TechCrunch LA

APRIL 18, 2022

Investment into alternative proteins, for example, plant-based meats and dairy substitutes was $5 billion in 2021, according to both the Good Food Institute and Crunchbase data. The alternative protein space is hot, hot, hot as evidenced by both the number of companies developing products and the venture capital going into the space.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2021

A required metric is average days to payment compared to expectations. Not producing and reviewing financial reports regularly. It’s well worthwhile to learn the basics and use financial reports. Considering the job done once a client has been invoiced. A startup must ensure that the payments are collected per agreed terms.

Technical Review 151

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Berkonomics

APRIL 8, 2021

Discord is a great example of a company going viral mostly from word of mouth. From its start in 2015, the number of registered users has “suddenly” climbed from 45 million in 2017 to a reported 300 million by the end of 2020. Well-tuned metrics are an absolute must. Fourth: measurement.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

Many of the factors are not obvious and include building mystery to drive margin, why boring B2B companies often win but are challenging in other ways, how bootstrapping wins, integrating metrics from the start and many other similar lessons. Startups provide introductions and Tony and fellow panelists provide feedback in real-time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

For example , when Yvon Chouinard founded Patagonia , a successful outdoor products company, his real goal was building safe products to help the environment. You may be comfortable driving your future based on vision and emotion, or have long been a stickler for details and metrics. You make decisions from data, or from the gut.

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Startup Ideas Metrics Entrepreneur 94

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

I know that’s obvious but I find that many management teams aren’t disciplined about how they measure success (other than standard financial reporting?—?and Often board members themselves don’t do the work to say “what metrics would we like to see.” and even that can be “seat of the pants” sometimes). Sometimes they don’t even know.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

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”. Home furnishings retailer Bed Bath & Beyond has reported net sales for the second quarter ended August 27, 2011 increased by 8.3%.” – Retail Week.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

Clients need to feel comfortable that you expect quality work from your team and technology, and have metrics, modern tools, and controls in place to make it happen. In this context, you might also offer free seminars of the latest trends in tax accounting, or reports on best practices that you sanction and practice in a given discipline.

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Services Technical Review Social Media Case Study 121

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 can also use the Dashboard to create custom reports on productivity, which can be essential in reporting to senior leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

For example, I believe Bill Gates would have failed without his partners Steve Ballmer and Paul Allen. You need advisors and a board of directors, but they require regular communication and reporting, a strategic plan, and discipline. If we build it, they will come” doesn’t work in today’s worldwide information overload.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2020

For example, I used to regularly hear pitches for the next great social media site, usually focused on a special interest or niche , such as photography, cooking, healthy living, or a thousand others. Define success metrics, and measure progress regularly. Regularly schedule time with outside advisors for perspective.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Theodore Schleifer at Recode reported a rare deep dive into the internal intrigue at a prominent VC firm, in this case Mithril Capital. Startups either get three dozen term sheets or none at all, since every firm is walking around with the same frameworks and metrics in their head. Peter Kim via Getty Images.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

We're in the space, and leading the thought process on what needs to be combined, for example, CRM with ITSM tools, to create meaningful results that you can act on at the C-level. The problem is traditionally, there is a swivel chair problem, where when one customer has an issue they want to report to that service provider.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

So how do you use financial projections as valuation metrics when you know the odds of those being accurate predictors of the future are so very unreliable? For example, $500,000 maximum value to each element yields either a maximum pre-money enterprise valuation of $$2 million or $2.5

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

I have blogged about some of the downside consequences of the changes and the private information I have says the consequences are much worse than is reported in the press since few people publicly talk about. Let me give you a real world example from this week. What is less understood are the consequences of these changes.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

I’d like to give you some actual examples and also talk about the role they play. It turns out that financial reporting (GAAP) doesn’t take into account the only thing that matters to startup survival – cashflow. The full financial details and metrics were in the deck. They can help you with pricing.

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Outsource Development Metrics Startup Sales 150

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Report Card. But the most important metric has been the deep and lasting relationships that have been built with startups and also between senior executives. Some recent funding & M&A successes: Here are some examples of recent news from Launchpad LA companies. How has Launchpad LA done? Not exclusive and in no order.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

For example it includes the following kinds of things that a CTO should be addressing, but that may not be part of the expectation, time allocation, etc. What metrics are going to be the key startup metrics and how do we get those metrics without too much cost? What other kinds of systems will we likely need? Accounting?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Obviously this definition is generic, so my first recommendation is that you take the lead in defining traction metrics for your startup, and then selling your results convincingly to investors. For example, if your value-add is with first-time parents, show me a graph of how many 20-30 year-old moms have signed up each week the first month.

