The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2024

To make informed decisions, it’s crucial to have a clear framework for assessing each opportunity. Focusing on specific metrics can help you gain insights into the stability, growth potential, and security of DeFi platforms. This metric shows its popularity and usage. Rapid growth in address count can signal increasing adoption.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2019

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “ As we continue our exploration of the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale – I will walk you through the principles.

Framework 127

Framework Architecture Cleveland Early Stage 127

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

They use different technologies of course, and different distribution mechanisms. To use my See-Think-Do-Care framework , mobile websites have to solve for See, Think and Do while mobile apps usually have to solve for Care. Mobile content consumption, behavior along key metrics (time, bounces etc.) First, a quick techie lesson.

Analytics 143

Analytics Metrics Mobile DC 143

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 12, 2014

Can’t be the metrics, they’ll change by orders of magnitude. Can someone in their first week of tech support decide whether it’s OK to give a customer a large refund or spend extra hours to go above and beyond to fix something? Can’t be the logo, or even the name. So, what doesn’t change?

Laos 279

Laos Technical Review Startup Engineer 279

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Metrics play a significant role in customer journey analysis, providing quantifiable data that can be analyzed to glean valuable insights. In this blog post, we will delve into the rationale behind monitoring the customer journey, essential metrics for comprehensive analysis, and how segmenting data can provide deeper insights.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2014

Words alone, like “improved efficiency”, “paradigm shift,” and “breakthrough technology” won’t convince people to follow you. For example, early adopters may be easily sold, but new technology product success really hinges on adoption by certain demographics, perhaps more influenced by celebrities or mommy bloggers.

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Metrics Technical Review Leadership Framework 271

Occam's Razor

JULY 18, 2011

You must use metrics that are unique to the medium. Ready for the best email marketing campaign metrics? So for our email campaign analysis let’s look at metrics using that framework. Optimal Acquisition Email Metrics. Allow me to rush and point out that this metric is usually just directionally accurate.

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Metrics Campaign Email Marketing 138

YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2019

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “ As we continue our exploration of the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale – I will walk you through the principles.

Framework 113

Framework Architecture Cleveland Early Stage 113

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2013

Words alone, like “improved efficiency”, “paradigm shift,” and “breakthrough technology” won’t convince people to follow you. For example, early adopters may be easily sold, but new technology product success really hinges on adoption by certain demographics, perhaps more influenced by celebrities or mommy bloggers.

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Startup Metrics Technical Review Leadership 253

VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

In addition, founders thinking about starting a company can be overwhelmed by choice, as there are so many problems to tackle with technology, but it could be comforting to know that investors are interested in those areas in the first place.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

It becomes even more interesting in the world of emerging technologies and the IoT. In fact, the small brand is likely to become a rising industry star due to the established trust, convenient delivery times, and various payment options available in the marketplace. These new technologies will become an integral part of most e-shops.

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eCommerce Technical Review Software Review Analytics 185

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Notice that none of those five reasons deals with TDD or automated testing, which have changed the game. This is the approach of test-driven-development (TDD). I wanted to say that as a student I was working for a start-up company in town using the Rails framework. Do you have testers? I think reality has changed here.

Software Review 144

Software Review Technical Review San Francisco Continuous Deployment 144

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Frameworks, because if I can teach someone a new mental model, a different way of thinking, they can be incredibly successful. Or due to some incredible co-incidence if I bump into your brand when I'm thinking of buying something from your everything. You should have a robust strategy to earn compelling product reviews.

Analytics 156

Analytics Marketing Social Media Technical Review 156

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The growth marketer would design and run an experiment (ideating, drafting, and sending the email), and then review the data to confirm or disprove the hypothesis. They work to improve top-of-funnel metrics like brand awareness and identify opportunities to improve customer activation, retention, and referral efforts.

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Framework Marketing Acquisition Retention 102

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Our defense department and intelligence community owned proprietary advanced tools and technology. We and our contractors had the best technology domain experts. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. Newell ran the U.S.

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Community Silicon Valley Technical Review Incubator 244

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

As part of The Startup Magazine Founder Interview Series , we interviewed Maha and David Harper, wife and husband co-founders of Atlas Group London, a construction-tech startup that has digitized the building of healthcare facilities. So, our pathway to the right stakeholders has really been through our Customer Engagement Framework.

Technical Review 119

Technical Review Founder Saudi Arabia Cofounder 119

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

Most commonly, that’s uncertainty about whether you can build the product at all (what MBAs call “technical risk”) or whether anybody will use or buy it (“market risk”). For example, when your company adds ano ther blade to its disposal razors , the product’s technical development, marketing and sales will follow relatively predictable paths.

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Lean Technical Review Startup Software Review 165

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Board Effect

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The governance board and CEO should develop a strong AI framework that outlines the AI strategy and includes guidelines for usage. The framework can help minimize risk and prevent harm or other unforeseen consequences to the organization. Fortunately, support is available through board management software.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Framework Government Software Review 52

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. Soon, your digital analytics strategic framework that you hoped would provide a true north to the analytics strategy question looks like this …. The Impact Matrix.

