Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

He believes that one of the financial metrics taught at business schools and reinforced by Wall Street has accelerated offshoring of industries. Mr. Christensen has published a new book, “ How Will You Measure Your Life. It will be the next book I read and a bit thank you to Derek Anderson for sending me a copy!

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

For a hands-on guide in developing data-driven people strategies, I found some practical techniques in the classic book, “ The Data Driven Leader ,” by Jenny Dearborn and David Swanson. Use data analysis and metrics to measure for results. Bigger organizations should invest in the new “big data” tools.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Order all 3 Berkonomics books for $49.95,a Email readers, continue here.] Metrics and management: What might be the first indication the company will not be able to achieve its goals and objectives? a 33% discount. www.berkus.com. Today he serves as Chairman of British Far East Holdings Ltd.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2011

billion, according to the latest tracking by Internet metrics firm comScore. comScore said that the e-commerce spending for the first 56 days of the holiday season was helped by digital downloads of music, TV, movies, e-books, and apps. Online holiday sales this year were up 15 percent, hitting $35.3

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Berkonomics books available at www.berkus.com. There are many types of metrics, some very easy to manage. These are the skills of daily operation, the ones that make or break a company – from the top. Think of those leaders from your past or present whom you respect most. Compare their leadership style with these five skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2021

But very few are talking about how to measure your results and return on investment (ROI), and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. He has one of the first books on this subject, and he breaks the process down into nine key activities, as follows: Get focused and identify goals.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 7, 2014

Berkonomics books available at www.berkus.com. Create metrics for customer acquisition, retention, conversion, reach, or anything that helps you to better understand the effects of your changes to the program. How should you become the best marketer you can be, even if you are a first time entrepreneur or a seasoned CEO? Adapt (again)!

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Under the heading, “The Book On Bezos,” the callout lists ten actionable and impactful nuggets of startup advice. Get Good Advice — And Ignore It (aka: Know When To Throw Away The Rule Book). From the start, Amazon had an audacious goal – to sell virtually every book online. Don’t Chase The Quick Buck.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

For example, if you are trying to determine viral coefficient (see Startup Metrics ), then the focus should be around those aspects of the MVP. Towards An Integrated Approach to UX Design You should definitely look at Steve Blank's book and review his blog. Quite often these things get old quickly.

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Berkonomics

JULY 27, 2023

That’s how you would feel if you ran your company without a dashboard containing relevant metrics that drive your company. and great, relevant metrics? Email readers, continue here…] Metrics should be created by you and your managers to measure near real time progress of your enterprise. The post Go ahead!

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Eric is also author of the book The PayPal Wars: Battles With Ebay, the Media, the Mafia, And the Rest of Planet Earth , where he documented that experience. For investors, it gives them a dash board of key metrics, and ensures those investors stay in the loop. I wrote the book because I thought the story needed to be told.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2013

But very few are talking about how to measure your results, and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. Jim Sterne, who has written many books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in his book titled " Social Media Metrics."

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2020

In the classic book, “ Driving Demand: Transforming B2B Marketing to Meet the Needs of the Modern Buyer ,” top marketing consultant Carlos Hidalgo updates the old guidelines on how to set up demand generation processes, keep them current, and measure results. Lead-stage content performance. Nurturing stage email performance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

A while back, I spotted a book for change management leaders in large organization, and I realized that many of the issues they face are the same as ones faced in every growing startup. Phil Buckley, in his book “ Change With Confidence ,” provides practical answers to fifty of the biggest questions that keep change leaders up at night.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

In a funding round with 1 or 2 VCs and 15-20 angels or 4-6 seed funds if you gave every investor you financial information and performance metrics your proprietary information would increase in its probability of leaking out. Has written a book on venture capital. There is a reason for this. Is this investor on AngelList? You betcha.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 30, 2014

So why do so many business-book authors stress the opposite behavior? What happens to careful planning, sure-fire metrics, quality test scenarios, market research, a good business plan – all in place before pulling the trigger of a new opportunity. It seemed an ideal way to describe a scrappy, entrepreneurial activity.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Join author, researcher, and professor Mark Jeffery from the Kellogg School of Management to learn the results of the latest ground-breaking research and gain valuable insights from his new book, Data-Driven Marketing - The 15 Metrics Everyone in Marketing Should Know. See [link] (more)

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2018

In the classic book, “ Driving Demand: Transforming B2B Marketing to Meet the Needs of the Modern Buyer ,” top marketing consultant Carlos Hidalgo updates the old guidelines on how to set up demand generation processes, keep them current, and measure results. Lead-stage content performance. Nurturing stage email performance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2019

But very few are talking about how to measure your results and return on investment (ROI), and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. " He has one of the first books on this subject, and he breaks the process down into nine key activities, as follows: Get focused and identify goals.

