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I just had an all-too common conversation with the founder of a startup who had spent more than a year working with a softwaredevelopment company who had produced a mess. The mess really comes from a developer who was willing to get started on a product that was not fully thought out. What are your key Startup Metrics ?
I’ve come to realize that I have lots of posts around startup softwaredevelopment scattered around in different posts. Thought it would be good to capture them in one spot and also include links to related posts from other sources.
I’ve talked before about initial conversations with founders and the questions I’m likely going to ask Startup SoftwareDevelopment – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything. Part of those questions are around Startup Metrics. And it becomes really important to have that granularity really fast.
Once you build it, they will now ask you about the key metrics that they need proven in order to see if you really are a good investment. The real reason to build an MVP is to do early tests of key Startup Metrics for the business. " Once you have the metrics defined, it focuses your effort. To prove/disprove a hypothesis.
I'm going to be looking at aspects like: Things to consider before building your MVP Features often overlooked when documenting an MVP for developers Understanding important metrics you want to measure Risks and challenges in developing an MVP. Don't be fooled by a Common Misunderstanding in Agile SoftwareDevelopment.
What are your key Startup Metrics ? Analytics/Metrics - what are the key startup metrics that you will need to track? Are there specific metrics needed for future funding rounds or for operations? Team – is there or will there be multiple segments in the development team? Who are the other stakeholders involved?
What are your key Startup Metrics ? Analytics/Metrics - what are the key startup metrics that you will need to track? Are there specific metrics needed for future funding rounds or for operations? Team – is there or will there be multiple segments in the development team? Who are the other stakeholders involved?
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.
Other Topics Covered I also covered topics that are covered more thoroughly in the following posts: Document Your MVP for a Developer. I’m a long way into development and I’m 90% done and we are having issues getting it completed See Symptoms of a Weak Development Team and Poor SoftwareDevelopers - Pull the Plug Early.
Founder Developer Gap I’m assuming that the founders understand what they generally want to do with the business and where the product should be going. I provided a whole set of questions that I go through with founders before Startup SoftwareDevelopment – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything. Accounting?
What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, softwaredevelopment methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? What metrics are going to be the key startup metrics and how do we get those metrics without too much cost? How can we address this risk? Accounting?
There are quite a few other SoftwareDevelopment Companies in SouthernCalifornia working on open source and/or freemium business models. Technology Jobs in SouthernCalifornia – a Rebound. One of his companies - Gluecode - was sold to IBM for a pretty good price. in Computer Science.
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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Where LinkedIn Works for Me Ive been a long time user of LinkedIn , but only recently have started getting the benefits I always expected. Technology Jobs in SouthernCalifornia – a Rebound. in Computer Science.
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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? About 18 months ago, the entire group began to mention that they were having more difficulty finding good developers. Technology Jobs in SouthernCalifornia – a Rebound. in Computer Science.
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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 About this Blog Ive been thinking about doing a blog with my thoughts on technology and whats happening in the Los Angeles area technology scene for a while, but it was Ben Kuos recent start of a blog that inspired me to actually go ahead and do it. Thanks Ben.
skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Interesting Model for University President Saw a post by Paul Kedrosky pointing us to Graeme Thickins on How Stanford Does It. Technology Jobs in SouthernCalifornia – a Rebound. In my experience, this has been really hard to do successfully.
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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of SouthernCalifornia as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S.
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