Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2018

Open architecture is more conducive to certain desired office behaviors, like collaboration and easy communication. Establish metrics on the culture, as well as the product. These metrics need the same top management attention as customer retention and sales metrics. Provide an inviting and appropriate work environment.

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Silicon Valley Retention Metrics Architecture 143

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

For example, at a previous virtual world company , we spent years developing an architecture to cope with millions of simultaneous users. The downside was that we had to combine dozens of projects whose internal architectures, coding styles, and general quality varied widely. That’s what Just-in-time Scalability is all about.

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Technical Review Software Review San Francisco Lean 168

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Because five whys kept turning up a few key metrics that were hard to set static thresholds for, we even had a dynamic prediction algorithm that would make forecasts based on past data, and fire alerts if the metric ever went out of its normal bounds. You can even read a cool paper one of our engineers wrote on this approach).

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, January 4, 2009 Sharding for startups The most important aspect of a scalable web architecture is data partitioning. So far, this is just a summary of what all of us who have attempted to build web-scale architectures considers obvious. Support multiple sharding schemes. Easy to understand.

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San Francisco Architecture Startup Database 151

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

And given the paucity of business metrics at this point in a startup’s lifecycle, spreadsheet analysis is of little help. At this stage, the team is seeking market and customer validation metrics. In the third and final installation of this series, we’ll examine the four architectural pillars of the Traction Gap Framework.

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Cleveland Framework Marketing Early Stage 150

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 17, 2010

I suggested that we change the underlying architecture of our UI system so that the artists would be able to build their own UI pieces themselves and then integrate them into the product without requiring new code every time. The engineering team wasn’t happy either. The engineering team wasn’t happy either.

Technical Review 164

Technical Review San Francisco Lean Software Review 164

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2012

With these building blocks in place, you’ll have the architecture to build a sustainable culture that delivers outstanding service every day. Service Measures and Metrics. Surveys are a great example of how Service Measures and Metrics can become disconnected from the practical levers of power. Common Service Language.

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Singapore Architecture Metrics Hiring 170

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

We wanted an agile approach that would allow us to build our software architecture as we needed it, without downtime, but also without large amounts of up-front cost. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

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San Francisco Continuous Deployment Agile Lean 94

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

We talk about taking advantages of the incredible agility offered by modern web architecture for extremely rapid deployment, etc. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

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Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer 131

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 19, 2017

Here are five web design strategies you can use to boost the engagement metrics on your site: 1. Start by improving the user interface (app interface, navigation menu, site architecture, etc.). Over time, businesses including eCommerce sites have found that using design to engage users is an essential part of making a site successful.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2016

Set business goals and milestones, and use metrics to track performance. In this era of rapid technology advancement, an open mind must be the norm in leveraging the latest tools and process architectures. Continuous improvement applies to the business model as well as the product. Enable team members to run the business as their own.

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Technical Review Architecture Agile Business Model 120

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Good whitepaper on advertising measurement metrics | by Ben Kunz – crowdspring.co/HsVIMR. Good whitepaper on advertising measurement metrics | by Ben Kunz – crowdspring.co/HsVIMR. Good whitepaper on advertising measurement metrics – crowdspring.co/HsVIMR. Commuting’s Hidden Cost | NYT - crowdspring.co/1aR15fY.

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

One of the times I screwed this up it left a legacy of 25 years of questionable design in microprocessor architecture. reminds us that Customer Development is not just collecting web metrics and it’s not about focus groups. I’ve written before that Customer’s own the pain, Founders own the vision, meaning that [.]

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 287

Version One Ventures

APRIL 11, 2019

Architectural and software design integrity is very important to us. Typically, the solution will be presented in graphical form, such as a system architecture with flow diagrams. Technical design quality. At Shippo, we also consider tech debt in our definition of code quality. Not all code needs to be scalable.

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Part-Time VPE Software Review Engineer Technical Review 99

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Alistair Croll will lead a session on Lean analytics for intrapreneurs —from introducing never-before-seen case studies to tracking a product through its entire development and demonstrating which data and metrics are useful in what kinds of situations. Which to implement and the order you choose depends on where you’re starting.

Continuous Deployment 162

Continuous Deployment Norway Lean Analytics 162

BeyondVC

APRIL 4, 2018

There will also still be some amazing companies that raise their Series C, D and beyond funding rounds with scaling metrics. We are at the beginning stages of one of the biggest IT shifts in history as legacy workloads in the enterprise continue to move to a cloud-native architecture.

Cloud 78

Cloud Agile Architecture Azure 78

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

While at Compete I can also dig into a whole bunch of metrics like Visits, PageViews, udience segmentation, and so much more. Here I particularly like to look at a metric I call "share of search." Check the Google Analytics metrics. But then I see that it might be an industry thing, as the competitor spiked as well.

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Web Analytics Technical Review Affiliate 139

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Card sorting is a UX research strategy popular for information architecture. Despite sometimes small sample sizes , you can calculate confidence intervals, and with some of them, compare your metrics to a database of other companies and competitors. It’s a solid correlative micro-metric that usually leads to greater product growth.

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Conversion Metrics Architecture Design 103

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

I know them right away - we can talk high-level architecture all the way down to the bits-and-bytes of his system. When the architecture needs modifying - why do we need a meeting? Building a good application architecture is not just coding. Its common to find a hacker at the heart of almost any successful technology company.

