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

David Teten

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.

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Is Your Startup Tracking the Right Metrics?

Up and Running

It’s hard to understand how many people will you actually attract, what is it going to cost, what’s your conversion rate, how long will people stay. You need to track pre-purchase, post-purchase, and then overall business analytics. Those things are all really hard to just get.

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Focus on awareness and metrics are keys to success

Up and Running

Who needs a business plan when there is work to be done?” Business planning entails goal setting and milestones, managing cash flow and prioritizing work streams. No business plan ” does not mean no planning. They need to re-embrace planning even if they have no desire for a business plan.

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A Complete Guide to Marketing ROI Tracking

Up and Running

But keeping track of where a customer came from is very hard, especially when you start diversifying your marketing channels to campaigns that don’t have a direct conversion. Let’s take a Google Adwords ad, for example; you can track and confirm the source of a conversion using: The conversion tracking pixel from Adwords.

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Webinar Recap: 14 Tips on How to Pitch and Get Funded

Up and Running

She is regularly invited to participate as a judge for business plan competitions, as well as speak on topics including entrepreneurship, angel investing, social media, and authentic self promotion. Needless to say, the webinar was absolutely packed with great tips on what it takes to pitch your business so that investors take notice.