Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Continually add new marketing and distribution partners. There is no magic lever for growth, so several initiatives are required, with metrics to assess value returned. Manual processes and people are always the most expensive to scale, so every process needs metrics to determine when automation is appropriate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Decide early where and when money will come from, set some milestones and metrics, and work to a plan, or be caught short. To get the visibility and distribution you need will likely require one or two levels of partner relationships and a real model for marketing, events and promotions.

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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. Ultimately this is not just another staff function.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Instead of budget approvals, monitor key metrics and give managers more flexibility. The next most important set of metrics are sales by category; working capital (cash and other current assets, less current liabilities); EBITA; and gross margin. Traditional budgets can be destructive and a huge waste of time.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

by Lu Zhang, founder and managing partner of Fusion Fund. The market for our product was global, and we had unique advantages in terms of our product and how we distributed it to customers. Instead, find the VCs that would make the most sense to partner with from a strategic perspective and explain why you want them to take the lead.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

Interviewing them will provide you with their wants and needs from a messaging perspective and uncover topic ideas and distribution channels. Much like your audience analysis report, it will ensure everyone involved in the planning, production, and distribution process is aligned. Select your content distribution channels.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Silos also exist between external partners, such as agencies and consultancies. Or, if the content team is producing awesome content but not distributing it across email and social channels, you’re once again missing an opportunity to maximize the ROI. Set clear responsibilities across partners.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

From here, attach valid marketing metrics to each goal. Some goals may be measured by more than one metric. Both of these metrics can be used to measure progress. Identify key characteristics that delineate one audience segment from another, then create and distribute appropriate content. They use intent signals (e.g.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Secondly, you must constantly communicate suggested changes to your team, implement necessary pivots, and realign all the elements of your business, including partners, investors, and vendors. Define and use market metrics to tune your plan. No change means falling behind.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

How to Scale Unicorns With Partner David Zhang, TVC. Joining us for this episode is our partner David Zhang, Partner at TCV (( Technology Crossover Ventures ). I’m a partner at TCV, which we founded in 1996. If you focus too much on other stuff, you can get the best sales team and efficiency metrics in the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Before you spend big money on inventory and scale over a wide area, make sure you have finalized your marketing, manufacturing, and distribution resources. Put operational systems and metrics in place early. Many new businesses have lost their credibility by not being able to deliver or having a major recall early in the growth cycle.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Where Airbnb recognized the value in another platform, Dropbox doubled down on the strength of its product as a distribution channel. How to create a growth hacking strategy using the pirate metrics model. The result? An increase in listings from 50,000 to 500,000. Activation. Convincing users to stick around is crucial for growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2021

Decide early where and when money will come from, set some milestones and metrics, and work to a plan, or be caught short. To get the visibility and distribution you need will likely require one or two levels of partner relationships and a real model for marketing, events and promotions.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. This structure allows for alignment on the front end, and real-time flexibility for performance metrics,” says Samira Salman , a family office investor and advisor. . Novel Growth Partners, Lighter Capital, Rev Up, Corl, Flow Capital. Of the Inc.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Things like negotiating distribution channels and partners and how to handle market expansions. Having advanced that curve on the Smart Parka’s design and the Kickstarter funding to help North Aware move to the manufacturing phase, he’s now learning about other issues critical to entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Proactively use metrics and customer feedback before a crisis hits, to recognize when a pivot or product adjustment is required. Be ready to complement your strengths by partnering with a complementary co-founder, distributor, or even an established competitor. Allocate resources to handle bumps along the way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2023

Measure progress through metrics on sales, revenue, and penetration. Look for more ways to demonstrate a competitive advantage, and partner with complementary organizations if you need strength in manufacturing, distribution, or customer support. Seek customer feedback on ways to improve value and satisfaction.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2020

Continually add new marketing and distribution partners. There is no magic lever for growth, so several initiatives are required, with metrics to assess value returned. Manual processes and people are always the most expensive to scale, so every process needs metrics to determine when automation is appropriate.

Social Media 329

Social Media Metrics Viral Channel 329

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.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

LinkedIn video ads: tech specs, targeting, metrics, and cost. LinkedIn video ad metrics. Both are limitations on how much video metrics can tell you. In case studies, LinkedIn touts cost-per-view metrics as low as $0.06, but, as Wilcox notes, that can add up quickly. LinkedIn began beta testing video ads in October 2017.

