Feld Thoughts

MAY 16, 2014

As Boulder Startup Week 2014 comes to an end, I have been reflecting on the power of startup communities today. When I wrote Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City , I made some assertions about how to build startup communities and what the impact of them would be on society. 4,500 mentors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Based on my experience of many years in the startup community, here are some key principles that seem to generate real innovative thinking within the most successful entrepreneurs I know: Push yourself to go “outside the box” for real change. Communicate and market your solution to the max.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Social Hybrid AI x human communities – messaging & social apps where bots are treated as equal citizens. Smart Contracts – Powering the internet-native financial system, smart contract networks could generate fees of $450bn in 2030. and generate a post mortem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Pick a base, such as LinkedIn or Facebook, to be your community, and work the territory, much like you may have learned to work a room of peers at a tradeshow or convention, or local business organization. It’s all available for “free” on the Internet, but your time is a valuable resource. Define relevant metrics and measure.

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Brandanew

MAY 29, 2015

The all encompassing Internet does provide opportunities but not when we create a content stealing epidemic. What is Growth Hacking: A definition before we start: Growth hacking is a marketing technique developed by technology startups which uses creativity, analytical thinking, and social metrics to sell products and gain exposure.

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ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2022

Finally, pay attention to the KPIs and metrics that matter: Overall revenue; Revenue per visitor; Conversion rate; Customer Acquisition Cost; Customer Lifetime Value; Average order value; Active customers; Customer churn; Repeat customers. There’s no surer sign of omnichannel campaigns working than when these metrics make for good reading.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Great post on the most important internet metric of them all – CONVERSION – crowdspring.co/18u6N8Y. Something new for the Chicago tech community – crowdspring.co/1bXLS29. Great post on the most important internet metric of them all – CONVERSION – crowdspring.co/18u6N8Y. 1dUrddm.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

They may also target ads to specific audiences and track real-time metrics like views, clicks and demographics. Now, with the use of technology and the internet, especially with the pandemic, the landscape is shifting to safe, non-contact phone sales for life insurance. It's safe to say that this method will be widely used in 2022.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 12, 2021

The software can be accessed remotely via the internet and is located on external servers. Join Online Communities. Another way to grow your POS SaaS community is via online communities. Online communities provide a great way for you to spread the word about your brand. Use Metrics to Track your POS SaaS Growth.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 16, 2022

From focusing on dual-sided marketing metrics to addressing each stage of the sales funnel, there are several goals entrepreneurs are striving for in 2022 that may help you set goals for your business. Here are 12 personal goals from entrepreneurs in 2022: Dual-sided Marketplace Metrics. Dual-sided Marketplace Metrics.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 2, 2020

.” And companies are catching on: from the Good News Movement to John Krasinski’s positive videos on YouTube , brands are sharing content that spreads empathy and a sense of community. Another common mistake that marketing teams are making is using the same metrics for success that they have used in the past.

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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. Blablacar is one such example of innovation: with a fast growing community of 1.6m Labels: Europe Consumer , internet. internet. (6). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? at 12:17 PM.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. One partnership was clearly very divided and a vocal minority of GPs thought consumer internet companies were a massive waste of time and money. We’re a how-to site and community for small business on marketing. . link] leehower. link] leehower.

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Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

The move came as a shock to many in the tech business community, in which we’ve become accustomed to real-time disclosure by company executives through social media. Before the commercial Internet, the primary tools of disclosure included: Prospectus and related registration statement (“S-1″) for an IPO.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

Image via Pixabay After a frustrating meeting with a small business client recently who didn’t “have time” for social media, I was surprised to find evidence on the Internet that up to one quarter of small business owners are still hesitant to invest time, money, and effort into a social media strategy. Do your homework before you begin.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

LA is a vibrant community with a rich network of angels that fund early stage companies, lots of VCs, easy access to big media, lots of innovation in media, mobile content, games, green, health care, and many, many others. eHarmongy) as an acting CTO. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Innovation, disruption, accelerators, have all become urgent buzzwords in the Department of Defense and Intelligence community. Our defense department and intelligence community owned proprietary advanced tools and technology. “…it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place. ”. The Red Queen Alice in Wonderland.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Ive written a little bit about the origins of Silicon Valley because I think its important for us to understand how we got here in order to make sure we preserve what is best about our community. The companies I spoke to all agreed that the community there was extremely supportive, especially in the critical ulta-early-stage.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Fund Details We identify the most promising use cases for cryptoassets and within those use cases we vet the teams, projects, and communities. We invest in protocols that meet our quantitative and qualitative metrics. This means that private keys — the keys that literally control the money — never touch the Internet.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2011

9 Metrics to Help You Make Wise Decisions about Your Start-Up – [link]. Good data from @msuster on The State of Venture Capital and the Internet – [link]. Globally, more people have access to Internet than to electricity (85% vs 80%) – [link]. An AMAZING amount of funding activity in Chicago – [link].