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Analytics Framework Metrics Green 95

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

This is the second in a three-part series that aims to help you understand the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale. Read on to find out what exactly the “gap” in the Traction Gap Framework is and why traversing that gap is so critical to your success.

Cleveland 150

Cleveland Framework Marketing Early Stage 150

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Its common to find a hacker at the heart of almost any successful technology company. When a startup encounters difficult technical problems, this is the guy you want solving them. As the company grows, hes the go-to person for almost everything technical, and so hes very much in demand. All is not lost, though.

Software Review 94

Software Review Technical Review San Francisco Part-Time VPE 94

Up and Running

DECEMBER 6, 2012

In 2010, Alex Osterwalder published his book, Business Model Generation , where he created a framework for what Tim called “business identity.” This form of planning condensed the business model onto one page and is most useful for high-growth, technically focused startups (think Silicon Valley). Lean Planning is born.

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Lean Silicon Valley Forecast Technical Review 147

ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

Zendesk offers tech industry people a concise description of how Zendesk can benefit their company. It should include primary and secondary KPIs and metrics related to marketing goals , as well as the platforms (e.g., Your primary audience is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) who has the spending power to buy your product.

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Campaign CTO Marketing Social Media 149

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 19, 2025

How to Outrank Big Competitors in Search written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with Sam Dunning In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interviewed Sam Dunning, founder of Breaking B2B, an SEO firm specializing in SEO for revenuenot vanity metrics.

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Search SEO ChatGPT Technical Review 47

Growthink Blog

APRIL 22, 2014

And don''t let perfectionism prevent you from taking action, either; at the end of the day, a product on the market is better than a product shelved due to lack of focus, execution, or perfectionism. Technical skills: As the owner of your firm, you may not need to be the most skilled technician on your team.

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Technical Review Framework Metrics Leadership 117

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Marketers can use this framework to evaluate the risks associated with different growth strategies. Companies can acquire competitors’ products or technology to enhance their offering within the market they already serve. The framework helps you evaluate how you can affect growth at each stage of the customer journey.

Marketing 115

Marketing Framework Metrics Channel 115

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

The Write A Review call to action (the more reviews there are on credit cards, the more valuable the site is for comparison shoppers the more people will come and do business with them). If you are a regular reader of this blog you know how deeply fond I am of the Acquisition, Behavior, Outcomes framework. Awesome, right? #3.

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Web Analytics Technical Review Affiliate 139

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

YouTube Marketing and Analytics Framework for Success. For example, on other platforms your audience could be 18 yr old technology lovers. You are welcome to add reviews about those products from right there. Here's a pictorial representation… Now that you have a framework (you're welcome!)

Analytics 151

Analytics Marketing Audience Channel 151

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In technical terms, your period of “exploration” can be much longer, as you want to be damn sure that you don’t commit a Type I error (false positive). Define your target metrics. To do this, we recommend the ResearchXL Framework. It also helps to have a framework. Lives are on the line. Craig Sullivan.

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Analytics Technical Review Software Review Framework 127

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2016

It’s been exciting to watch the Lean Startup movement grow from a practice utilized in the tech world to one implemented in a wide variety of sectors ranging from enterprise to education, religious organizations, nonprofits, and government groups. This is where it is crucial for the project teams to be tracking metrics.

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Government Lean Startup San Francisco 165

ConversionXL

APRIL 23, 2019

Mobile UX mistakes usually result from one of four issues: Siloed teams; Data traps; Technical blind spots; Customer blind spots. Technical blind spots. Organizations often obsess over NPS, but it’s a metric that sits at the top of the pyramid. Review the results of testing. ICE is a simple prioritization framework.

Mobile 114

Mobile Framework Bandwidth Technical Review 114

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 8, 2009 Revisiting the Software Design Manifesto (and whats changed since then) My recent article on technical debt and its positive uses generated a fair bit of controversy. It had a pretty good technical design. That "good design" turned out to be technical debt, after all.

Software Review 87

Software Review Design Software San Francisco 87

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Metrics for this depth are rare and only long-term. Strategic content gives the audiences the frameworks and processes they need to make the conceptual ideas reality, and helps them frame up the solution space (again, not your product or service but how to think about solutions). Distribution framework. The strategic level.

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Agile Social Media Audience Software Review 139

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. Use frameworks in interviews to explain your qualifications and show your thought-processes. A PM basically sits at the center of UX, technology and business.

Management 85

Management Product Technical Review Software Review 85

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, January 15, 2010 Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Harvard Business Review) The next part in the series I am writing for Harvard Business Review is online. They are long-term bets on the development of a new line of business, a new technology platform, or the creation of a new market.

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Hockey Stick San Francisco Entrepreneur Lean 105

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

You can’t beat category kings, and the only exception for this is through tech disruption. Those tactics allow you to fit within a unique JTBD (“job to be done”) framework. One of the key aspects to out-convert competitors and get in that JTBD framework is using effective messaging. What are its use cases?

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B2B Marketing Curation PPC 94