David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. Over the past few decades, better metrics became available, and investors could take a more analytical, data-driven approach. Two Sigma Ventures.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In liquid markets, most of the calories expended on technology and analytics are focused on trade selection, or “ origination ”. I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm . 3) Raise capital.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Occam's Razor

MAY 20, 2013

" comfort zone, and out of your Google Analytics, Site Catalyst, WebTrends worldview silo. Part of the reason is that the data you to which you have access narrows your worldview – "Hey, all I have is Google Analytics, so all I'll look at is Google Analytics data!" That data is not in Google Analytics.

Analytics 139

Analytics Aggregator Channel B2B 139

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2022

A look at the overall exits for both enterprise (B2B) and consumer (B2C) companies from 1995-2022 shows that both categories can produce power law returns, but they vary substantially: The top five enterprise companies with the largest exits account for $188B in value creation, or 12% of the $1,609B generated in the enterprise category since 1995.

B2C 103

B2C IPO B2B 103

Occam's Razor

JUNE 6, 2011

I got an email the other day with this simple question: "How do break into the world of web analytics?" There is a ton of excitement about web analytics. Therein you see one way to "break into" analytics, or anything really, you have to be good!]. Analytics or start pimping your resume left and right.

Analytics 125

Analytics Web Salary Non-Compete 125

Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

You'll do it with Paid Search, with SEO, with YouTube, with Affiliate and Email marketing and every other thing you have going on inside your company. You are B2C or B2Q or Non-profit or an Adult-oriented business. Why did the company have such a poor paid search strategy? Unique Search, Display, Social strategies.

Framework 163

Framework Marketing Metrics Audience 163

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Bonus: Remember, you can measure profit everyday in Google Analytics! ]. You’ll recognize these most commonly as being set by Adobe or Google Analytics on your site to better track metrics like Sessions and Users. There is still a decay, if you want to get a sense for it checkout the Recency reports in your analytics tool.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Acquisition Naming 60