics to calling out useless activity metrics. [ None of them are KPIs, most barely qualify to be a metric because of the profoundly questionable measurement behind them. ]. It is not a leap to suggest that it is a big distraction from what's important to anoint this barely-a-metric as a KPI.

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Conversion Analytics .Net Metrics 127

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Milestones and Metrics. Every business is solving a problem for its customers and filling a need in the market. Who is your ideal customer? If you can show that your potential customers are already interested in—or perhaps already buying—your product or service, this is great to highlight. Read more ». Read more ».

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Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2010

In fact smarter than you would be through any other channel on the planet! Because every tool uses its own sweet metrics definitions, cookie rules, session start and end rules and so much more. Even with the tools we have, in the state we have them, we can be smart. Don't fall for the FUD. See through the mistruths. Your skills.

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Analytics Web Metrics Channel 118

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Aggregated search engine level analysis. The Multi-Channel Funnels folder in Google Analytics contains the Top Conversion Paths report. And of course our Acquisition, Behavior, Outcome metrics. You can download my custom report, it is #2 in this post: Paid Search/AdWords Custom Reports. See Page Value there?

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Over 10 weeks each team gets out of the building talking to 100 customers to test their hypotheses across all 9 boxes in the business model canvas. We collect the complete narrative of what they discovered talking to customers as well as aggregate interviews, hypotheses to test, invalidated hypotheses and mentor and instructor engagements.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Investors sitting through Incubator or Accelerator demo days have three metrics to judge fledgling startups – 1) great looking product demos, 2) compelling PowerPoint slides, and 3) a world-class team. And we can offer investors metrics to play Moneyball – with the Investment Readiness Level. We think we can do better. Here’s how.

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Oakland Incubator Lean Metrics 326

ConversionXL

AUGUST 19, 2016

From here, you can run tests and use those results to strategize the best solutions for your customers. Inspired by the movie ‘Moneyball,’ MoneyBall syndrome refers to the fact that companies aren’t looking into the right metrics when measuring the effectiveness of their mobile website. Revamp Mobile Metrics to Combat Moneyball.

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Mobile Technical Review Software Review Metrics 48

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Customers acquired by direct mail. Total Customers. Average Revenue Per Customer. It’s hard to tell if things are getting better or worse for new customers vs old customers, because you’re lumping them all together in the data. Are free trial users who submit support tickets more likely to convert to customers?

Conversion 48

Conversion Retention Acquisition Metrics 48

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2014

As marketers, we create and curate engaging content, broadcast it to all the right channels and measure how it performs. The Uberflip platform starts with aggregating all the content you create and curate. But marketers today still struggle with tapping into the potential that exists in content marketing.

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Marketing Curation B2C Audience 162

Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2013

Would you believe me if I said that even leveraging cool features like custom reporting and smart advanced segments might be insufficient in some cases? This is a very simple analysis of the tussle between what you are providing vs. what the customers actually want. And what do happier customers deliver? I understand.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A tool like Quuu identifies relevant, shareable content to keep your social media channels active. . This provides us more time to develop meaningful relationships with prospects and customers. These typically have a larger support ecosystem and greater assurance of long-term stability than the custom vendors. 3) Raise capital.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Occam's Razor

APRIL 19, 2010

"What is the difference between a metric and a key performance indicator (KPI)?" " "Are goals metrics?" There seems to be genuine confusion about the simplest, most foundational, parts of web metrics / analytics. Create happy customers. Metric: A metric is a number. Dimensions.

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Analytics Metrics Web Framework 138

Occam's Razor

MAY 20, 2013

Part of the reason is that even if you work for a multi-channel company you are likely in the "web," "interactive," "internet," or "digital" division. Digital advertising and marketing is a key part of ZQI's multi-channel acquisition portfolio. The answer is simple: Aggregators.

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Analytics Aggregator Channel B2B 139

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Customers will get to consume the content they want, and support the producers of that content directly, rather than having to rely exclusively on intermediaries. Now, helping potential customers discover new things they might like is the job of the discipline of marketing. There are just too many of them out there. Is that a lot?

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San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

In the course of all this productive planning, and as you look to build stronger relationships that drive ROI in 2019, consider how you’re responding to customer information. Small- to mid-sized businesses that cater to the right customers — and to enhancing the customer experience — can expect to see big gains.

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Artificial Inteligence Sales Cycle Colorado Retention 127

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

She has a separate team, with its own culture and office, and a mandate straight from top management to innovate without regard to the company’s historic products, channels, or supply chain. That’s because the model is based on assumptions about customers that are totally unproven. So far, so good.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup 102

Hearpreneur

JULY 8, 2017

All of this is delivered electronically each day in the form of a daily meal plan from a dietitian and a custom workout routine from a Certified Personal Trainer. Some innovators with integrated business models like Kaiser Permanente are making great strides in aggregating your patient data and making it accessible to you.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire 48

The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

SEO is one of the more common methods of driving relevant visitors to your website that convert into paying customers, since they are most likely interested in purchasing your products or services. The branded organic traffic is visitors already familiar with your business, some of which are existing customers.

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SEO Analytics Social Media Metrics 159

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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Analytics Aggregator SQL Cloud 85

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

By saying this: "Web Analytics will help add $2 million worth of additional Economic Value by recommending specific ways to delight our customers and improve the way we sell" You can say that in 10 seconds. But each keyword gets "credit" for other metrics. My advice would be this: 1.

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Analytics Web Non-Compete Metrics 94

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Explain why, hopefully you'll have rules you can apply and check if your Web Metrics are indeed KPI's! Update] Here are two recent posts that dive deeper into the topic of Key Performance Indicators and provide latest thinking (as well as real world examples): ~ Best Web Metrics / KPIs for a Small, Medium or Large Sized Business.

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Metrics Web Non-Compete Analytics 123

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Paid Search or affiliates or email or display or YouTube or whatever channel you end up choosing. [ Remember: Engagement is not a metric, its an excuse. ]. Outcome #1: To attract "prospects" / new customers. The ideal metrics for this desired outcome are Visitor Loyalty & Visitor Recency.

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Campaign Analytics Metrics Search 128

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 18, 2010

Recently, he was bitten by the lean startup bug and has started writing about his experiences attempting to apply lean startup and customer development principles. Managing weekly releases got a lot harder once I started doing customer development. On the one hand, this is the ultimate in customer responsiveness.

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Continuous Deployment San Francisco Lean Wiki 151

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

In fact I've gone so far as to say: "All data in aggregate is crap." " That's certainly a bit melodramatic, but beyond the most bare bones "ahh, I see something is happening" you are unable to get anywhere with aggregate data. We are going to continue our quest today.

Analytics 145

Analytics Green Metrics Web 145

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 3, 2010

The key driver of this renewed confidence from brand advertisers is better measurement of brand metrics that can show the impact of online advertising beyond clickthrough. We got everything from price comparison engines to aggregated user reviews to one-click checkout. Direct Response Advertising becomes ever more efficient.

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