SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2010

Part of those questions are around Startup Metrics. I’ve talked before about initial conversations with founders and the questions I’m likely going to ask Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Tuesday, September 21, 2010 -- Lean LA: The Metrics-Driven Startup: Which Metrics Matter and Wh. With competing priorities and limited resources, how does a startup identify and separate the wheat of actionable metrics from the chaff of vanity metrics?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 6, 2017

Thursday, January 12, 2017 -- TCVN Workshop: Lean Analytics- Vanity vs Actionable Metrics. Most entrepreneurs are swimming in a sea of metrics. Learn what is an actionable metric, The One Metric That Matters and what is a Vanity Metric that just makes you feel like you are doing the right thing.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 -- Entrepreneurial Metrics-Measurements for Success. Investors agree that the single most important factor for a company's success is the entrepreneur. Join Pasadena Angels Chairman, Chris Wadden, at this special evening where he will talk about various methodologies that investors use to evaluate entrepreneurs.

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Metrics Case Study Pasadena Angels Pasadena 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

That''s true of many Southern California ad-tech companies. an incubator in Singapore, and we do a dozen or so investments a year. For California investments in general, the funding has kicked up pretty remarkaably. For a similar company, with the same metrics and stage, valuations had been tiny.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

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? Who are the other stakeholders involved? Other types of users? Administrators? How will you be taking this to market?

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Develop Development Startup SEO 396

SoCal CTO

MAY 18, 2010

Not Betting on Flash , SoCal CTO , May 7, 2010 Why startups should not be betting on Flash as a delivery technology. SaaS Conversion: Which metrics matter? StartupCFO , May 6, 2010 Great look at important metrics for SaaS and the importance of churn rate.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 16, 2010

Thursday, July 22, 2010 -- The Power of Marketing Metrics: Demonstrating Marketing's Value to the Organization. Does your marketing pass the so what test? The right metrics and measurement, data, analytics, systems, tools and processes can make all the difference in your marketing measurement and accountability initiatives.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

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? Who are the other stakeholders involved? Other types of users? Administrators? How will you be taking this to market?

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Develop Development Startup SEO 384

socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2018

billion kilowatt hours (KwH) of clean energy for residents of 15 Southern California counties, via a long term power purchase agreement with Southern California Edison. The combined Mount Signal solar power project will generate 1.29 READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem. As part of the diversity and inclusion effort, the signatories to PledgeLA have agreed to track civic participation and diversity data each year and to make that data publicly available.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 31, 2009

Hamet is now helping True Ventures look at investments in Southern California, and we thought it would be worthwhile to talk to him about the firm's new interest here, his role, plus his insights into where the advertising industry is now. Was there any specific interest in Southern California?

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2020

Southern California Gas Co. , the natural gas provider for much of Southern California, said last week that it has deployed two, Bloom Energy microgrids in the Los Angeles area. According to the company, it has begun powering two of its largest Los Angeles area facilities with Bloom Energy solid oxide fuel cells.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

For investors, it gives them a dash board of key metrics, and ensures those investors stay in the loop. So how'd you end up here in Southern California? Jackson: I was originally from Southern California, and just took a ten year journey to the Bay Area. Who would find this most useful?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

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.

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socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2016

San Diego-based solar power project developer EDF Renewable Energy reported late Wednesday evening that it has signed a power purchase agreement with Southern California Edison , for a 111.2 EDF Renewable Energy says the new project will avoid generating more than 225,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions annually. READ MORE>>.

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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?"

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Thursday, November 9, 2023 -- Southern California's premier SaaS and Subscription conference, our one-day event draws top founders, executives, investors, and Cloud experts. This year's insights span AI, metrics that matter, scaling strategies, making a pivot, and more.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 6, 2011

This panel will explore what is happening in the media world from the perspective of the most prominent entertainment and media companies and leading online metrics and legal commentators, offering short- and long-term predictions on the future of this sector that is so vital to Southern California.

