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

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

If the CEO wants to completely change the product in order to serve a new customer segment, you need someone in the room who can digest the needs of the new (proposed) business, and lay out the costs of each possible approach. In my mind, theyre racking up costs (one month for that part, two months for that other part, uh oh).

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Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

My solution to these problems was to create a simple framework we can use to put our customers first, evaluate our marketing programs, and right-align our view of success (metrics). If you are in the See or Think consideration stages, there are plenty of engagement points for you (marked in green and orange respectively). ADD TO BAG.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Lately I’ve been having to say things I thought I’d never have to remind people, like, “getting to positive gross margin in several territories is a very low bar to claim success” or “profitable excluding marketing costs” is not actually a real thing. But not doing basic research makes no sense.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

They may also target ads to specific audiences and track real-time metrics like views, clicks and demographics. Photo Crediy: James Green. Thanks to James Green, Build A Head ! #16- 20- More green initiatives. My industry–the lawn care industry–will go green. Thanks to David Angotti, Hawaiian Islands ! #15-

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 17, 2020

You might ask a marketing firm to write and design your pitch book, which is pretty much the cost of admission to an angel’s office. Most firms will schedule a consultation with you at no cost. Time spent on-page is a related metric you may also want to track. Take advantage of that opportunity. Which keywords should you use?

Marketing 142

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

There are three parts to a good competitive analysis: (1) defining the metrics and identifying the competitors you’re comparing, (2) gathering the data, and (3) the analysis. You’re going to need some brand health metrics to track. Start by defining what metrics are important. 3) Develop personas for your target customers.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 13, 2024

Cost-Effectiveness and Efficiency Your budgets will stretch further with modular buildings due to their cost-effectiveness. Utility costs are often lower due to better insulation and energy-efficient designs. These are not only cost-effective but also reduce construction waste compared to traditional buildings.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

work (collection, processing, reporting, analysis), processes, org structure, governance models, last-mile gaps , metrics ladders of awesomeness , and… so… much… more. Remember, tools, work, processes, org structure, governance models, last-mile gaps, metrics ladders of awesomeness, and… so… much… more. The Implications of Complexity.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Some specialize in one arena, like green technology. Another point is the absolutely critical need to back up your pitch with data-based, industry relevant metrics that validate your progress over time. Not all VC firms are alike or have the same investment philosophy. Others only want startups that sell into Fortune 500 companies.

Partner 113

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

All I have to do is look at the very last column and look at the green and red arrows and get guidance about how I should shift my budgets? And you are telling me that the Cost Per Acquisition for my display campaigns is not $201 but rather a lowly $155? For example, what if we used a linear attribution model instead of last click?

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

As the costs of production fall, it’s getting easier and easier to send in a proposal or even a complete work. Despite all the energy invested in talking to authors about the size of their platform, very few gatekeepers have a rigorous set of metrics for measuring it. I’ve met a lot of gatekeepers in the past few months.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Integration risk is the term I use to describe the costs of having code sitting on some, but not all, developers machines. Generally, if all tests pass, its happy (a green build) and if any tests fail, it will notify you by email. First, a word about why continuous integration is so important.

Software Review 136

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

Having so few products means Apple can dedicate enormous resources to each project once it gets the green light. Which comes to the second major principle: halt work that leads to more waste, even if it means abandoning sunk costs. This is a version of the andon cord technique from lean manufacturing.

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Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Short story #2: Predictive Modeling, Quantifying Cost of Inaction. You can hover over each box to get a sense of the key metrics. Short story #2: Predictive Modeling, Quantifying Cost of Inaction. At that time these countries had models to predict what was the cost in human lives from inaction. Just move the blue dot.

Analytics 145

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

And Don Reinertsen will teach you how to calculate and weigh the implications of Cost of Delay —the monetary value of a week of cycle time for experiments—information that will change the way your organization runs experiments. Second, we make sure it’s easy to detect and reject bad changes before they go live, using a deployment pipeline.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2021

14:21] Can you talk more about the dramatic cost savings in having a better customer experience that you cover in your book? [16:01] If it's fallen out the back end in service or in sales or whatever the metric is for what an actual growth is. I send them a tweet saying, Hey, when's the green apple experiment going to be over.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 10, 2013

The critical metrics for each stage of your SaaS business | by Lars Lofrgren – [link]. Creative Showcase of Green Theme Logo Designs | Dzinepress – [link]. Hospital Prices No Longer Secret As New Data Reveals Bewildering System, Staggering Cost Differences – [link]. 10 Myths about Startups – [link].

Social Media 93

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Occam's Razor

MARCH 18, 2013

Today's post is about a new problem I'm starting to notice, which only exists because our tools have become so much cooler and handed us so much power: constant mismatching of hit- and session-level metrics and dimensions. It will be critical that you are familiar with what a metric is and what a dimension is. Use Goal Value.

