Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2012

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 six 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

OCTOBER 21, 2015

While his insights have come from large organizations, I give many of the same recommendations to every startup: Channel engagement performance. Metrics which must be tracked include number of leads, conversion rates by lead stage, velocity, growth rate, and total lead database size. Lead-stage content performance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2010

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 six books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in his recent book titled " Social Media Metrics."

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Worse yet, failures to delegate make the leader the principal bottleneck in the flow of work through an organization. There are many types of metrics, some very easy to manage. A great leader is a great cheerleader, knowing when and how to reward effective achievement through all levels of the organization. Fourth: reward.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

If you do build the MVP and show it to them, they will ask you about your metrics. They really want metrics, not a product. The real question you should be asking is "When I've built this product and show you the following metrics, would you invest?" Investors demand more than that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Further, based on results from the annual Sierra-Cedar HR Systems Survey , businesses that use data and tools in their people management, rather than traditional manual processes, see a 79% higher return than other organizations, suggesting the time is ripe for relying on data and analytics. Subjectively measuring employee engagement.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

how should you organize teams in a startup? 48:30 Vanity metrics. 52:00 Actionable metrics. what is the difference between a “pivot” or a “double dribble” (changing your business completely)? when is the right time to go big with PR? how do you handle internal company morale? 46:18 iOS Vs. Android.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

How our VC Firms Like Ours Organizing to Meet the Challenges? But we also organize ourselves around practice areas and have done for the past 7 years and these include: SaaS, Cyber Security, FinTech, Computer Vision, Sustainability, Healthcare, Marketplace businesses, Video Games? That never would have happened 10 years ago.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 28, 2018

Start by carefully restating the goal for the process, such as “produce 500 quality units per day” and create metrics to measure the present output and quality (rejects or time lost) with this goal.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Now we’re getting organized. The structure combined the listing of the goal with a series of strategies and then tactics, each designed to support each other, each measurable and made public throughout the organization. Next we’ll look at the last major step in creating an OST plan for an entire organization. Positioning.

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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. Measuring message delivery in social media is a lot like measuring it in classic advertising, so classic metrics apply. Get attention and reach your audience. Project the future.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

I was recently asked by an organization, "Tony, what topics can you cover?" 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.

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Berkonomics

JULY 6, 2023

Continuing the process of planning… So now we’re getting organized. And I’s my favorite method of organizing a strategic plan. The structure combines the listing of your goal with a series of strategies and then tactics, each designed to support each other, each measurable and made public throughout the organization.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

It is what is commonly referred to as “vanity metrics” as in, “Look at how many more followers I got us! Clicks are also a simple measure that you can get from basic link tracking packages. End of story. That’s all “top of funnel” analysis that leaves you flying blind as a marketer. Or Likes – LIKES!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2020

While his insights have come from large organizations, I give many of the same recommendations to every startup: Channel engagement performance. Metrics which must be tracked include number of leads, conversion rates by lead stage, velocity, growth rate, and total lead database size. Lead-stage content performance.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Sounds simple but in practice I promise you most organization fall into the latter trap. So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc.

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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? Unlike some larger, more mature organizations, most startups don't spend much time or effort helping grow their employees beyond the immediate needs of the startup. What can we build that might be protectable?

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Berkonomics

MARCH 1, 2018

Once a person of higher authority reaches beyond their direct report in an organization, especially without the approval of that direct report, incurable damage will have been done to that person’s ability to manage. Now insert your position, no matter how low or high in the organization. I could not have been more pleased.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

In this case, if enough people enter your organization with a self-serving mindset, such people will eventually dictate that selfish behavior is the norm and it will become part of the de facto culture. But we do it anyway, because we believe that the short-term metrics probably aren’t indicative of the long term.”.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 1, 2009

I am excited to be participating in and announcing the of: Southern California Tech Central This is a community of people in Southern California who have come together to help find and organize the best content from blogs, news sources and other web sites all around technology in So Cal.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 24, 2021