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Startup Metrics Customer Custom 106

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The image of a self-proclaimed expert who can generate a report, make a great presentation, and leave you to do the implementation, is just not attractive when you don’t have a staff, and you are already overloaded with the crisis of the day. Adopt a project-based revenue model with metrics. Use social media for more visibility.

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Social Media Software Review Customer Custom 56

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

A required metric is average days to payment compared to expectations. Not producing and reviewing financial reports regularly. It’s well worthwhile to learn the basics and use financial reports. Considering the job done once a client has been invoiced. A startup must insure that the payments are collected per agreed terms.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Summary Pricing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2016

In case you don’t understand the urgency, just be aware that according to a recent Forrester report , nearly 95 percent of your competitors are saying that providing a good customer experience is their top strategic priority. Promote by example a superior customer experience mindset. Lost customers provide the best input.

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Steve Reich

JUNE 11, 2012

The good news is you can do it, too, and there are great examples in Socal. MBO is very metrics driven, and their shareholder reports are dense with detailed, disciplined reporting that remind you that Rick is former Naval officer. Why do so many of us have iPhones? It gives the best customer experience of any phone.

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Custom Customer Software Review SaaS 97

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2012

A required metric is average days to payment compared to expected. Not producing and reviewing financial reports regularly. It’s well worthwhile to learn the basics and use financial reports. Considering the job done once a client has been invoiced. A startup must insure that the payments are collected per agreed terms.

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Technical Review Startup Entrepreneur Summary 109

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

Dell announced years ago that it had earned $3 million in revenue from using Twitter, and other businesses report daily on increases in web traffic up to 800%. Define relevant metrics and measure. I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start.

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Social Media Media Startup Social Network 106

LATechDigest

MAY 12, 2016

The Cornerstone Analytics suite also includes Cornerstone Reporting, a set of self-service reporting tools and visually rich dashboards, allowing for complete control of, and visibility into, Cornerstone system data. Cornerstone Planning.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

For example, if they were working a deal, they would have to wait until it closed to get another deal. But, what they could do, is if they provided a report on their progress, a weekly report or every other week, they would accumulate deal credit, which would enable them to get another deal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Dell announced years ago that it had earned $3 million in revenue from using Twitter, and other businesses report daily on increases in web traffic up to 800%. Define relevant metrics and measure. I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start.

Social Media 115

Social Media Media Startup Social Network 115

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Twitter’s head of TV, Fred Graver reported that “95% of the public social conversation around TV happens on Twitter. Most apps that cater to television including GetGlue, Miso, IntoNow, and Viggle for example all have Twitter and Facebook functionality built-in. They all gather different metrics.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Greathouse: One of the things an outside investor brings to the equation, in addition to money, is a set cadence with regard to planning, reporting and honest post-mortems of initiatives. Semick: We’re a very metrics driven company, and we have been from the beginning. Metrics related to customer acquisition, lifetime value and churn.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

For example, does the team spend too much time pulling data and formatting reports, or managing IT tickets? Metrics, such as time-to-completion on individual tasks and workload balance, can provide a clearer understanding of how your resources are deployed, and how effective they are at certain tasks. Explore Outside Help.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

Dell announced years ago that it had earned $3 million in revenue from using Twitter, and other businesses report daily on increases in web traffic up to 800%. Define relevant metrics and measure. I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start.

Social Media 104

Social Media Media Marketing Social Network 104

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Focusing on the metrics that ultimately drive the business, often the bottom line, has provided a reality check, a counter-weight to the desire to consume all new technologies. It takes a bit more time for each developer, but it saves the effort of reporting, tracking, and dealing with bugs that leak beyond the developer's sieve.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

Everyone reports updates and obstacles. The challenge is in getting clear numbers, but not often as cleanly as a basic web analytics report. For example? He continues with an example where they’d spent a lot of effort on implementing tracking on every portion of a product. Machinima’s example?

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Product Fandango Design Startup 87

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

Dell announced over a year ago that it had earned $3 million in revenue from using Twitter, and other businesses report daily on increases in web traffic up to 800%. Define relevant metrics and measure. I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start.

Social Media 88

Social Media Media Marketing Social Network 88

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

For example, they might be talking with a manager about how much a product is selling there versus other stores. We've created a compelling way to communicate that data to the manager at 7-11, wh ois not a data analyst--but is powerful enough to use all the way up to the CEO, to track the metrics of the business.

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Mobile Oracle Startup Content 170

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2014

MW: The process of configuring reports is much more suited for laptop/desktop situation. MW: We like to think ourselves as a layer above all the other services that you may use that have a report. If its got a reporting interface, we are interested in ‘Cojoining’ it. So mobile is a huge part of it.

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