Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

It may just be that the message of building companies that have predictable revenue and profit models hasn’t percolated through the VC business model. Unfortunately, regardless of a VC’s age, their business models are suffering and IPOs seem to be a thing of the past for at least a while longer. Warning sign?

Silicon Valley 237

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 237

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# Of course this is not at all true of many profitable small businesses, but they are not what I mean by startups.) Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. And yet, their investors are frustrated.

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

ConversionXL

AUGUST 10, 2016

It requires that optimizers put in the effort to create user state models, dig into cohort analysis and correlative metrics, run experiments for different user states, etc. What Are User State Models? Essentially, user state models allow you to measure quality, not just quantity. Testing Your User State Model.

NPV 48

NPV Metrics Retention San Francisco 48

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

This recommendation also valuable for companies that have very unique business models, or face other unusual circumstances (geographic, size, amount of innovation, and many others). Conversion rate is one of those metrics that I strongly encourage you only create benchmarks for from your own data. See Page 269. :).

Analytics 135

Analytics Vertical Metrics Web 135

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 16, 2010

Designed for large businesses, the channels let a company share several types of documents, brand the channel with their own design elements, and then include display advertising, contest promotions, blog aggregation, social media integration and metrics reporting. That is the essence of proving the business in micro-scale.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Analytics Continuous Deployment 167

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

At Flow Capital, we use HubSpot’s sequences and workflows functions to automate a bulk of our emails and internal tasks. I use Superhuman , an email app which speeds up my email processing, and also gives me background information on all of my correspondents. She is a model for us all! 5) Manage relationships (CRM).

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

ConversionXL

JUNE 21, 2015

Noah Kagan ( Sumome ): How to Grow Your Email List Super Fast. Your emails subscribers are controlled by you, but Facebook, Twitter, Youtube etc followers are not. Focus on building your email list above all. You send like 100 emails / day. Put your newsletter signup URL directly in your email signature.

Email 48

Email SEO Campaign Agile 48

ConversionXL

MAY 16, 2018

Know the difference between leading and lagging metrics. Have a better grasp on how to apply testing to web, email, and usability platforms. While it’s always necessary to keep track of lagging indicators to evaluate ongoing performance, as marketers we want to understand what causes those metrics to move either up or down.

Marketing 133

Marketing Metrics Programming Design 133

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, December 14, 2009 Business ecology and the four customer currencies Lately, I’ve been rethinking the concept of “business model&# for startups, in favor of something I call “business ecology.&# Constructing a working business model is a form of ecosystem design.

Customer 156

Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Using the same playbook that I developed at KISSmetrics, we ran non-stop A/B tests on our email subscription funnel, driving 480,000 leads in 2016 and smashing our lead goals for the year. One time, we ran a bunch of tests on our drip email campaigns over a five-month period. For that year, the metrics look amazing.

Conversion 133

Conversion Technical Review Channel Engineer 133

ConversionXL

APRIL 22, 2015

You could have an in-house user research lab with fancy neuroscience technology and 25 researchers, actively track 5000 metrics across 500 segments and what not – but it would not only cost a lot (likely way more than the profit from testing wins), it would be distracting and silly. SaaS, ecommerce, lead gen, affiliate models.

Analytics 48

Analytics Technical Review Conversion Framework 48

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Effectively measuring and understanding your CAC and CLTV metrics are key to future success. You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts. Bessemer SaaS Law #1: Your key monthly business metrics are: CMRR (Committed Monthly Recurring Revenue), Churn, and Cash flow - “Bookings” is for suckers.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

. + Traffic Trends Key Metrics Analysis. Onsite Behavior Key Metrics Analysis. I tend to use Hitwise a lot less, or not at all, because it is a very hard to use, it is slow, the UX/UI, metrics and reports have not really evolved over the years. Traffic Trends Key Metrics Analysis. Visitor/Audience Type Profile Analysis.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Non-Compete Search 60

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Are you an entrepreneur or small business owner with questions about funding your small business? Maybe you are wondering which metrics to track, or whether or not you should take out a loan for your business. Which metrics do you most rely on to understand your business itself. Thank you very much.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

The solution provides a live, accurate status of customers’ level of satisfaction, according to metrics that are pre-defined and measured at the time of the customer experience. Logia offers Mobile Operators a range of solution for their Apps Stores starting from Content Aggregation, Billing aggregation to full white labeled Apps Store.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Updated Business tools for Startups. Whether you’re wondering what site search you should use or what is the best email marketing tool, knowledge is power. Email Integration. Email marketing. Sendgrid : Need to send email out to users? They make sure that your emails never to go spam folders.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53