SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

In this post, I want to look at just the question of when it makes sense to use Facebook Connect, Twitter Oauth, OpenID, Yahoo Browser-Based Authentication, Google Friend Connect or basically any of the other authentication mechanisms. Example What do I mean? Interestingly, they are not including Google Authentication.

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Google Startup Yahoo Email 292

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

For example, early adopters may be easily sold, but new technology product success really hinges on adoption by certain demographics, perhaps more influenced by celebrities or mommy bloggers. Define hard (data) and soft (anecdotal) metrics on the change, as well as on the quality of your leadership. Just because Google sales hit $1.5

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Startup Resource Metrics Technical Review 155

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2023

For example, we all remember when Blockbuster realized too late that Netflix was stealing customers by offering videos online rather than via DVDs, but even then they were unable to adapt their processes and their thinking. For example, the value of a higher cause in business has risen greatly.

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Metrics Training Netflix Resource 71

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

I believe this difficulty stems from the historical use of results-only metrics in measuring performance and rankings, without including learning measures and achievements. I see these issues addressed well in a new book, “ The Performance Paradox: Turning the Power of Mindset into Action ,” by Eduardo Briceño.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd, and Instagram leads as the top social media app for teens. Return-On-Investment metrics are not new, but the tools are different. A balance of conventional and social communication and marketing is always advised.

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Social Media Media Startup Platform 126

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Please be able to provide me with a few specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, what the system will do for them. What are your key Startup Metrics ? What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? How are you funding this?

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Develop Development Startup SEO 396

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Please be able to provide me with a few specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, what the system will do for them. What are your key Startup Metrics ? What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? How are you funding this?

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Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2023

For example, only a few people today still think of Amazon as an online provider of books and related goods, now that they have exploded their business world-wide into every product arena, added web services (AWS), television and film production (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), a bricks-and-mortar grocery chain (Whole Foods), and more.

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Outsource Development Outsource Startup Metrics 140

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Rachel Payne , the CEO and one of the co-founders of FEM, is a veteran of Google, and is taking her experience there and applying it into the video recommendations and engagement area. Rachel Payne: I was working at Google for about eight years, most recently in global strategic alliances. magazine, for example. What is FEM?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2021

Good examples of startup focus before success include Google with their search engine, Facebook with friends networking, and Apple with personal computers. Well-articulated goals and metrics. Every advisor and investor will tell you to keep your focus or spotlight. Build it at the start and don’t ever lose it.

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Startup Resource Entrepreneur Metrics 154

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2019

In the book, Jaffe introduces three new sets of metrics for gauging progress: Medium-term metrics. Examples include counting members of an advocacy program, app downloads, tenured customers, or subscribers to an e-mail list.

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Media Framework Social Media Metrics 95

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others. One thing to make clear, StartupRoar is a jump off point.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

It’s the only site aside from Google I go to every single day so that I don’t miss out on an incredible offer. And he showed us examples how implementing his team’s innovations directly sky rocketed company sales. Noah has what I believe he called “Thank You metrics”.

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Metrics Email Startup Technical Review 87

Berkonomics

APRIL 8, 2021

Discord is a great example of a company going viral mostly from word of mouth. Google became an overnight industry standard for search strictly by word of mouth, never spending a dime on advertising in its early years. Well-tuned metrics are an absolute must. A story of an app from nowhere to near dominance. Fourth: measurement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

For example, most e-commerce platforms today offer millions of products, with a changing mix daily and a changing market, such that it’s virtually impossible to manually predict a strategy for mapping customer demographics to products displayed online. Record live data in full for all internal business elements.

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Artificial Inteligence Metrics Commerce Software 84

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2021

Hydrogen auto engines, for example, have tremendous advantages, but haven’t cracked the bureaucracy of government regulations, the power of existing energy companies, and big auto biases. Plan to make it the best experiment that you can, with metrics to focus on the “why,” as much as “what.”

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The Dashboard offers a bird's-eye view of projects, letting you see key metrics such as due dates, assigned cards, and cards-per-list so bottlenecks can be prevented before they begin. You'll be able to link cards to external resources such as YouTube videos, Dropbox and Google Drive files as well as Stripe and Salesforce records.

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Software Review Guide Technical Review Class 139

Jason Nazar

MAY 1, 2016

I’ve been a part of dozens (maybe hundreds) of product launches And in each of these cases I ask my team to put together a simple dashboard of a small set of metrics for our paid and free products that let me know the success of our efforts. For startup entrepreneurs, you can also track these metrics with Google analytics.

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Marketing CPC Metrics .Net 40

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2013

For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd, and the fading MySpace is for tweens and creative types. Return-On-Investment metrics are not new, but the tools are different. ROI entrepreneur startup metrics social media business' Marty Zwilling.

