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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

” Of course, it’s more complicated than just checking boxes on a question list. What are your key Startup Metrics ? Will you validate new members’ email addresses and/or phone numbers? Do they generate emails or push notifications? Analytics/Metrics What key startup metrics will you need to track?

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To directors and advisors: “Noses in; fingers OUT!”

Berkonomics

The CEO spoke, shared metrics, spoke of issues to be addressed during the coming week, and did a fine job of pointing the assembled troops in the right direction. My lesson learned about this mantra: [Email readers, continue here…] After returning to my office, I received a call from the CEO. I could not have been more pleased.

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Leadership: Sell the dream while making the reality.

Berkonomics

As a leader, you set the goals, establish the strategies and tactics to get there (with help from others of course) and sell the dream to all your stakeholders. More often, you (the leader) set the goal and push for achievement – hopefully establishing a realistic set of strategies and accurate metrics to measure progress along a timeline.

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Where’s your team playbook? Hmm?

Berkonomics

But you know that of course. Well, if you have a plan but do not share it with your direct reports, then they are acting without motivation toward mutual goals, without metrics to measure their progress toward the goals, and without the leadership that makes great winners. Your team playbook. What is different about you as a manager?

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Have you heard? Eyeballs aren’t everything.

Berkonomics

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. Bringing us to today – Viewers or profit?

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How good a leader are you?

Berkonomics

We can invent lots of metrics to measure progress for a leader, including revenue, profit, employee satisfaction, cost containment, percentage of available market, and more. Email readers, continue here…] More importantly, what if you as a leader haven’t a stated goal for your enterprise?

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Here are five TACTICAL skills of a great leader.

Berkonomics

These are not the strategic visionary skills, like leading companies through risky product launches, or steering the course through economic storms where leaders become oversized personalities for their superhuman efforts. There are many types of metrics, some very easy to manage. Second: measure the results of delegation.