Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

That’s because many of our reports feed us vanity metrics: numbers that make us look good but don’t really help make decisions. Yet even among those who have access to good actionable metrics, I’ve noticed a phenomenon that prevents taking maximum advantage of data. Use pilot programs. What’s happening?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

This is another sub-optimization caused by incentivizing the wrong metric. Even if you have a referral bonus program, even if youve talked to that person about your company, and even if youve sent a recruiter to call her, I bet you could do more. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science?

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www.ere.net

JULY 15, 2012

Instead, recruiters (or your employees through the referral program) will have to identify them, contact them, build a relationship, and eventually convince them to apply through direct sourcing. Common reason for failure: no metric or feedback mechanism to measure the percentage of applications that were routed to the wrong job.

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ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2015

When we intentionally or unintentionally hurt our relationship partners, we apologize.” ( Estrada-Hollenbeck & Heatherton, 1998 ). If you help manage a crowdfunding platform, consider publicizing the names of people who show interest in a campaign. In fact, Kickstarter recognizes (and applies) that power. 2013 , pp.

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

In the great bubble of 1998-2000, the boom in public valuations mirrored the boom in private valuations. The inflation-adjusted data from the last bubble tells the story: In the 3-year period from 1998-2000, venture capital firms raised more than $200 billion, which represented about 0.55% of the national GDP.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 23, 2022

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

I’d like to think that our programs are helping students live lives of meaning through the benefits of entrepreneurship.   They have a growth metric – one measurement of success – that focuses the attention of the entire enterprise.   They helped people learn how to manage their new responsibilities.

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