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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

What are your key Startup Metrics ? How concerned are we about design for mobile? Obviously, it's far simpler to aim for browser-based systems and basically aim your design to work okay on mobile devices with some additional effort on the part of the user. How will we address these without significant cost? Which devices?

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

What are your key Startup Metrics ? How concerned are we about design for mobile? Obviously, it's far simpler to aim for browser-based systems and basically aim your design to work okay on mobile devices with some additional effort on the part of the user. How will we address these without significant cost? Which devices?

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On the (un?)importance of design

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

We recently underwent a Cinderella-like transformation: A total redesign of the WP Engine website from despicable steaming pile of hideousness to a designed, thematic — dare I say artistic? If our website design was repulsive — literally — the bounce rate should now diminish. Was it the design that gave us that edge?

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8 Strategies To Capitalize On Untapped Global Markets

Startup Professionals Musings

Design the full stack, not just a new software element. With a singular focus on building unicorns, very rapid growth has been a key metric. The distributed model draws on a diverse pool, helps manage costs, and captures regional insights and focus necessary to win local customers.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

If you hire 6 sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 4-6 months. ” If you’re not profitable you’re purely a cost center to them. Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) =. Operating Costs.

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How to Calculate & Maintain a Healthy Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)

ConversionXL

That’s why Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) is such a critical metric. Cost of software/hardware used in sales and marketing Agency, PR, or any third-party costs involved in sales and marketing. The sum total of these costs divided by the number of new customers gives you CAC. The key takeaway?

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8 Keys To Real Innovation Outside of Silicon Valley

Startup Professionals Musings

Design the full stack, not just a new software element. With a singular focus on building unicorns, very rapid growth has been a key metric. The distributed model draws on a diverse pool, helps manage costs, and captures regional insights and focus necessary to win local customers.