The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2020

According to the World Green Building Council (WGBC), the following findings support a case for green building: Lower operating cost – the construction of green buildings can help building owners and occupiers save money thanks to efficient energy and water usage. Introduction of smart metering. Upgrading of the HVAC system.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2014

Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Use metrics to measure results of marketing initiatives. Great team members may take more time to find, and cost you stock options, but a qualified and highly motivated team that stretches your budget is a good calculated risk.

Startup 283

Startup Forecast Stock Options Technical Review 283

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Use metrics to measure results of marketing initiatives. Great team members may take more time to find, and cost you stock options, but a qualified and highly motivated team that stretches your budget is a good calculated risk.

Forecast 161

Forecast Stock Options Technical Review Metrics 161

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2023

Have you set the right price for your entree, and correctly included all costs? Have you projected sales and marketing costs, cash flow, and capital requirements? Companies and cooks who rest on their laurels don’t last. Companies and cooks who rest on their laurels don’t last. Don’t stand still.

Business Plan 280

Business Plan Restful Metrics Business Model 280

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

There isn’t one most important SaaS metric. You’re not allocating enough costs to gross margin or the cost to acquire a customer. Being focussed on SaaS metrics is not incompatible with valuing employee fulfillment and customer happiness. You still have to get the first customers, and most of the rest, yourself.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Decide on what actually you need to have a more detailed vision on how much it will cost you. For example, InMotion hosting costs from $3,99 to $13,99 per month so you need to pay for each month you want your website to run on this hosting. Each plan offers a different package of services and has its own price. Hourly rate.

eCommerce 113

eCommerce Software Developers Software Development Hosting 113

Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Technology increases efficiency, but at what cost? Yet, what is the cost of inefficiency? The question is less about whether you need ROI-improving software and more about how to get the rest of the board to understand its benefits. What Is the Cost of Inefficiency? That all goes right back to time costing money.

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Cost Technology Software Restful 98

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The first ones address trends that I see in the market today, while the rest are meant to force you to be proactive in managing your own team and organization to anticipate the level of change I’m sure you will face ahead. Client cost differentials of less than twenty percent are usually not enough to incent change.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Key metrics: Average View Duration, Click Through Rate, & Views 3. Refine titles, thumbnails, and content to increase those metrics — Eric Bandholz (@bandholz) November 24, 2020. Key metrics (90% of your focus). The wonderful thing about YouTube is that they have specific metrics to help you hit the above strategy.

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Channel Metrics Algorithm Video 129

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Have you set the right price for your entree, and correctly included all costs? Have you projected sales and marketing costs, cash flow, and capital requirements? Companies and cooks who rest on their laurels don’t last. Companies and cooks who rest on their laurels don’t last. Don’t stand still.

Startup 390

Startup Restful Business Plan Metrics 390

YoungUpstarts

JULY 18, 2017

Embracing the concept of design thinking , an exciting solution used in innovation, can provide learning and development teams with the metrics to justify their important work and ease the minds of anxious senior executives. Learning was once considered a cost of doing business. What happens to costs during times of economic anxiety?

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2020

Can I afford the cost of any adjustments that need to be made? Establish milestones and metrics for your business plan. To make your business plan work for you, you’ll want to incorporate milestones and metrics from the start. Like the rest of your business plan, your exit strategy does not need to be set in stone.

Software Review 153

Software Review Exit Strategy Technical Review Business Plan 153

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Use metrics to measure results of marketing initiatives. Great team members may take more time to find, and cost you stock options, but a qualified and highly motivated team that stretches your budget is a good calculated risk.

Forecast 120

Forecast Startup Stock Options Technical Review 120

Up and Running

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Typically, trademarking a logo costs around $500 — but this can increase dramatically if you need a phrasing trademarked. But, you need to make sure that the coloring of your main action is at the top of your visual hierarchy (different from the rest of the buttons across your website). Establish a clear call to action.

Conversion 90

Conversion Sales Software Review eCommerce 90

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 1, 2018

How do you pitch your business in a way that makes you stand out from the rest? This is where metrics are particularly useful in quantifying the magnitude of the opportunity. It Always Costs More Than You Think. Your staff will increase as will your overhead costs such as electricity and office space. Source: Pixabay.

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Startup Portfolio Software Review Technical Review 119

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

But with the added benefit of having people you trust handling the rest. You can be increasing revenue, growing sales, and maybe even cutting costs. All it will cost you is time, but it’s a great way to establish a presence and compete without investing too much money upfront. Have enough cash on hand. Prepare yourself mentally.

Forecast 154

Forecast Software Review Bootstrapping Finance 154

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

These metrics identify when a customer is about to stop their usage, before they actually do. Customers often shop around , and they’ll likely know their options as cost is a motivating factor for most software subscribers. The red flag in this case is when an account performs below average for your north star metric.

Customer 110

Customer Churn Rate Metrics Retention 110

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Overall acquisition costs for both B2C and B2B have gone up by 50% in the past five years. To offset these costs, you need to earn more repeat purchases from existing customers. That means better margins, more profitability, and cost-efficient scaling. Cohort metrics can help drive more repeat customers.

Retention 126

Retention Analytics Campaign eCommerce 126

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

It’s such a tricky balance between being cost-focused & scrappy versus being impractical with how you spend your time. What if you are measuring CAC wrongly and you’re really not acquiring customers cost effectively? The full financial details and metrics were in the deck. And so must you. HR & Legal.

