Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. (There are many investors who are not looking to build enormous businesses who value the fact that you can run a business profitably). It allows you many more exit opportunities.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

At the time, I spent most of my time describing the metrics themselves and how VCs and their LPs evaluate performance based on these measurements. If you aren’t familiar with these metrics, I recommend reading the original post to get a sense of the numbers that I’ll be reviewing here. So, is this good or bad? That’s only 0.5X

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2011

No BS, no vanity metrics, no launches, no PR. Votizen’s David Binetti will show you a real pivot story, including the actual metrics that helped him realize it was time to change. SLLCONF 2011 is happening on May 23 in San Francisco. And those are just our keynotes! We also have an awesome lineup of case studies.

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David Teten

MAY 20, 2016

Totem is a tool that centralizes all the data about our companies’ management, metrics, investment history, co-investors and cap table tracking. Prior to joining ffVC, I co-founded an early stage fashion messaging startup, and joined a TechStars NYC 2011 company as first engineering employee.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 18, 2013

In fact, shoppers in 2011 need 10.4 Here, consumption metrics (eg downloads, views), advocacy and sharing metrics (shares, likes, retweets), lead-generation metrics (filling up an online form), and sales metrics come into play. pieces of information before making a purchase – a doubling of the 5.3

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VC Adventure

AUGUST 31, 2017

If you read my blog regularly you know I love (LOVE) metrics. They took the 92 public SaaS companies and analyzed their key operating metrics. The valuation metrics show this clearly. Companies who went public after 2011 are less efficient with their capital and growing more slowly than their pre-2011 IPO peers.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Wednesday, February 23, 2011. It would have been easy to explain the difference by changes in the 2010/2011 revenue growth projections but unfortunately that is not the case. ▼ 2011. (2). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble? What happened? sales and marketing. (10).

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Had I begun this tradition earlier, for those wondering, it would’ve been Airbnb in 2012, and Uber in 2011.). 2/ The Metrics-Momentum Signal: According to Forbes , Airtable’s revenues are slated to grow 4x this year to $20M annualized, with over 80,000 different companies using some part of the platform.

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mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

May 23, 2011 by Christina Warren 20 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share The Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. May 23, 2011 16:24:51 Reply 0 Flag this comment Joe Ortiz Follow Interesting comparison.

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Life Beyond Code

DECEMBER 26, 2010

We want to improve on the metrics for the sake of improving on the metrics. Sometimes we forget to measure the amount of time we spend being obsessed with measuring the metrics. End of the year is a great time to stop, reflect and think about what are the metrics that really matter most to you. No registration required.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

May 26, 2011. We’ve had a supportive board and encouraging metrics and a helpful climate for our community news notion (now 51 sites in 3 states). © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Previous Entries.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

June 5, 2011. Filing Date: initial filing June 2, 2011. Run Rate Revenue: $2.6B (Q1 2011 annualized). Revenue Growth: 2241% YoY (2010 vs 2009), 1357% YOY (Q1 2011 vs Q1 2010). Run Rate Gross Profit: $1.1B (Q1 2011 annualized). Featured merchants (may not have tipped): 56.8K (Q1 2011), 66.3K (2010), 2.7K (2009).

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Utilizing these experiences and the principles of a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, she started MAS Connections in 2011. Efficient processes, metrics, and KPIs helps them establish a continuous improvement program.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Internal resistance, non-standardized metrics, multiple (and confusing) platforms and lack of resources prove great obstacles to planning. In justifying and expanding programs for longer-term planning and budgeting, 48% of social strategists place measurement as a primary objective in 2011. Hiring The Right Candidate.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2012

Facebook Now Earns 23% More Per Impression Than In Q1 2011 – [link]. Why You Ought to Throw Away Your Vanity Metrics for These 5 Customer Metrics – [link]. Why You Ought to Throw Away Your Vanity Metrics for These 5 Customer Metrics – [link]. Why Startups Shouldn’t Hire PR Firms – [link].

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alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

Gregg Sheehan says: March 4, 2011 at 10:53 pm. Alex Poole says: March 7, 2011 at 9:44 pm. Alex Poole says: January 21, 2011 at 5:00 pm. Gary Henricksen says: November 20, 2011 at 10:41 pm. Mark says: January 3, 2011 at 9:21 pm. Alex Poole says: January 21, 2011 at 5:12 pm. rcg says: June 1, 2011 at 8:15 pm.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2015

Google’s gross and operating margins improved sequentially in 4Q14, and even as they continue to be lower than when desktop search advertising was at its peak in 2011 and early 2012, TBR believes margin growth is of lesser importance to Google than consistently growing total revenue and gross profit between 10% and 15% year-to-year each quarter.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

” To make the concept a little less abstract, Sean Ellis , founder of Qualaroo, has created a metric for knowing when you’ve achieve Product/Market fit. That was the metric that really told us we needed to start over.” “We couldn’t even get our friends to use it. Conclusion.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2012

Although we got some early traction, we were unable to prevent a bankruptcy from happening in October 2011. The metrics that matter the most are returning customers (user retention), turnover per customer and viral growth (k-factor).