Worse yet, failures to delegate make the leader the principal bottleneck in the flow of work through an organization. There are many types of metrics, some very easy to manage. A great leader learns to delegate, first. Second: measure the results of delegation. But failure to find and use them regularly is a failure at the top.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 6, 2018

There is no scientific proof, no metric to measure the full meaning of “good.” and no special acknowledgement from any “good-watching” organization. My unscientific conclusion. And I have come to conclude that “good guys” (men and women) do finish first. Even without these, I am sure of this.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Soon after, Netflix’s trans employee resource group began organizing a walkout. Pagels-Minor, the organizer of the walkout and global lead of both the Black and Trans employee resource groups, was fired on Friday. NetflixWalkout. — Dana Herlihey (@danaherlihey) October 20, 2021. TechCrunch was able to reach B.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

But we do it anyway, because we believe that the short-term metrics probably aren''t indicative of the long term.”. If improperly administered, meetings become counter-productive, especially as an organization grows beyond its initial startup phase. Let Your Competitors Chase The Quick Buck.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 3, 2011

There is no scientific proof, no metric to measure the full meaning of “good.” and no special acknowledgement from any “good-watching” organization. (He lost the suit and paid both sides’ fees.). And I have come to the conclusion that “good guys” (men and women) do finish first. Even without these, I am sure of this.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2022

says it has seen a "significant increase" in the number of cyber-attacks targeting organizations over the last 12 months. The Orange County-based company did not provide any numbers of metrics to back its statement, however. Brea-based cybersecurity software developer ThreatHunter.ai The company is led by CEO James McMurry.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

This is the beginning of a content community that collects and organizes the best content from blogs and web sites. I'm happy to announce the launch of the Los Angeles Tech Content Community. The goal is to create a place where it's relatively easy to find current content and highly relevant content surrounding Los Angeles Technology.

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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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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

He met with the editors of the three Mac magazines that his customers read and showed them metrics that confirmed that SuperMac's boards were the fastest on the market. "I I let them talk me into giving them my internal benchmark suite, which was being written by a group called The Potrero Benchmark Organization. To talk to me.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2018

While his insights have come from large organizations, I give many of the same recommendations to every startup: Channel engagement performance. Metrics which must be tracked include number of leads, conversion rates by lead stage, velocity, growth rate, and total lead database size. Lead-stage content 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. Here are ten of the key questions that apply equally well to the world of startups and entrepreneurs, as they do to large organizations.

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Berkonomics

JULY 11, 2024

There is no scientific proof, no metric to measure the full meaning of “good.” and no special acknowledgement from any “good-watching” organization. My unscientific conclusion [Email readers, continue here…] And I have come to conclude that “good guys” (men and women) do finish first. Even without these, I am sure of this.

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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. Measuring message delivery in social media is a lot like measuring it in classic advertising, so classic metrics apply. Get attention and reach your audience. Project the future.

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Social Media Media Metrics Satisfaction 98

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The goal for this organization is four-fold: To provide mentorship for some of the most promising young companies based in Los Angeles or willing to relocate to LA. But the most important metric has been the deep and lasting relationships that have been built with startups and also between senior executives. For the past 2.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Start with defining and publishing innovation goals at the company level, and then ask for specific objectives from every organization. Decide what to measure and create metrics. In a large organization, online surveys and questionnaires are helpful. Frame the way you want to change the world, and make it about the customer.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 16, 2017

He will examine the future of Entrepreneurship in new markets, new organizations, new business metrics and entirely new classes of jobs within future Startups. The event will begin with a Keynote Presentation from Preston McAfee, Chief Economist and CVP of Microsoft.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

Since we started our free site last week, we've organically grown faster than we ever thought we would. We will be opening up a a round of funding soon, as soon as we have some metrics and have been live in the market, and hope to raise some money and capital in the next thirty days. We're also funding it out of pocket.

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