Social Media 101

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Metrics 101

Jason Nazar

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

I’ve been a part of dozens (maybe hundreds) of product launches And in each of these cases I ask my team to put together a simple dashboard of a small set of metrics for our paid and free products that let me know the success of our efforts. For startup entrepreneurs, you can also track these metrics with Google analytics.

Marketing 40

Marketing CPC Metrics .Net 40

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2018

For example, I’m even getting worried about Apple not showing the kind of innovative leaps that Steve Jobs was famous for. The best companies, including Google, create urgency within their team by engaging them in the business, addressing personal needs and flexibility, and building win-win relationships.

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Metrics IBM IBM Competition 58

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2018

In top current companies, such as Google, Apple, and Netflix, cultural strategies that include greater employee freedom and fostering creativity are the norm. It’s easy to see how cultures go astray, for example, when you pay only for sales volume, but expect a high focus on customer satisfaction. Place shapes culture.

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Metrics Startup Netflix Customer 57

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2016

Google , for example, was not the first Internet search provider (think Yahoo!, AltaVista, InfoSeek and others), but according to Investopedia , Google was the first to really monetize search. As a result, Google has become a verb, and the company is a tech giant with record growth rates and a revenue of $74.5

Ideas 59

Ideas Technical Review Google Startup 59

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd, and Instagram leads as the top social media app for teens. Return-On-Investment metrics are not new, but the tools are different. A balance of conventional and social communication and marketing is always advised.

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Social Media Media Invest Platform 79

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

In the book, Jaffe introduces three new sets of metrics for gauging progress: Medium-term metrics. Examples include counting members of an advocacy program, app downloads, tenured customers, or subscribers to an e-mail list.

Advertising 66

Advertising Marketing Startup Framework 66

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2015

In the book, Jaffe introduces three new sets of metrics for gauging progress: Medium-term metrics. Examples include counting members of an advocacy program, app downloads, tenured customers, or subscribers to an e-mail list.

Marketing 100

Marketing Social Media Framework Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

The classic example from several years ago was United Airlines not staying tuned in to social media, resulting in a unrecoverable customer problem causing great damage to their reputation, escalating to countless articles , and even a book, “ United Breaks Guitars.” Use business metrics and tools to tune your efforts.

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Social Media Media Tool Startup 99

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2014

For example, early adopters may be easily sold, but new technology product success really hinges on adoption by certain demographics, perhaps more influenced by celebrities or mommy bloggers. Define hard (data) and soft (anecdotal) metrics on the change, as well as on the quality of your leadership. Just because Google sales hit $1.5

Startup 108

Startup Resource Metrics Technical Review 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2017

For example, early adopters may be easily sold online, but new technology product success really hinges on adoption by mass demographics, more likely associated with distributors and brand name retailers. What metrics should you use to measure success? Just because Google sales hit $1.5

Metrics 58

Metrics Resource Startup Training 58

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2013

In the book, Jaffe introduces three new sets of metrics for gauging progress: Medium-term metrics. Examples include counting members of an advocacy program, app downloads, tenured customers, or subscribers to an e-mail list.

Media 101

Media Marketing Startup Framework 101

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2017

For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd. For example, if your world is printers, your blogging messages better match your print advertising message. Return-On-Investment metrics are not new, but the tools are different.

Social Media 58

Social Media Media Platform Tool 58

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2013

For example, early adopters may be easily sold, but new technology product success really hinges on adoption by certain demographics, perhaps more influenced by celebrities or mommy bloggers. Define hard (data) and soft (anecdotal) metrics on the change, as well as on the quality of your leadership. Just because Google sales hit $1.5

Startup 101

Startup Resource Metrics Technical Review 101

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2017

For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd, and Instagram leads as the top social media app for teens. Return-On-Investment metrics are not new, but the tools are different. A balance of conventional and social communication and marketing is always advised.

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Social Media Media Tips Platform 66

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

I then worked as a product manager at NetZero/United Online in the VOIP group, and then most recently at Google as a product manager on the Picasa/Photos team based in Santa Monica. There is a reason that companies like Google and Apple are notoriously tight-lipped when it comes to communicating their product strategy and roadmap.

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2019

In the popular press, it’s easy to find articles that will convince you that companies with a good culture, such as Google, do it by lavishing perks and benefits , including some combination of free meals, trips and parties, financial bonuses, gyms, and a dog-friendly environment.

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Competition Coach Case Study Statistics 76

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

For example, if you see a TV spot for Toyota, and then Google it, or you see a display ad on CNN and then open up a tab in your browser, talk about it on Facebook, or even walk into the dealership, we're able to quantify, very specifically, what combination of what kinds of media drove that sale and how that activity interacted with each other.

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Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Good examples of startup focus before success include Google with their search engine, Facebook with friends networking, and Apple with personal computers. Well-articulated goals and metrics. The message here is focus , reiterated by every advisor and investor. Build it at the start and don’t ever lose it.

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Startup Resource Entrepreneur Metrics 109