Operations 150

Operations Metrics Early Stage Non-Compete 150

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior Great companies are almost always run by great management teams. Good metrics should also be actionable, and drive successful behavior. In a follow up post, I will use this technique to walk through the design of a set of metrics for a SaaS company.

Metrics 55

Metrics Design Entrepreneur Startup 55

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Measuring customer acquisition for peak effectiveness How to calculate ecommerce customer acquisition cost Calculate much your customers are worth: LTV MRR, churn rates, and other factors that affect your LTV/CAC ratios Find and fix customer acquisition funnel leaks 5 customer acquisition strategies to increase sales and loyalty (with examples) 1.

Acquisition 129

Acquisition eCommerce Customer Churn Rate 129

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2022

Go home until your mind is rested and positive. Proactive customer communication should be your first recourse, followed by cost and service concessions. Use metrics on key deliverables to assure quality results. Your negative emotions will be quickly sensed, and you will likely say the wrong thing for all concerned.

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Advisory Board Due Diligence Demand Partner 336

Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

It’s a summary and an overview of your outpatient medical practice and your plans, so it will be easy to put together after you’ve written the rest of your plan. . Financial summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Milestones and metrics that you’ll need to hit to be viable.

Business Plan 72

Business Plan Technical Review Exit Strategy Oregon 72

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

There is no golden metric for everyone, we are all unique snowflakes! :). and tell you what are the best key performance indicators (metrics) for them. In the past I’ve shared a cluster of metrics that small, medium and large businesses can use as a springboard…. If you want to play along. Don’t read what I’ve chosen.

Metrics 141

Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

work (collection, processing, reporting, analysis), processes, org structure, governance models, last-mile gaps , metrics ladders of awesomeness , and… so… much… more. Remember, tools, work, processes, org structure, governance models, last-mile gaps, metrics ladders of awesomeness, and… so… much… more. The Implications of Complexity.

Analytics 93

Analytics Framework Metrics Algorithm 93

View from Seed

MARCH 1, 2016

Generating excitement in others solely rests on you and the power of your story. Are you able to achieve pricing 10 times better than incumbents due to unfair cost advantages? Because of insights A/B/C, if we build D/E/F, we’ll grow fast in markets J/K/L, and you’ll know we’re on the right path because of metrics that look like X/Y/Z.”

Founder 120

Founder Technical Review Cofounder Non-Compete 120

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

What metrics do we use to see if we learned enough in Customer Discovery ? I gave my boilerplate answer, “I’m a product guy and I tend to invest and look at deals that have measurable revenue metrics. Dave McClure has some great metrics…” It was an honest but vaguely unsatisfying answer. End of theory.&# Great quote.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Instead of getting all of your customer’s payment upfront, those payments are spread out over months or even years, so it can take time to break even on marketing and development costs. For many subscription businesses, the cost of acquiring a customer is far more than what that customer pays you in their first month. Cash is king.

Business Plan 87

Business Plan Forecast Churn Rate Acquisition 87

Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

To win in business you need to follow this process: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act. We are far too enamored with data collection and reporting the standard metrics we love because others love them because someone else said they were nice so many years ago. That metric is tied to a KPI.

Metrics 156

Metrics Analytics Lean Churn Rate 156

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. First, with Prime, Amazon has removed a big reason for cart abandonment: shipping costs.

Customer 118

Customer Marketing Channel Audience 118

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Inside an organization there are only cost centers. Meaning: C = Customers (traffic x conversion rate) CLV = Customer revenue – (CAC + cost of serving that customer) CAC = Customer Acquisition Cost G = Growth. The key is not to get bogged down by short-term metrics at the expense of long-term growth.

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Customer SMS Retention Acquisition 132

Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2014

In this webinar, we take time to discuss the different metrics that startups—and established businesses—should be tracking. 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. Those things are all really hard to just get.

Metrics 84

Metrics Startup Churn Rate Forecast 84

ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2020

You also need metrics on cart abandonment and purchase rates of those who saw your test idea and those who didn’t. Now that you understand your starting point, you’ll need to prioritize the rest of the requirements. Consider any costs involved weighted against the business value associated with the requirements.

Technical Review 107

Technical Review Software Review API Analytics 107

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Ideally, they will help you understand technology ROI, innovation accounting, and also help you understand where you can cut costs and where you need to invest. 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.

Fractional CTO 54

Fractional CTO CTO Hire CTO Technical Review 54

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2018

Have you set the right price for your entrée, and correctly included all costs? Have you projected sales and marketing costs, cash flow, and capital requirements? Companies and cooks who rest on their laurels don’t last. Companies and cooks who rest on their laurels don’t last. Don’t stand still.

Founder 204

Founder Restful Business Plan Metrics 204

Steve Blank

APRIL 25, 2016

However, their Mission Model canvas (slide 7) still lacks the rest of the agency beneficiaries other than the analysts. Great technical teams like Fishreel often want to use the class as a product incubator when we want them to spend an equal amount of time learning about the rest of the Mission Model canvas. They have plenty of those.

Afghanistan 120

Afghanistan Iraq Technical Review Social Media 120

Steve Blank

APRIL 25, 2016

However, their Mission Model canvas (slide 7) still lacks the rest of the agency beneficiaries other than the analysts. Great technical teams like Fishreel often want to use the class as a product incubator when we want them to spend an equal amount of time learning about the rest of the Mission Model canvas. They have plenty of those.

Afghanistan 120

Afghanistan Iraq Technical Review Social Media 120