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Fighting micro-burn-out

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

After we rose to the top of building Facebook games a few years ago and then subsequently declined I had a quarter-life evaluation while living in Argentina. Another helpful thing is looking at metrics that are more positive or at a trending level instead of just drowning your sorrows in today’s numbers. Have you ever felt that way?

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Startup Lessons Learned

Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Get in touch: Twitter Email Facebook Linkedin Additional resources Startup LessonsLearned, All Seasons : Every post from the blog, in one 600+ page PDF.

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blog comments powered by Disqus Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe via email Blog Archive ▼ 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?) The application form is here.

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End of Dumb Tables in Web Analytics Tools! Hello: Weighted Sort

Occam's Razor

Tens of thousands of rows of keywords in the Search Report (even for this small blog!). As if massive data we have is not enough of a problem, we also rely on Averages, Percentages, Ratios and Compound/Calculated Metrics in a profoundly sub optimal way, as a drunken man uses lamp-posts – for support rather than for illumination.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

But if I see a really great piece of work product, I generally will just try to, say hey, let's post this on the blog externally. ER : Oh, if it's worth doing, it's worth blogging about. I'd also spent a year living in Buenos Aires, Argentina. And so I think we saved. We got so many positive inbounds from that.

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