Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Why vanity metrics are dangerous In a previous post, I defined two kinds of metrics: vanity metrics and actionable metrics. In this post, Id like to talk about the perils of vanity metrics. My personal favorite vanity metrics is "hits."

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Their investment supported Stat Health’s recapitalization, alongside Spanos Barber Jesse & Co. Through these applications including its core product CareBook, DataLink helps healthcare payors and providers by resolving gaps in patient care while also improving quality performance metrics. Industrial Sector Opportunities.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 21, 2021

Kevin Wu, co-founder and CEO of job search optimization program Pathrise , says “Digital marketer roles are some of the most in-demand positions in the tech industry.” SEO – Search Engine Optimization for Online Marketing Concept. How many searches have been guided by promoted content? And he’s right.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

GrowthHackers founder and former Head of Growth at Dropbox, Sean Ellis , coined the term: “A growth hacker is a person whose true north is growth. In his course on Growth Mindset (part of CXL’s Growth Marketing Minidegree ), WeTheFuture.org founder John McBride describes three key components of a successful growth marketer: 1.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2014

As an entrepreneur raised in the era of analytics, I want to find metrics for everything. When I was going through the co-founder “dating” process, I’d found a potential partner through my network who seemed to be perfect. The problem is that this is harder to do than it sounds. Why did I think that?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Gavin Braman, Co-Founder @ Drifting Creatives. Just like Peep, other marketers from hypergrown products, such as David Cancel (founder at Drift) argue that product-based differentiation is vanishing. This defines how to connect problem themes to a metric strategy, building a metric-driven action system.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

The articles I cited there around finding co-founders suggests that Ben is on the money. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? What I mentioned in Events and Networking in Los Angeles was that its somewhat hard in LA to count on networking events to build networks. No small task Ben.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2017

by Hannah Sieber, co-founder and COO of EcoFlow Tech. For example, you can see if they landed on your page from Forbes.com, their search browser or your website. On the flip side, looking at your conversion rate is a great metric, but that doesn’t factor the cost you pay to acquire each consumer (COA).

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View from Seed

MARCH 1, 2016

I find it intriguing that species not only evolve against their environment, but their environment co-evolves simultaneously against them. When you look at a biological ecosystem, the creatures in it have spent thousands and thousands of years co-evolving against one another in a careful dance. A nice account of Stuart’s story is here.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Metrics like Return on Net Assets, Return on Capital and Internal Rate of Return are the guiding stars of the board and CEO. As Harvard professor Clayton Christensen noted, these efficiency metrics provided wise guidance for times when capital was scarce and raising money was hard. This never ends well.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

A well-organized library of best practices for founders in your vertical, which you can share as appropriate. First Round Search , Startupschool , and GSV Passport are examples of comprehensive founder resources from investors. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. AskAnything.VC Advantages.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 28, 2021

If you need a line by line feature breakdown, a quick Google search will serve you best in that case. David Raab Founder at CDP Institute. Additionally, on average, businesses receive data and metrics from 28 unique sources. Michael Katz the cofounder and CEO of mParticle. Use cases for CDP’s. Avoid Data Silos.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 23, 2017

” I had the pleasure of speaking to Dr. Chip about customer journey and innovative service metrics. He also offered an example of a customer journey map for “Telephone Repairs,” from the book he co-authored, “Service Magic: The Art of Amazing Your Customers.” ” Click to enlarge. IdeaRocket. Website Setup.

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ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2022

For example, someone looking for accounting software might start their journey by searching for the benefits of using accounting software. They might then progress to learning how one product differs from another before searching for a demo that shows how a product specifically benefits them.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

They adopt, measure, and manage key product performance metrics. A CTO is in the business of scale, for whatever an organization has as its core metrics. If you are currently looking for a CTO or technical co-founder, I’ve included some resources below that may help you in your search.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

For example, searching Facebook for “SaaS marketers” yields the following Groups: You can also search Reddit to find relevant subreddits: Your clients may hang out in different communities than the examples above, but this is the time to put your detective hat on and look for popular conversations happening within each community.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

For this article, let’s consider just two metrics—an engagement metric—social shares and an SEO metric—keyword rank. Shares are often considered a ‘vanity metric’ in the sense they don’t always directly help a business generate more revenue. Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Generally posts have a short shelf life.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

Clavier began his presentation at the beginning of a company's lifecycle, asking how many co-founders a startup ought to have. If you like this kind of advice, check out my coverage of a talk by Paul Palmieri, Co-Founder and CEO of mobile advertising service Millennial Media, titled " Investing in Your Influencers. ".

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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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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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press, 1996). While an undergraduate at Yale Unviersity, he co-founded Catalyst Recruiting. October 13, 2008 6:47 PM Luke G said. Eric, love the blog.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 12, 2017

According to the above example, 90% of those who visited the event homepage via organic search made it to the event registration page and only 10% of that percentage made it from the registration page to actually registering for the event (hence, the thank you page). (In Another during-event metric worth tracking is social media engagement.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2012

I thought they might be worth enumerating here: A Startup Is a Temporary Organization Designed to Search. Failure is an Integral Part of the Search for the Business Model. Success Begins with Buy-In from Investors and Co-Founders. Startup Metrics are Different from Existing Companies. Preserve Cash While Searching.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. Tell me a bit about the Founder's Institute. I'll be interested to see what it turns into. It sounds interesting.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2010

Pretty soon, a soul-searching meeting ensues. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable Beware of Vanity Metrics For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? Pretty soon, a soul-searching meeting ensues. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable Beware of Vanity Metrics For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 2, 2010

As start-ups scale, this agility will be lost unless the founders maintain a consistent investment in that discipline. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable Beware of Vanity Metrics For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? Techniques from lean manufacturing can be part of a startups innovation culture. Speed up or slow down?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Ming is the former chief of staff and strategy advisor to co-founder Jack Ma for over a decade, and outlines five key steps for automating decisions today as follows: Log and use consumer behavior and product transaction data. Google search rankings are updated many times a second, based on new info and your profile changes.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 4, 2010

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Jason is a Co-founder of Thriveal, a firm that helps entrepreneurial CPA firms connect, learn and grow. He's a co-founder of Thriveal firm that helps entrepreneurial CPA firms connect, learn and grow. You can spend on as a risk without putting you outside of the metric. Marketing Podcast with Jason Blumer.

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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. 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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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 3, 2015

In 1994 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said, “retail banks are dinosaurs, they can be bypassed,” in a Newsweek interview. FICO credit scores, business cash flow and business debt are being joined by cash-flow reports, direct deposit data and, in some cases, social media reviews and metrics during the approval process.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

Cameron is t he founder of the COO Alliance, the World’s Leading Network for Seconds in Command. I mean, I'm sure you run into a lot of companies that are still founder driven, very good at selling and they've grown. Understanding The Role Of The Chief Behind The Chief written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Even for those who don’t care to dive into the numbers, it’s worth a quick glance because co-founder/CEO Andrew Mason wrote a letter which forms the preamble of the full document. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Filed under Uncategorized. Pingback: Iphone Android App.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

Its to everyones advantage to let the world think the founders thought of everything. I say this as a founder: the contribution of founders is always overestimated. The danger here is that new founders, looking at existing founders, will think that theyre supermen that one couldnt possibly equal oneself.

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