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

I strongly believe that the first few hires of a startup should belong to the growth department, whether they’re marketers, community managers, or salespeople (selling your product is the best way to learn how to improve it). Jun-15: Community Manager (growth team). This is when metrics come into play. Big press (cheap or free).

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2012

After every quarter I delve into our customer service data to have a look at a few things: first (and foremost) are we effectively meeting out goal of providing world-class customer service to our community? Third, have we improved our performance across the key metrics of speed, quality, and efficiency?

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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. Let me show other source that may be good for community. internet. (6). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? How the use of internet is transform. Cracking The Code. at 11:03 AM. Newer Post.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 25, 2011

Optimizing Emotional Engagement In Web Design Through Metrics – [link]. The Internet Is 20% Of Economic Growth – [link]. Legal Contracts for Graphic Designers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 10 Amazing Ambigram Logos – [link]. 30 Inspiring “About Me” Pages – [link].

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 2, 2011

The point here is that you can have very different and all valid success metrics, but it is important to keep in mind what you are trying to accomplish with your startup venture. It was also at the peak of the Internet bubble and she spent a lot of time working with various business units to think more long term and more synergistically.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2016

In this age of instant communication via the Internet, It’s ironic that I can now find out what’s going on around the world often more easily than in my own neighborhood. You need metrics to show dominant penetration of the relevant customer demographic, added value over existing media, and real customer testimonials of value.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 26, 2009

And, as you can see in my previous post on “ The cardinal sin of community management &# the feedback could be all over the map. But we had some super-active customers who would act as editors, collecting feedback from all over the community and synthesizing it into a report of the top issues. It was absolutely worth it.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

How potential clients use the internet to find lawyers for criminal defense. EAT is a digital marketing community acronym that stands for Expertise, Authority, and Trustworthiness concerning the production of content. Look at the performance of your content on social media by looking at engagement metrics. Trustworthiness.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 31, 2014

Unless your customers live under a rock and do not have Internet access or a smartphone, you should assume they are on social media. Measure, analyze and adapt: As you start building out your presence and community, make sure you are using data to determine what’s working and what’s not and track your progress.

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Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2018

Advocacy: the customer becomes a brand advocate and spreads the word about your product to their community and through online reviews. If they’re like most people today, they turn to Google and start to browse the internet for shoelaces. How will you know if your website is working for you if you never look at your metrics?

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 10, 2020

My conclusion was that I should have realized that the first person who pitched me on Airbnb wasn’t a great consumer internet investor, which means I should have realized that he might not describe the opportunity accurately. it took years for Airbnb’s metrics to really start accelerating. Clearly I had made a mistake.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Terrorists harnessing the internet to radicalize and recruit new members. Think of it as sort of a carbon footprint-type schema that would be based on metrics such as time the object is to remain in orbit, its specific orbital location, and its mass. He’s hoping to take some of the Lean methods back to his work in economics. “I

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Terrorists harnessing the internet to radicalize and recruit new members. Think of it as sort of a carbon footprint-type schema that would be based on metrics such as time the object is to remain in orbit, its specific orbital location, and its mass. He’s hoping to take some of the Lean methods back to his work in economics. “I

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

Pick a base, such as LinkedIn or Facebook, to be your community, and work the territory, much like you may have learned to work a room of peers at a tradeshow or convention, or local business organization. It’s all available for “free” on the Internet, but your time is a valuable resource. Define relevant metrics and measure.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

That’s because many of our reports feed us vanity metrics: numbers that make us look good but don’t really help make decisions. Yet even among those who have access to good actionable metrics, I’ve noticed a phenomenon that prevents taking maximum advantage of data. Too much of this data is non- actionable.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

My colleagues Sebastian Soler , Steven Greenberg and I recently launched a new online community, PEVCTech.com , exclusively for PE/VC investors; engineers who work at PE/VC funds; and other technologists who specialize in working on this problem. to motivate their angel community to support their startups. 2) Raise capital.

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Mucker Lab

AUGUST 9, 2023

The Importance of Links in Ranking Links are often considered the infrastructure of the internet. By strategically choosing where and how to build links, businesses can create connections with different communities, tap into new markets, and extend their reach in meaningful ways.

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