crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2013

At scale, co-location begins to make sense over 100% cloud (good examples) – crowdspring.co/JuxORp. How One SaaS Startup Reduced Churn 71% Using Red Flag Metrics – crowdspring.co/JbgG2P. Good tips for entrepreneurs on firing people who don’t fit – crowdspring.co/1fFt0n7. Managing a Growing Startup?

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Startup Tip: Four Questions To Ask When Making Decisions Based On Metrics & Statistics – [link]. The 10 Social Media Metrics Your Company Should Monitor – [link]. Curious to see Apple seriously getting into the cloud business with their new data center – [link].

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. We created UpKeep to fill this void—a cloud-based solution that was affordable for any size business.” – Ryan Chan, founder of UpKeep. Do your own PR.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Cracking The Code.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. He also has a discussion of how your choice of business model determines which of these metric areas you want to focus on. Choose one.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Cracking The Code.

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Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Cracking The Code.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Cracking The Code.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 19, 2012

PR firms are forming teams to promote it and consulting firms have their business technology teams all over it. Now this kind of access is becoming a cloud based solution that people tackling big data will make available to small organizations for very little investment. Tech firms like are all about it.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, February 8, 2010 Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Review) The next article in my series on entrepreneurship for Harvard Business Review is live today. Once again, we revisit the topic of Actionable metrics and their nemesis: Vanity metrics. Remember "metrics are people, too."

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Announce a new product, start its PR campaign, and engage in buzz marketing activities. Even if you must launch to your customers, avoid the urge to also launch in extra places, just because your PR firm can do it at the same time. If you are having trouble raising money, sometimes a little PR can help. Help you raise money.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloudonomics and 2010 Planning for your SaaS and Cloud Computing business. Labels: Cloud Computing , SaaS , sales and marketing. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Incorporate milestones and metrics into your Lean Plan. Buy an external hard drive or organize cloud-based backups of your data. Build an active online presence (be your own PR person!). Track your key metrics and know your numbers. If you don’t have a business plan event, start with a One-Page Pitch. Internet connection.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

Consumers buying through smart phones, travelers using the new, shared economy and businesses replacing old software with modern cloud-based solutions. Create company measures for success that go beyond financial metrics. You manage what you measure so be careful about having too narrowly defined of performance metrics.

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Cracking the Code

MAY 25, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. 10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product Design" unveiled at the Bessemer Annual Cloud CEO Conference. I would like to see more info on the Annual CEO Cloud event. Cloud Computing. (1). out of 5!

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

The importance of reputation is why, for example, Andreessen Horowitz invested early and heavily in their own PR, adding PR guru Margit Wennmachers as a Partner. . We’ve seen some modest progress in people upgrading from Excel to Google Sheets; use of some CRM; and a cloud-based storage service. – Thesis.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

The importance of reputation is why, for example, Andreessen Horowitz invested early and heavily in their own PR, adding PR guru Margit Wennmachers as a Partner. . We’ve seen some modest progress in people upgrading from Excel to Google Sheets; use of some CRM; and a cloud-based storage service. – Thesis.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. A funny video of Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle on Cloud Computing. But does Larry hate cloud computing that much or is he hiding a potential future acquisition of Salesforce.com? Cloud Computing. (1).

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Power of Social Cloud – [link]. Why marketer misuse of metrics may be an addressable cultural issue – [link]. Traffic Bait Doesn’t Bring Ad Clicks – [link]. Absolutely Stunning Promotional Poster and Flyer Designs – [link]. Crowdsourcing Your Marketing Activities – [link].

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Cracking The Code.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

Launch with a PR blitz, including mentions in major mainstream publications. As with many Silicon Valley failures, a flawless PR launch turned into a flawed customer acquisition strategy. Departments were built and were even metrics-driven. But there was no feedback loop to help the company find the right metrics to focus on.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. This strong recovery has highlighted the resiliency of the recurring revenue model in a downturn as well as the stength of the shift to soaftware-as-a-service and cloud computing. Cloud Computing. (1). anecdotes. (13).

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 14, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Cracking The Code.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? My Investments.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. As we are entering a new year, I thought it would be interesting to publish every quarter an update on the state of the 13 public SaaS/Cloud companies in the Index. Cloud Computing. (1). Friday, March 12, 2010.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

At least, not in the traditional sense of trying to squeeze every tenth of a point out of a conversion metric or landing page. Even if it shows improvement in some micro metric, does that invalidate the overall design? That was evident in the metrics and in the in-person usability tests. No one feature is to blame.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 23, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. In addition, Cardo got a lot of press for this initiative - so, overall great PR at minimal cost and this shows how web 2.0 Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 7, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Cracking The Code.

Software Review 48

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 27, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Cracking The Code.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

JULY 10, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Cracking The Code.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 13, 2010 The Superbowl ad test I am a firm believer in the danger of vanity metrics , numbers that give the illusion of progress but often mask the true relationship between cause and effect. Vanity metrics are generally bigger. Vanity metrics. The solution? Is that really news?

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Cracking The Code.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Cracking The Code.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

We’ve seen some modest progress in people upgrading from Excel to Google Sheets; use of some CRM; and a cloud-based storage service. An investor had few hard metrics other than the actual financials, and little technology to make the process scaleable. But beyond that, not much.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Cracking The Code.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Thanks to Suns amazing PR blitz, there was tremendous demand for experts on Java, and I did my best to convince people that I was one of that mythical breed. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

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