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Board Effect

MAY 23, 2023

A Shift in Community Healthcare According to Scott Sette, partner at Heidrick & Struggles , healthcare patients and communities demand more digital and personalized care than ever. With more to track, board management software ensures that all corporate and clinical governance aspects are covered, up-to-date, and secure.

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Technical Review Community Technology Software Review 52

Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Dino Vendetti a VC at Bay Partners, moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. as a distribution channel have vastly reduced the amount of capital a startup needs at the early stage when the risk is greatest. I visited Bend last year and caught up with his progress.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

Companies pursuing innovation can Buy, Build, Partner or use Open Innovation. Here the company executes a known business model (known customers, product features, competitors, pricing, distribution channel, supply chain, etc.) Horizon 3 is focused on unknown business models. Horizon 1 is the company’s core business. Get to Yes.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 21, 2011

Virtual channels include Dedicated e-commerce, Two-step e-distribution and Aggregators. Their value proposition had now changed from a wind turbine supplier to homes, to a distributed power supplier to cities and utilities. This team spoke with 10 more customers and potential channel partners. The Nine Teams Present.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 25, 2011

The issue was that for the last two weeks in August, there were no VCs around to pitch, no distribution partners to meet with for biz dev deals, and seemingly no one else around actually working for me, the non-technical co-founder to push ahead toward milestones. Second, there was way too much to do. Where should you be speaking?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Feasibility requires the teams to figure out what are the key activities, resources and partners they would need to deliver their product or service to their beneficiaries and their State Department sponsors. They’re also focusing on developing relationships with and getting buy-in from key partners like the Red Cross and other NGOs.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Feasibility requires the teams to figure out what are the key activities, resources and partners they would need to deliver their product or service to their beneficiaries and their State Department sponsors. They’re also focusing on developing relationships with and getting buy-in from key partners like the Red Cross and other NGOs.

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Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Genuine VC

JULY 19, 2010

Micro VCs will continue to come in many flavors with slightly different strategies, but there are a few distinctive defining characteristics: On a per partner basis, each investor is investing less than $25M in any given fund. The capital deployment velocity is notably higher than a traditional 1-2 investment per partner per year.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 19, 2022

They also play a vital function in sales by helping teams and individuals set the appropriate objective and measure the appropriate metrics. That’s why it would make sense to partner with a conversion rate optimization agency and maximize your chances of achieving a solid conversion rate. Cold-calling is no longer an option.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 11, 2019

“I’m thrilled to announce that I’m joining [New Firm] as a Partner where I will continue to invest in great Founders across the industries I care about.”. “I In any professional service industry, there is natural shuffling in the junior roles, as the race up the pyramid towards a Partner title is like musical chairs.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

I think one of the most important things is there's a lot of focus on metrics, and I think metrics is important, but we get caught up in these sort of acronyms and these buzzwords, but really it's all about asking the right questions, right? It's as simple as that, and that is what metrics are to me. Who do they follow?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2018

It takes real money to sustain a business, with a margin in the 50 percent range, and some realistic milestones and metrics. To get the visibility and distribution for scaling, plan on one or two levels of partner relationships, as well as real events and promotions early. Document and initiate a multi-faceted marketing plan.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

And then eventually when I went into the corporate arena, I had the opportunity to work leading various areas like sales, marketing, service ops, distribution even. (02:13): You are engaging them as a trusted partner to really help elevate the quality of the experience by capitalizing on the intelligence that they bring to bear.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

They use different technologies of course, and different distribution mechanisms. They will need two different implementations, it is quite likely that you will end up with two sets of metrics (more people focused for mobile apps, more visit focused for sites). Mobile content consumption, behavior along key metrics (time, bounces etc.)

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Analytics Metrics Mobile DC 141

Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

movie box office - traditionally the holy grail of movie industry metrics -- become increasingly irrelevant? A former partner in two leading Los Angeles media law firms, Lee holds a J.D. Has the U.S. What is the future of Pay-Per-View/Video-on-Demand (PPV and VOD)? Video-on-demand alone is estimated to grow from a $1.1

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Stage 1: Target the right metrics for an effective long game. Metrics for your demand generation funnel. Your number one metric for any marketing initiative should be revenue. Build a picture over time that tells you which metrics lead to revenue versus those that just make you feel good (i.e.

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