Metrics 146

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

If you like this, go see his Shockwave Innovations blog ) Anyone that has taken an accounting class or learned basic business financials knows the interaction between key elements of a P&L (revenue, cost, expense) and a balance sheet (assets, liabilities, equity). At that point, you’ve recovered the cost to acquire the customer.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

From here, attach valid marketing metrics to each goal. Common examples include: Average order value; Sales conversion rate; Cart abandonment rate; Customer acquisition cost; Customer lifetime value; Bounce rate; Click-through rates; Pop-up engagement rates; ROI (return on investment; Average inventory sold per day.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Or if your management refuses to justify the costs of A/B testing? Cost: $40/non-B2B user, $80/B2B user + custom incentives (usually $20–40/user). The yearly subscription costs $3,000, with an additional cost of $15 per participant, sometimes more (e.g., But what if your website doesn’t have enough traffic? UserZoom GO.

Technical Review 92

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2022

A few years ago, a second focus of sustainability (“green”) was added as a requirement for respectability. How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Most customers today won’t pay you five times the cost of alternatives, just because yours is “green.”

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Yet in expansionary periods, successful leaders spent significantly less on [selling, general, and administrative costs] than did their former peers. A focus on cost cutting—every decision is viewed through a loss-minimization lens. As the authors found, “Firms that cut costs faster and deeper than rivals don’t necessarily flourish.

Marketing 121

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

A few years ago, a second focus of sustainability (“green”) was added as a requirement for respectability. How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Most customers today won’t pay you five times the cost of alternatives, just because yours is “green.”

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

VMware—Diane Greene. (*) While not technically cofounders, Andy Grove and Thomas Watson, Sr. The new, professional CEOs were unwilling to let go of the most basic assumptions driving the cost structure of their businesses. Motorola—Paul Galvin. nVidia—Jen-Hsun Huang. Oracle—Larry Ellison. Peoplesoft—Dave Duffield. Seagate—Al Shugart.

Technical Review 78

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2013

A few years ago, a second focus of sustainability (“green”) was added as a requirement for respectability. How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Most customers today won’t pay you five times the cost of alternatives, just because yours is “green.”

Entrepreneur 245

Entrepreneur Green Dividend Angel Investor 245

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2019

A few years ago, a second focus of sustainability (“green”) was added as a requirement for respectability. How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Most customers today won’t pay you five times the cost of alternatives, just because yours is “green.”

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 3, 2024

By investing in green packaging initiatives, businesses in the cannabis sector can strengthen their market positioning while contributing positively to the environment. Key performance metrics should encompass sales, market share, customer satisfaction, and retention.

Technical Review 40

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Occam's Razor

JULY 6, 2016

Yes, I worry that Analysts, and Marketers, are spending too much time with their head buried in custom reports and advance segments and smart calculated metrics and strategic or tactical dashboards. Turns out you have to click on the Unlocked green icon. Recently though, my aunt did not like the green color and I had to return it.

Design 87

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Step 1: Optimal Metrics. You'll find it here: Digital Metrics Ladder of Awesomeness. The metrics ladder lays out a path that will get you there, step by step while ensure your org is coming along with you. Step 1: Optimal Metrics. Tough metrics. Smart metrics. Wait, Wait, What the Heck is Attribution?

Analytics 60

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 11, 2014

I click on Paypal and then Continue and I get my review page for the costs and a nice green Checkout With Paypal button. Take any metric you want. Pick any metric you want. Instead of typing in the four required fields, I can also choose to pay via Paypal. The whole checkout process becomes even simpler. Follow-on views.

Design 151

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

The Index is red if under this mark, and green if above and the % change is indicated. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? McKinsey highlight #1: the art of cost cutting or. The Index reference point starts on January 1st 2008 at 19,187.81 pts and is dynamically updated via GoogleDocs. ► 01/27 - 02/03. (1).

Software Review 48

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2011

This week the team started investigating whether the spectral reflectance curves of healthy green plants are different from weeds, and if so could an infrared Hyperspectral imaging camera be better suited than their current visible light camera for weed/plant recognition. Answer: The most cost effective wavelength is 800-900nm ~ $20/watt.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 7, 2016

One example that comes to mind is metrics. What’s the one metric of success that will define your tests? As they wrote : “One way we guide experimenters away from cherry-picking is by requiring them to explicitly specify the metrics they expect to move during the set-up phase. Twitter does this to prevent HARKing.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 7, 2017

by Jason Green, CEO at The Cambridge Group , and Linda Deeken, CMO at The Cambridge Group. When looking for these Demand-based Cost optimization opportunities, we ask ourselves the following four key questions: 1. Complexity in the system explodes, as do costs. Jason Green is the CEO of The Cambridge Group.

Green 133

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2017

He helps people specialize and position their business in a way that allows them to get more profit, to drive the cost to acquire customers down, to become really known as the expert in their field of specialization. He’s a developer that focuses on helping manufacturing companies cut cost.” Check it out.

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