Software Review 94

Software Review Technical Review San Francisco Part-Time VPE 94

The Next Web

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Many of the newer service marketplaces feel more like “movements” rather than “businesses,” and actually require very careful architecture of the end-to-end experience both online and offline, including areas such as culture and workflow. In the early days of e-commerce, sales were typically the most important metric for success.

Mobile 136

Mobile Silicon Valley Viral Technical Review 136

Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2019

A decade or so ago, the architecture of the internet took a turn, and gave birth to a new kind of digital zealotry, where people have become disciples of opinion instead of being students of fact. Or even worse, some people just look at the metrics on the screen as a form of ‘social proof’ as to who is right.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review Architecture Internet Metrics 110

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Why marketer misuse of metrics may be an addressable cultural issue – [link]. Information Architecture 101: Techniques and Best Practices – [link]. Optimizing Conversion Rates with 5 Quantitative & Qualitative Tests (Part 2) – [link]. Crowdsourcing Your Marketing Activities – [link].

Social Media 91

Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

The Next Web

JULY 8, 2013

In the last few months we’ve been seeing great growth in 3 key metrics: The number of websites signing up and using the system. Currently we are based in Israel and we are making steps in establishing our US based HQ. We’ve spent $0 on outbound marketing. The number of reviews Yotpo is generating.

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Advisory Board API Cofounder PPC 128

Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

To find out whether or not today’s public technology companies have hit bubble valuations, let’s compare some companies that survived the great bubble with their bubble era valuations: The Enterprise Value-to-Revenue multiple (EV/Rev) and Price-to-Earnings multiple (PE) are commonly used metrics to tell the valuation:value story.

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Technical Review Valuation Venture Capital Database 78

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2023

MRR is a crucial metric for measuring the growth of a SaaS business. FAQs How to build a SaaS product architecture? The standard procedure needed to design a SaaS product architecture includes the following: Define your goals and requirements. Design your architecture. Implement your architecture. That’s it!

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Design Product Churn Rate Architecture 105

Up and Running

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Here are the metrics we suggest you learn more about and focus on when analyzing your site’s efficacy: Track unique visitors to get a sense of how well you’re driving people to your site via inbound and outbound marketing tactics. Time spent on-page is a related metric you may also want to track.

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Marketing Technical Review SEO Hosting 142

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

The digital platform ICAS®, Integrated Construction & Architecture Software, completely digitizes the design, procurement and logistics process of building healthcare facilities. ICAS® will give customers real visibility over their project, its metrics and progress – ultimately better serving their needs.

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Technical Review Founder Saudi Arabia Cofounder 119

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

And as Kapor himself points out, the core ideas have even older origins: The Roman architecture critic Vitruvius advanced the notion that well-designed buildings were those which exhibited firmness, commodity, and delight. We owe a lot to this seminal document. Re-reading, I was struck by how much of it we now take for granted.

Software Review 87

Software Review Design Software San Francisco 87

BeyondVC

APRIL 4, 2018

There will also still be some amazing companies that raise their Series C, D and beyond funding rounds with scaling metrics. We are at the beginning stages of one of the biggest IT shifts in history as legacy workloads in the enterprise continue to move to a cloud-native architecture. Serverless technologies….

Cloud 60

Cloud Agile Architecture Azure 60

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

Non-standardization of IT architectures hinders the achievement of cost-effective. Establishment of objectives with specific trackable metrics is the key to successful automation. Lack of organizational maturity and appropriate skills are the main inhibitors for automation process success. Source: Pixabay.

Operations 88

Operations Architecture Cost Technical Review 88

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

Both sides start to think of their point of view in moralistic terms: “those guys don’t see the economic value of fast action, they only care about their precious architecture diagrams&# or “those guys are sloppy and have no professional pride.&# Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23.

Continuous Deployment 167

Continuous Deployment Software Review San Francisco Lean 167

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 6, 2010

No longer can tools or "analysts" just puke 15 metrics on a report and hope to survive. The information architecture on most website is terrible and the reason is that company employees create it for themselves. Here is a post with seven different strategies: Brand Measurement: Analytics & Metrics for Branding Campaigns.

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Analytics Web Campaign PPC 99

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

A CTO will guide your product strategy, market validation, architectural decisions, process optimization, recruiting, and hiring. They adopt, measure, and manage key product performance metrics. A CTO is in the business of scale, for whatever an organization has as its core metrics.

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Fractional CTO CTO Hire CTO Technical Review 54

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 6, 2020

As the Greylock team has learned after decades of partnering with early-stage founders, the best approach is establishing a core set of fundamental questions that can be tailored to each individual company, rather than looking at a rigid set of metrics. WHAT METRICS SHOULD A FOUNDER SHOW TO RAISE A SERIES A FROM A VC FIRM LIKE GREYLOCK?

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Technical Review Seed Stage Software Review Early Stage 69

Up and Running

JANUARY 14, 2022

This metric let us know the potential traffic available in our niche – excluding brand searches. Armed with this information, we were able to do some back-of-the-napkin calculations for other important business metrics. This is a subjective metric but still important. It satisfies the metrics tracked by search engines.

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SEO Software Review Search Acquisition 104

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2011

Metrics are required for ensuring the return to a known good baseline. Maximize technology architecture and standards. Continuous innovation to maintain your competitive advantage does not mean that you can ignore current architectures and standards. These must always be leveraged produce optimal intended product outcomes.

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Architecture Startup Operations Metrics 250

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

You dont need to invent a new architecture, and you dont need to even build your architecture up-front. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Were in a new wave of platform evolution.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Technology Continuous Deployment Lean 68