Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

So while the simplest way that people often evaluate stocks is by P/E ratios (price-to-earnings), one also needs to look at other metrics such as the PEG (price-to-earnings-growth). [of ” I saw this first hand with the growth of the “flash sale” category. Investors value growth. Amazing growth!”

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Yet, in the interest of full disclosure, and an honest intent to save future entrepreneurs some grief and money, I would remind you that starting any business has key dependencies on at least five major elements, including product design and delivery, the right people on the team, adequate funding, a sizable market opportunity, and marketing.

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View from Seed

MARCH 1, 2016

Flash forward 100 years: now listed as a noxious weed, the Kudzu is found as far north as NYC and Nova Scotia Canada, and covers 7.5 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.” million acres of land.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

I also read - The Difference Between Apple and Microsoft Marketing that tells us: Apples marketing is designed for Time Poor buyers, while Microsofts is designed for Time Rich buyers. I would agree that Apples product design would suggest that it aims at Time Poor buyers. Its certainly something to keep in mind.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

When designed properly, a real estate website can be useful for lead generation and building client relationships. When it comes to web design, usability is very important. To avoid this, it would be advisable to work with a professional UI/UX designer. However, here are 5 blunders to avoid with your site: 1. Poor usability.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 17, 2013

I asked a panel of 13 successful entrepreneurs to share their favorite best practices, especially for newer startups that may be tempted to focus on flash over experience: What’s one UX design best practice you think new startups should NOT overlook? Responsive Design. There’s no 100 percent right way to think about UX design.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 25, 2018

Many early stage founders and CEO’s believe they can delegate design and creation of metrics, flash reports, analytical reports and more from their bookkeepers. We need to repeat this distinction on occasion, because there is a considerable difference between the cost of a bookkeeper and an accountant. Why bother with this?

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Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2018

As you design your website, consider how your customers will interact with your business. Ask employees (preferably ones that are unfamiliar with the website design) to complete a set list of tasks on your website. Using SEO best practices is like putting a bright, flashing neon sign on your storefront.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

It was one of those brilliant startup brainstorms that comes to the team in a flash, with a giant thunderclap. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 9, 2019

A high-level stakeholder can overrule research-based decisions, designers can clash with optimizers, and the bevy of simultaneous changes can make it impossible to identify which changes are to blame if a redesign performs worse than its predecessor. Flash) or one whose design is clearly dated.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 25, 2011

Gratuitous use of Flash. It is not Adobe's fault, it is your fault for using Flash for the most pathetic things mankind has known. Remember every time you use flash on your website, a cute puppy dies. Making lame metrics the measures of success: Impressions, Click-throughs, Page Views. How can you not love that?

Marketing 126

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 16, 2010

Many early stage CEO’s believe they can delegate design and creation of metrics, flash reports, analytical reports and more to their bookkeepers. To expect a bookkeeper to provide analytical planning is to ask for something they often cannot provide, except in a cursory way. Why the discussion?

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ConversionXL

MAY 11, 2016

The design of your website is more important for conversions than you think. Actually, according to their study some opinions develop even within 17 ms (though the effect was less pronounced on some design factors). How To Design and Choose Your Hero Image. Clearly, designing and choosing a hero image is as much art as science.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2023

They both run on open AI's GPT model, and both are designed to help you get more done and to grow your business faster. And so they go out and they hire a designer and they build one, and then they, they say to themselves, well, this doesn't do anything for us. Check out HubSpot's AI powered tools, content assistant and chat spott.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2023

They both run on open AI's GPT model, and both are designed to help you get more done and to grow your business faster. And so they go out and they hire a designer and they build one, and then they, they say to themselves, well, this doesn't do anything for us. Check out HubSpot's AI powered tools, content assistant and chat spott.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 4, 2014

This happens when visual designers decide what your site should be like, or worse yet – you use design by committee. Listening to people is a good idea, but you have to pay attention to the metrics. Go for optimization until you reach a point of diminishing returns: design until changes just aren’t having a big effect.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Design courtesy of Ashley Cecil. on a scale of 1-4). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. My Investments. CornerstoneOnDemand. anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). Online Gaming. (1).

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ConversionXL

JUNE 20, 2019

The interface is designed to keep people on the platform. In comparison, Facebook Live shows overview metrics like minutes viewed, average percentage completion, and unique viewers.). It’s designed for two core use cases: Internal training; Product demonstrations. All that said—YouTube has its downsides.

