YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2017

Great sustainable sales only exist in an environment where there are processes and metrics. If you claim to have metrics, but don’t track them or can’t recite them, you are fooling yourself. If you think your business is different and you don’t need metrics, you are wrong. Sales & Marketing.

Warrant 195

Warrant Valuation Metrics Startup 195

Up and Running

MARCH 6, 2013

. #3: Not talking results : In today’s world of marketing, everything needs to be about metrics. Whether your marketing tactic is a billboard or you’re running ads online, you need to track whether or not the marketing spend is producing results; hence, warranting continued spend. This is true for any marketing activity today.

Warrant 91

Warrant Portfolio Metrics Software 91

View from Seed

OCTOBER 15, 2014

A seed-stage mobile startup’s housekeeping section might look something like this: Section 3: Core Metrics. In doing so, a few core metrics inevitably emerge depending on the product and the model. So, for this section, list 3-5 metrics, along with relevant data points, charts, graphs, or tables.

Seed Stage 331

Seed Stage Cap Table Metrics Burn Rate 331

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Perhaps a specialist is warranted in one area, and a smart generalist in another. In these startups one of the traps is paying too much for a specialist, because the company may not grow fast enough to warrant the expense, and the specialists talents may go (somewhat) to waste without the rapid growth environment.

Warrant 48

Warrant Bootstrapping Framework Hiring 48

Altgate

AUGUST 11, 2011

Not surprisingly, the biggest take-away of the strategy chapters of iPad in the Enterprise is defining and understanding the business metric(s) you want to improve and then working to build a team and plan to achieve that. Clevenger spills much ink on this topic, all of it warranted.

Warrant 38

Warrant Technical Review Software Review Mobile 38

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

That’s how we can offer competitive rates … with no prepayment penalties or warrants attached. One of the reasons that RBI VC is growing in both feasibility and popularity is that more businesses are becoming metrics-driven , which means that investors have better line of site on their future revenues.

Revenue 60

Revenue Term Sheet Founder Technical Review 60

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

What metrics will you use to fairly evaluate each direct report? There are those who are passionate about tossing out the formal review process completely and just providing feedback when warranted, positive or negative. In terms of time, this can be expensive and disruptive to you and your direct reports. How about reviewing the CEO?

Warrant 48

Warrant Metrics Stock Options Employee 48

ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

JULY 11, 2012

decide on success metrics, measure, and then decide if additional investment is warranted. If the innovation is successful, then the metrics should help drive the enhancement into the top/right "agile happy place" quadrant. 4) Reality - Some things are "hard".

Agile 40

Agile Architecture Offshore Software Developers 40

TechEmpower

JUNE 6, 2018

Not just in measured results per second (several metric crap tonne), but in number of tests measured (~1830), number of framework permutations tested (~464), number of languages included (26), and total execution time of the test suite (67 hours, or 241 billion microseconds to make that sound properly enormous). It's lost in the noise.

Framework 377

Framework Azure Caching Java 377

Gust

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

There were no metrics. Him: On metrics. If we priced it based on any metrics your company would likely be worth less than 7 figures at your A round. If you want to give them a 50% discount offer them $1 of common-stock warrants (no liquidation preference) for every $1 of stock they buy. So a convertible note was easier.

Liquidation Preference 153

Liquidation Preference Valuation Term Sheet Stock 153

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 21, 2013

During Techstars 2013 Boulder Demo Day, led by Managing Director Luke Beatty – who skillfully took the baton from Nicole Glaros – it occurred to me that reflection is now warranted. TBD, but traditional metrics won’t capture its benefits. How important is Techstars’ economic impact?

Colorado 141

Colorado Seattle Silicon Valley Warrant 141

Genuine VC

MARCH 16, 2015

On the metric of capital raised, the rationale for the smaller figures is the same as the two points above, coupled with a more important fact that earlier in a company’s life-cycle it’s almost by definition likely to have raised smaller amounts.