Social Media 98

Social Media Media Metrics Satisfaction 98

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

What metrics are going to be the key startup metrics and how do we get those metrics without too much cost? This can take the form of a local university, online courses, going through relevant books, etc. What do we need to do to make sure we can survive technical due diligence by investors and partners?

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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 Your revenue is the $75 million you got paid in booking fees. Investors value growth. Many eCommerce companies are in fact, middle men.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Former employees describe Friday catered lunches where costs could run over $100 per person, and Royan was known internally for a “book ordering problem” — a former employee said that “unbelievable amounts of books” would be delivered each week to the office by Amazon to maintain the firm’s extensive library. What a boring mess.

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Berkonomics

MAY 19, 2022

Although both metrics vary widely between types of audience, you should work to exceed a six percent open rate and two percent click rate for your emails containing sales or marketing information. Don’t waste your email budget with ineffective communication or hidden offers. The post Are you really ready to examine your email open rates?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2020

I agree with the classic book by Ros Taylor, “ Creativity at Work: Supercharge Your Brain and Make Your Ideas Stick ,” which outlines some key psychological impediments to creative business thinking and change: Just use the data metrics. Let’s just be optimistic. Avoid the tendency to fix blame and look for excuses. Failure to learn.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In an over-funding environment companies are encouraged to eschew revenues in a land grab to acquire eyeballs, clicks, page views or whatever other vanity metrics give VCs the false comfort that they’re sitting on a gold mine. The video industry will be disrupted just as books, newspapers and music before it. And the future?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

He calls this competing with “non consumption” It was the most profound business strategy book I had read and greatly influenced how I thought about company building and certainly how I think about investing. The team has stated it and has built metrics around key goals for future success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2022

The case for zero paid media as the new marketing model was highlighted a few years ago in the classic book, “ Z.E.R.O. ” In the book, Jaffe introduces three new sets of metrics for gauging progress: Medium-term metrics. But startups need to remember that even zero paid media doesn’t mean that marketing is free.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

Overall I like the principles in the classic book “ Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival ,” by Robert F. It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Set milestones and meet them. Ownership.

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Coach Metrics Social Network Competition 144

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

While we are revisiting the issues raised by my (newly revised) book, Extending the Runway , we should examine the challenges to a CEO in making use of enterprise time, one of its most valuable and often misused assets. Extending the Runway book available at www.berkus.com.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2021

In his classic book on building a business, “ Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business ,” Gino Wickman, a similar experienced business consultant and developer of the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), outlines five common frustrations that we both hear from entrepreneurs, as follows: You are the boss, but you don’t have control.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2022

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Ric Dragon, an expert in online marketing, in his classic book. Create an action plan with metrics.

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Social Media Framework Media Metrics 135

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Robert Greenleaf may have been the first to resurrect the concept in his book published in 1970. Elon Musk, who obsesses with metrics and constantly asks for employees to feed him their concerns but makes bold moves on his own. First, what is “servant leadership?”. It’s a term rooted in ancient philosophy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2023

Overall I like the principles in the classic book “ Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival ,” by Robert F. It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Set milestones and meet them. Ownership.

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Coach Metrics Competition Ideas 137

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2021

More recently, the concepts have been applied to the general business management context, in a classic book by Certified Turnaround Professional, Thomas H. While his book goes well beyond controlling waste as an element of growth and success, I was struck by how relevant the waste points are for every startup and every small business.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

He also wrote this excellent book on the Venture Capital industry that I highly recommend ? The timing horizon is much shorter, the prices one pays are much higher so you can’t just be right about the company but you must be right about the valuation and the exit price. Secrets of Sand Hill Road.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2022

I found some good lessons in this regard in a classic book, “ Becoming Facebook ,” by Mike Hoefflinger, the former Head of Global Business Marketing at Facebook. Pick a single metric that is the focus for all growth. Focus on a few key principles is the key to success, and it takes discipline and determination to make this happen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2020

I found this reality addressed well in a new book, “ Fast Times ,” by McKinsey Partners Arun Arora, Peter Dahlstrom, Klemens Hjartar, and Florian Wunderlich. Other experts point that your employee improvement culture, sense of direction, personal purpose, and job satisfaction may be more important than any metrics.

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