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 23, 2010

Maybe it is the agency you have outsourced the site to, the agency whose only competence seems to be gratuitous use of flash. Maybe the well meaning but "never met our real customers" HiPPO dictates site design. Bottom-line: Your site stinks and you need to fix it. Bottom-line: Your site stinks and you need to fix it.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 2, 2018

5- Black Sheep by Metric. Thanks to Ashley Rose Marino, Ashley Marino Designs LLC ! #6- It is as if I could see my whole entrepreneurial journey flash before my eyes. Headphones on and singing like I created that song myself inspires me to keep pushing back up this entrepreneurial roller-coaster. 6- Win by Brian McKnight.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Imagine developing three versions of a web site in Prototype, JQuery, and Flash -- all at the same time. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Talk about "wasteful experimentation."

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BeyondVC

MAY 12, 2006

In short, Steve had a simple answer in that Microsoft knows how much a technology asset or new product is worth to Microsoft and then they can compare that to what the value would be using more traditional financial metrics. In the end, Steve rightly said that it comes down to a negotiation since revenue ratios, etc.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Understanding the different psychological theories behind familiarity will lead to better UX / design, copy and calls to action. Amazon’s copy and design aren’t 1,133% better than everyone else’s. If you’re familiar with tech startups, you’re familiar with this website design… Image Source. Design & UX.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Both feature a full menu of Dimensions and Metrics you can filter on, and a set of rules you can select. The wide use of Goals as a conversion metric across Google Analytics reporting makes it easy for you to ask and answer the question: Are my visitors accomplishing the tasks I want them to when they visit my website?

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ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2019

Despite the fact that email continues to thrive over 40 years after its inception , marketers remain fixated on top-of-funnel engagement metrics. Tests are expensive—literally and figuratively—to design, build, and run. Focusing on top-of-funnel and engagement metrics (instead of performance metrics) is a costly mistake.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2015

At Zeeto we’ve created a reporting platform to track our key metrics and daily financial progress and give all employees viewing access. Individuals and charities can custom design their own color-coded bracelets with positive messages on KonectIDY.com, then wear and share them so this positive energy can grow. 9) Design 1st.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 11, 2016

Revue is a tool designed to help create email digest newsletters. Also, it only works on browsers that support Flash. Here are a few things you can do to optimize your videos for mobile… If the video is embedded on your site, make sure you have a dedicated mobile site or a responsive design. Example: Revue. Engagement?

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Its design goals arent geared towards efficiency in terms of technical costs. We eventually embedded the Flash interpreter into our process, so we could experiment with our UI more quickly. It would carefully monitor their behavior, and especially their technical metrics, like crashes and freezes.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

19:36) Brian on his background as a RISD-trained industrial designer. (20:32) 19:36) Brian on his background as a RISD-trained industrial designer. (20:32) People, not just metrics. Doesn't it feel like in a crisis suddenly the world flashes before your eyes and you see what is truly important? I'm a designer.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 22, 2013

Google is a strong advocate of responsive design. Mashable named 2013 “The Year of Responsive Design” But is responsive web design actually the answer to boosting mobile conversions? The process of trying to buy something from a desktop design site with a smartphone can be summed up with one word – pain.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 24, 2018

Most are flashes in the pan. This is great provided you already have in place a strategic thinking business plan where you have clearly identified your ideal customers; know your market and have established key metrics. There are many web templates available on the market today that make this task easy for most designers.

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gigaom.com

JUNE 18, 2012

Dash captures publisher specific data to present the best opportunities for engagement and to improve key metrics for publishers. NewNet Q4: Platform mania and social commerce shakeout NewNet Q3: Facebook remakes headlines in social media Flash analysis: future opportunities for Pinterest. Image courtesy of Flickr user KungPaoCajun.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The advent of rich experiences such as video, Ajax, and Flash means no page views, which makes it difficult for monitoring software to capture data accurately. Check the definitions of various metrics. For example, if you see a metric called Cookies, find out exactly what that metric means before you use the data.

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andrewchenblog.com

JANUARY 28, 2010

Comments Click to download Freemium spreadsheet Background on this discussion Last year, the stupendous Daniel James co-hosted a talk with me on Lifetime Value metrics for subscription and virtual goods-based items. CPM/CPA/CPC) What do the intermediate metrics look like? impressions/CTR/etc) How does your signup funnel perform?

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ConversionXL

APRIL 12, 2017

Jared Spool: Is Design Metrically Opposed? Observations -> Inferences -> Design Decisions. You may have one observation and then multiple inferences, which would result in multiple design options. The best designers never stop at the first inference. Useless measures and silly metrics. Image Credit.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Flashing statements on one side, bottom-up financial analysis on the other: I will let you decide which one to believe, but I could not help reflecting on some of the comments made in the interview: "The hype is based on one company in the software industry having modest success. SaaS business metrics: why are they different?

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 10, 2013

Most are flashes in the pan. This is great provided you already have in place a strategic thinking business plan where you have clearly identified your ideal customers; know your market and have established key metrics. There are many web templates available on the market today that make this task easy for most designers.

Viral 145

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