Cofounder 100

Cofounder Stealth Warrant Venture Capital 100

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 14, 2014

I hope you will enjoy the read Simple CAC ratio As many companies are finalizing their 2014 financial plan ( feel free to use the Accel template ), I thought it could be a good time to write a short post on the CAC ratio - a simple metric that I defined in a blog post in 2008 (time flies!) 2 year payback) warrants further investments.

Cost 97

Cost Acquisition Customer .Net 97

Board Effect

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In general, nonprofit executive committees should focus more on social outcomes related to the mission over financial metrics. This level of responsibility warrants higher compensation. Much like for-profit corporations, nonprofit executive compensation should be based, in part, on the executive’s performance.

New York City 64

New York City Salary Government Warrant 64

View from Seed

JUNE 16, 2015

Here are some top-line metrics that I think are worth shooting for: For marketplace businesses: $5M-$10M in annual GMV run rate. In terms of other metrics, some ideas: At least 6 months of cohort data that shows solid retention over time and signals a strong LTV relative to CAC. For SaaS: At least $100K in MRR.

Boston 120

Boston Syndicate Syndication eCommerce 120

Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2018

So while the number of dollars pouring into Austin may be increasing, that metric is only favorable to businesses that warrant those sized-rounds. The tens-of-millions-of-dollars rounds aren’t going to the early-stage startups.

Austin 48

Austin Early Stage San Francisco Later Stage 48

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

In my roles as CTO for various startups, its been an interesting repeating cycle for the CTO to have to wear lots of hats especially in the early days: from start-up systems architect to code monkey to development manager to ops manager then finally to CTO as the business scales over time and these roles warrant dedicated full-time staff.

CTO 168

CTO Fractional CTO CTO Hire Technical Review 168

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

However, even if you’re not familiar with these client brands, that eight other companies have trusted, Buffer gives them enough credibility to warrant consideration. There’s no metric to measure customers’ emotional responses and what impact those subjective emotions have on your business. The marketing partners speak for themselves.

Equity 94

Equity Marketing Social Media Software Review 94

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Prescriptive analytics The digital analytics metrics you need to know How to use analytics to improve marketing campaigns Define your mission, goals, and KPIs Set key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure marketing performance What to look for in a digital analytics product 9 tools for your digital analytics stack 1. Conversion rate.

Analytics 106

Analytics Metrics Channel Campaign 106

David Teten

MARCH 2, 2013

While I don’t ultimately agree with the article’s conclusions, I think it warrants consideration. Tom draws on two metrics to demonstrate that larger funds are, in fact, more likely to be top performers. examined 4 separate sources using a variety of return metrics. We thought that you’d be interested in our conversation.

LP 114

LP Securities and Exchange Commission Silicon Valley Venture Capital 114

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

We know that it means to evaluate something by comparison to the standard, but by what metrics are we evaluating it? ” This (rightfully) warranted comments like: “ Any browser would stop the user from buying products there. How Do We Do UX Benchmarking? Background and Methodology. Benchmarking” can be an ambiguous word.

Database 110

Database Design Search eCommerce 110

ConversionXL

JULY 22, 2021

Each of these tools will display metrics in a different way. Check any page showing a 410 error to ensure they are permanently gone and that no content could warrant a 301 redirect. Enter your URL into Screaming Frog, or by going to Index > Coverage in your Google Search Console. 410: Page permanently deleted. 5xx status codes.

Technical Review 162

Technical Review SEO Software Review XML 162

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Very few businesses address large enough market opportunities to warrant professional investor involvement, especially VCs. Next, Taariq Lewis presented Bizeque, a business analytics company, with the observation that the C-suite at different companies is still unable to access critical business metrics (e.g.,

Incubator 116

Incubator Silicon Valley Idaho Entrepreneur 116

BeyondVC

JUNE 11, 2007

Sure, while some of these venture debt firms recognize that web-based businesses may not have as much hard and true intellectual property, the fact that they are more capital efficient and can scale more rapidly means they can also generate pretty nice returns from the warrant portion of their deal.

Intellectual Property 60

Intellectual Property Covenant Warrant Equity 60

ithacaVC

APRIL 5, 2011

It also lists out option holders and warrant holders. So, again, with convertible debt, you delay the valuation decision altogether until the next equity round is raised (and hopefully by then the company is more mature leading to better metrics for valuation). A real institutional investor wants to invest $XX,000 in his company.