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Content Technology Council TCOSC Cloud Computing 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

We're describing ourselves as a micro-cap venture fund, focused on digital media opportunities in the emerging ecosystem of Southern California. We started seeing deals like Intermix, LowerMyBills, Rent.com, Shopzilla--all of these successes started in SoCal--who had not raised money from local investors.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2013

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. It should be a fun evening with lots of interesting conversation.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 29, 2010

This panel will explore what is happening in the media world from the perspective of the most prominent entertainment and media companies and leading online metrics and legal commentators, offering short- and long-term predictions on the future of this sector that is so vital to Southern California.

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Content Technology Council TCOSC Cloud Computing 100

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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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2009

Jim is very active helping Southern California's aspiring entrepreneurs, and has been instrumental in helping to promote the technology industry here. Try to reach out to all board members prior to the meeting (or ask them to always reach out to you) so their concerns, if any, are addressed. On key metrics, send (continued).

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Clearstone Southern California Metrics Venture Capital 100

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Cliff also sparked an idea that along with using in a separate conversations sparked the idea that we should be using Southern California Tech Central as a means of helping to aggregate the conversation. For example, I think that looking at Startup Metrics and the implications around that would be a really interesting conversation.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2010

Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs , February 2, 2010 Looks at the critical equation around customer acquisition cost vs. customer lifetime value similar to what I discussed in Startup Metrics but in more depth. Great stuff. How Unique Is A Unique Visitor? -

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Any thoughts on my recent post Startup Metrics ? The Startup Metrics post is a good example of what I call “holocognics.” Startup Metrics discusses what a Startup needs to consider before “going live.” What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? That's great.

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Startup SEO Pepperdine Blogging 150

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Over the last few years, there''s been an explosion in startup accelerators in Southern California, and in particular along "Silicon Beach" on the Los Angeles westside. One of the accelerators to emerge out of that boom a few years ago was MuckerLab (www.muckerlab.com), headed by Erik Rannala.

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Incubator Southern California Startup Ideas 187

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. You might also have a business plan, marketing plan, financials, competitor analysis or other kinds of background document. Quite often these things get old quickly.

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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? What do we need to do to make sure we can survive technical due diligence by investors and partners? What specific technical innovations might make sense? What can we build that might be protectable?

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 9, 2009

What are your key Startup Metrics ? Who are the other stakeholders involved? Other types of users? Administrators? How will you be taking this to market? What channels will you use (e.g., SEO for Startups )? How do you make your money? What already exists in your space? Who are your big competitors? What special data, content, APIs, etc.

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Software Development Develop Development Startup 292

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2020

Leaseville, the pioneer in the virtual lease-to-own (LTO) space demonstrated strong metrics on its new product this year and is now poised to scale significantly. Meanwhile the number of quality SoCal companies continues to grow at an impressive rate that reflects more strong executive talent, resources and a vibrant ecosystem.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

I'm working quite a bit with startups who are leveraging social media, but I'm finding it hard to predict success and metrics. And how can an early stage company think about social media relative to important startup metrics (see [link] )? I am a product guy so my bias is always to focus on building a great product first.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

I talked about this in Startup Metrics : Often, what we are trying to do initially is show exactly how these numbers play out. Quite often the first version is defined as much by what is required to prove some aspect, derive some metric, show viral nature, conversion rate, renewal rate, etc.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

So here's the Hot List for 1/1/2009 - 1/15/2009 Top 5 Posts The 7 Ways to Get Traffic on the Web Why You Need To Lead A Tribe - Seth Godin LA Gets Dugg, Hammered, Screwed How To Get The World Excited About Your Business –The James Siminoff Interview Viral analytics and metrics - go viral young startup Top 20 Keywords SEO Metrics Marketing Social Media (..)

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Los Angeles Angel Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 150

SoCal CTO

APRIL 8, 2010

Granularity and Consistency of Startup Metrics - SoCal CTO , March 11, 2010 Tim Berry has a great post on Why I Hate Those Huge Market Numbers tells us that he doesn’t like to see business plans with multi-billion market numbers used as the basis for projections.

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Startup Software Review Competition SoCal 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

I love cars--I grew up in SoCal, and my father was really into cars, and didn't have sons. Tara Weingarten: We had no metrics when we started, and even now, we had a big week with 1900 uniques on one day. We did a bunch of research into services like TrueCar, and how they presented things, played with those services, and so on.

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