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2014

That’s why you need to be simultaneously feeding your growth engine , while monitoring churn and your other startup metrics. They refer to these differences as “ Red Flag” Metrics (or RFMs). Total number of logins also proved to be an important metric, though not as much so as the former two. times per day on average.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Tighten up Your Metrics and Reporting. Evaluate your metrics tracking and see where you’re losing data. Nordstrom bought the flash sales site Hautelook for $270 million in 2011. Use the available site metrics and A/B testing tools to see what really works on your site and what doesn’t. Their answers are below.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

While the aforementioned example may not fit every startup, regardless, you need to have an actionable, scalable business model with measurable metrics (downloads, customers, etc.) September 14, 2011 00:53:22 Reply 0 Flag this comment Fabrizio Poli Follow If you want to expand your business internationally, this will be useful.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011. dot-com bonanza. Ten years on much has changed.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Benchmarking Hubspot’s S-1: How 7 Key SaaS Metrics Stack Up – crowdspring.co/1qlwWRG. Mega menu design trends in ecommerce: 2011 vs. 2014 | Econsultancy – crowdspring.co/1plL1t0. Rarely say yes to feature requests | Inside Intercom – crowdspring.co/1plBz95. You suck at technical interviews – crowdspring.co/1pEfybN.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 21, 2013

In late 2011, Google announced an effort to make search behavior more secure. This is a simple custom report I use to look at the aggregated view: As the report above demonstrates, you can still report on your other metrics, like Unique Visitors, Bounce Rates, Per Visit Value and many others, at an aggregated level.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

JANUARY 6, 2011

Scott Albro of Focus , a knowledge sharing community for business people, has fully embraced the idea of constant iteration for 2011, taking the best practices of social media to the business media world. in 2011, I’d like to encourage a culture where this happens as much as possible. Plan big, increment small.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Why marketer misuse of metrics may be an addressable cultural issue – [link]. Today’s issue of crowdSPRING’s smallbiz newsletter (marketing, strategy, 2011 outlook) – [link]. Optimizing Conversion Rates with 5 Quantitative & Qualitative Tests (Part 2) – [link]. The Best Parent Fails – [link].

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Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

Wednesday, August 03, 2011. ▼ 2011. (2). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. In search of Europes next tech stars. Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 11:03 AM. sales and marketing. (10).

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

► 2011. (2). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2). software. (10). Venture Capital. (3). Blog Archive. ▼ 2012. (1). ▼ 01/15 - 01/22. (1). BlablaCar - Travel Revolution. ► 07/31 - 08/07. (1). In search of Europe's next tech stars.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2015

Customer loyalty is just one of the analytics that I highlight in my new book (which is relevant for almost all leaders, considering the extent to which measures and metrics have crept into almost every aspect of doing business). In February 2011, the company’s NPS was very high at 73 percent. Netflix offers a great example.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

To win in business you need to follow this process: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act. We are far too enamored with data collection and reporting the standard metrics we love because others love them because someone else said they were nice so many years ago. That metric is tied to a KPI.

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Life Beyond Code

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

We want to improve on the metrics for the sake of improving on the metrics. Sometimes we forget to measure the amount of time we spend being obsessed with measuring the metrics. End of the year is a great time to stop, reflect and think about what are the metrics that really matter most to you. No registration required.

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Metrics Clickthrough Restful Video 128

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Target redesign in 2011 resulted in less revenue + a myriad of technical problems. Listening to people is a good idea, but you have to pay attention to the metrics. While you could create an in-house user research lab and track 5000 metrics across 500 segments, that would be massive overkill and a waste of precious resources.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

You could argue that it takes some time to restart the SaaS flywheel after a slow year, but an acceleration in 2010 should at least translate into a stronger 2011 guidance, which is not really the case (10/11 growth median is 18%, so barely above 2010). ► 2011. (2). SaaS business metrics: why are they different?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2010

Im just starting the publishing process that should lead to a book for a general business audience in 2011. Im just starting the publishing process that should lead to a book for a general business audience in 2011. Similarly, let me know if youd like to host or attend a simulcast party in your town. Writing a book. Writing a book.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 15, 2010

link] fnazeeri That’s absolutely correct, although we can look at other metrics like “step up in subsequent rounds&# on which I hopefully will be able to post more soon. Perhaps the are other tell-tale metrics like time required to raise money vs. number of founders…need to think more on that.

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www.jonsamsel.com

MAY 12, 2011

Jon Samsel Social media, SEO, marketing and writing Home Bio Books Portfolio Login A Framework for Web Analytics On May 10, 2011, Heardable’s CEO, Jon Samsel, was asked to speak at the Jamba Juice Digital Marketing Summit in Emeryville, California. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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