TechCrunch LA

MARCH 19, 2021

Earlier this month, Los Angeles became the latest city to task its various departments with prepping a feasibility study for deploying new software and monitoring technologies to better account for its carbon footprint. Los Angeles has tried to address its carbon footprint in the past, but the efforts weren’t very successful.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2021

For example, I commonly see metrics to keep track of revenue per employee, overtime, and absenteeism, but I don’t often see measures of overall customer satisfaction with individual employees. Incentives should be a combination of metrics and recognition to highlight results. Incent and reward employees who delight customers.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

Me and my co-founder went through the Founder's Institute here, while we were still in our day jobs, and one of the markets we studied was the huge, out-of-home advertising market. In that market, there are literally no ROI metrics. The best metrics are estimated impressions.

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Startup West Hollywood Metrics Entertainment 220

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

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. You get a lot of traffic — not always results. If you aren’t careful every PR team will measure inches over impact.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2020

According to a classic Harvard Research study, first inventors spend at least a third more on their initial technology than later innovators. Studying and learning from the mistakes of others is the best way to reduce your own risks. Capitalize on the lessons from early adopters and competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2022

I still find many organizations that think of internal change in terms of months and years, or even worse, suffer from “analysis paralysis,” or studying a problem forever. Adopt some key metrics to measure your change agility. Demand and reward speedy analysis and execution. Foster a collaboration culture, rather than competition.

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Competition Metrics Demand Customer 148

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Ultimately, every problem and every issue needs a decision and a solution, not more study. Make sure that you implement a metric with each solution, to prevent the issue from recurring, and check for side effects and follow-on side effects. Build that momentum by rewarding every team member for small successes and early surfacing.

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Satisfaction Mentor Study Startup 152

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2020

Assess many change initiatives have come to fruition from your team, visit a couple of key customers and listen for future needs, and study your newest competitor. Other experts point that your employee improvement culture, sense of direction, personal purpose, and job satisfaction may be more important than any metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2021

Do case studies and gather customer testimonials, as well as build relationships that lead to advocacy, loyalty, and word-of-mouth support. Far fewer lead with their best strategies on this media, including regular incentives to customers, pointers to case studies, and technical insights.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In business vernacular, targets are usually called metrics. A good metric has to be easily measurable, and directly correlated to results, rather than hours worked. For example, for a sales person, this metric number would likely measure new revenue or new customers. Provide incentives to focus everyone on real results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Kaplan is a leading expert in building innovation cultures, and speaks from his real-world experience with many companies, as well as academic study. Decide what to measure and create metrics. It can start by setting aside twenty minutes in a weekly meeting to explore new ideas for making things better, and then following through.

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Develop Development Startup Metrics 135

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Recent studies indicate that less than ten percent of business leaders show this balance today. This is where metrics and real data must be used to guide your business, complementing your own vision and intuition for the pace. Some very creative leaders try to move too fast, in their passion to get the ultimate impact.

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Technical Review Satisfaction Metrics Startup 133

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

According to one study a decade ago, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. Managing business growth is more than metrics. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge.

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Sales Metrics Guide Startup 147

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Per a recent study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 Data enable: use metrics and measurements. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms.

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Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 126

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2021

Yet I still see many companies focusing on what I believe are ineffective approaches to turning this productivity challenge around, including stricter processes, more metrics, and financial incentives to improve motivation. Every study shows that people are really engaged in their work, if they feel that it has value and purpose.

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Satisfaction Coach Resource Tool 168

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2021

Well-articulated goals and metrics. Study their moves and engage your team for an analysis of updates. It comes naturally with a small highly motivated team, but it’s increasingly difficult to maintain in the face of size and success. Build it at the start and don’t ever lose it. Maintain an intimate knowledge of the competition.

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Startup Resource Entrepreneur Metrics 154

socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2017

David Baird: I've been a musician since I was five, studying classical piano, and evolved into guitar like so many other people. The new site is focused entirely on creating a more efficient, online marketplace, that helps bot sides help each other. What's your background and how did you get into this? I've been in bands for a long time.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

First off the two prezis and then the case study material (i used ERPLY as inspiration). Klout Puts Metrics Into Social Media Management - Tim Berry's Blog - Planning Startups Stories , May 21, 2010 I really like klout.com for three good reasons: 1.) What should I do?’. Where Do You Fit? they released a new 2.0 m pleased.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Put it behind you by setting your own realistic metrics for success and happiness. Find the men and women you wish to be more like, talk to them, study them, and learn from them. Quit looking for critics to flood disbelief on your vision. Expand your support group and test your limits.