Common Stock 45

Common Stock Stock Cap Table Preferred Stock 45

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Because of this, even a small deal may warrant a one-to-one marketing approach. Does your company clearly understand current CAC , LTV, CAC payback period, and other core growth metrics? A client may offer more than revenue. How is your company perceived? How well are you known, if at all? What do people think of you?

Customer 98

Customer Marketing Channel Acquisition 98

Rob Go

JUNE 1, 2016

As an existing investor, it’s very hard not to try to pour more money into companies that seem to be getting lots of external investor validation, even if you suspect that the company doesn’t warrant it. One metric I see mentioned from time to time is the idea of a follow-on hit rate. Hit rates and outside leads can be very misleading.

Term Sheet 28

Term Sheet Portfolio Valuation Warrant 28

ConversionXL

JULY 25, 2022

Show how teams will track the success of each campaign, channel, or asset, including KPIs and goal-related metrics and the tools used to measure performance. If new research, tools, or changes in platform policies warrant a change in tactic, users can openly discuss the best ways to move forward. Measurement. Is it good?

Community 93

Community Marketing Retention Campaign 93

ConversionXL

APRIL 27, 2017

More than enough to warrant optimizing your out of stock product pages. Happier, more engaged users means better search results, right?” 65% of shoppers who are disappointed to find an out of stock product page leave your site and purchase from someone else (or not at all). Do yourself a favor and look at your analytics right now.

Stock 90

Stock Product eCommerce SEO 90

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2009

If not, maybe an investment in that direction would be more warranted. If not, maybe an investment in that direction would be more warranted. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

San Francisco 133

San Francisco Architecture Lean Continuous Deployment 133

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We have lots of extra infrastructure now and can grow capacity when it is warranted.”. Metrics: Know your numbers. Here are the numbers, metrics, and other indicators Patrick says brewers should monitor: Breweries should typically break even or generate a small profit by the first six to 12 months of operation. Relationships.

Oregon 60

Oregon Jordan SBA Cofounder 60

Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2013

An obsession with SEO and PPC is pretty much warranted in most companies, across platforms (desktop, mobile – it is particularly heartbreaking how poor most companies do on mobile platforms). You have two sub-choices to get your Search Click Share metric. It will really put that blue graph from my web analytics tool in context.

Search 135

Search Analytics PPC Green 135

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Some practitioners even suggest constructing distributions of confidence limits (“confidence distributions”) to explore fully which conclusions the A/B test data warrants. In A/B testing, the parameter is usually either the absolute or relative difference in proportions, but it can also be the difference in means of continuous metrics.

Distribution 110

Distribution Metrics Warrant Conversion 110

Board Effect

MAY 10, 2019

Cap tables list a company’s authorized and outstanding shares, the parties to which those shares have been assigned, and the various metrics relevant to managing them. Such metrics can include an investor’s liquidation preference, option exercise windows and expiry dates, and shareholders’ fully diluted ownership percentages.

Cap Table 40

Cap Table Liquidation Preference Dilution Liquidity Event 40

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

It beats RegularEnumSet in all important metrics: Query speed ( contains(element) , etc.) API-level changes are warranted as well. Since all the elements are contained in one flat array with no empty spaces, conditions are ideal for iterating and for splitting (splitting efficiency is important in the context of parallel streams).

Java 330

Java API Operations Semantic 330

David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

Next, I would push ‘anti-pattern’ entrepreneurs to remove the convenient (and often true) excuses for not warranting investment. Prove more through metrics. I truly believe in the meritocracy of Silicon Valley – when you have solid metrics. Don recommends: Don’t just do startups “for us”.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Advisory Board Greece Cofounder 60

ConversionXL

MAY 20, 2020

Those images may not warrant a click, but they may help searchers recognize and remember your brand. You can point the tool to important conversion metrics, and it shows which steps leak traffic or where you could shorten the conversion path. A cohesive branding strategy for your visuals is a good idea, though. Recipe carousels.

SEO 148

SEO Search Video Mobile 148