Satisfaction 153

Satisfaction Entrepreneur Writing Startup 153

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Technology is not the solution per se , but it provides the key enablement, drivers, and support for the required flexibility, integration, communication, metrics, and affordability that are required in the workplace today. Classic studies reveal that highly-engaged organizations are experiencing double the success rate of less engaged ones.

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Coach Satisfaction Startup Organization 132

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Per a new study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 69 percent in 2014, reaching 2.5 Data enable: use metrics and measurements. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms.

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Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 106

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2022

I fully support and appreciate his case studies and conclusions on specific required personal initiatives, and how these can change people, organizations, and even entire industries. Set goals based on values, that are meant to exceed, and use metrics, rather than gut feeling to assess your own progress, as well as that of your team.

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Case Study Customer Custom Tool 139

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2014

According to a recent Harvard Research study, first-time inventors spend at least a third more on their initial technology than later innovators. Studying and learning from the mistakes of others is the best way to reduce your own risks. Capitalize on the lessons from early adopters and competitors.

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Technology Entrepreneur Study Research 103

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. The study is featured in the March issue of the Harvard Business Review.

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Startup Software Review Competition SoCal 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Relevant skills include continuous improvement of existing methods, processes and devices against a set of quality metrics. The ultimate skills, which lead to innovation and totally new processes, usually come from experimentation and special studies. In summary, change will happen.

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Startup Training Statistics Summary 116

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

Thus I was pleased to see my own insights covered in a new book, “ Why Startups Fail ,” by Tom Eisenmann, a Harvard Business School professor, who has mentored many more entrepreneurs, and authored more than a hundred HBS case studies from real-world startups.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Case Study Mentor Software Review 131

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2023

Most great business leaders, including Jeff Bezos , maintain a key internal team to study and implement the next steps. Don’t fail to develop the proper comprehensive metrics for assessing how you and any partners are doing in terms of value creation. Not having a means to measure holistic impact.

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Outsource Development Outsource Startup Metrics 140

InfoChachkie

MARCH 3, 2014

As Augusta sees it, "It''s that little voice in our head, that tell us, ''Go ahead, you can study tomorrow. Augusta is rightfully proud of this emphasis, stressing that, "The program wasn''t designed around (job) performance or metrics. Why don''t you just lay on the couch?'' So I want to discover what''s in the way.

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Coach Startup Study Customer 182

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Studies show, if you don't, people will turn to piracy. Our metrics show that when people watch chips, they increase their tendency to want to watch that feature length film. What do you offer the studios, and why would they want to work with you to make those clips available? Rich Raddon: There are two things.

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Startup Los Angeles Content Hollywood 190

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. Managing business growth is more than metrics. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge.

Startup 108

Startup Sales Metrics Entrepreneur 108

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

You are going to “study” the details before making a decision. Kai taught me that the key metric to whether a sales process is going well is “engagement.” Asking too early for a the data room access is the equivalent of going into a store to look at clothes, watches, cars, electronics, etc. Yeah, sure.

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Email 336

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Kaplan is a leading expert in building innovation cultures, and speaks from his real-world experience with many companies, as well as academic study. Decide what to measure and create metrics. It can start by setting aside twenty minutes in a weekly meeting to explore new ideas for making things better, and then following through.

Startup 97

Startup Metrics Competition Organization 97

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Per the latest study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 Data enable: use metrics and measurements. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms.

Technology 97

Technology Social Media Startup Entertainment 97

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2023

According to a classic Harvard Research study, first inventors spend at least a third more on their initial technology than later innovators. Studying and learning from the mistakes of others is the best way to reduce your own risks. Capitalize on the lessons from early adopters and competitors.

Social Media 92

Social Media Study Research Satisfaction 92

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

In a recent study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 81% in 2013 and will reach 1.3 Data enable: use metrics and measurements. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. zettabytes by the year 2016.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 99

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. Provide relevant case studies illustrating your results. What are your academic credentials, firms serviced, and industry accolades and participation?

Services 121

Services Technical Review Social Media Case Study 121

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2014

Relevant skills include continuous improvement of existing methods, processes and devices against a set of quality metrics. The ultimate skills, which lead to innovation and totally new processes, usually come from experimentation and special studies. In summary, change will happen.

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Entrepreneur Startup Training Statistics 110