The Next Web

JUNE 19, 2012

Having said that, you have to be very careful with such lists and all other personal “vanity metrics” They tell the world that you’re doing something right but can have very little to do with the impact you have or how successful you are. These are the “metrics” you should live by.

San Francisco 136

San Francisco Cofounder Founder Poland 136

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

That’s because many of our reports feed us vanity metrics: numbers that make us look good but don’t really help make decisions. Yet even among those who have access to good actionable metrics, I’ve noticed a phenomenon that prevents taking maximum advantage of data. Too much of this data is non- actionable.

San Francisco 84

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 84

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Running an eCom business in India, a developing nation is a bumpy ride. Reaching my mini-goals and recording new numbers on the growth metrics going through thick and then is what keeps me going. Photo credit: Akram TariqKhan. There are new challenges and problems. Thanks to Akram Tariq Khan, YourLibaas ! #4-

Entrepreneur 154

Entrepreneur Technical Review Africa Revenue 154

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2022

Pick a single metric that is the focus for all growth. Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. Too many choices confuse all customers, and make your job in marketing, distribution, and support much more difficult. Less is more.

Startup 361

Startup Social Media India Acquisition 361

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 6, 2010

No longer can tools or "analysts" just puke 15 metrics on a report and hope to survive. What's the difference between US traffic and India? Here is a post with seven different strategies: Brand Measurement: Analytics & Metrics for Branding Campaigns. 2 Learn basic statistics. All free from Compete.

Analytics 99

Analytics Web Campaign PPC 99

Lightspeed Venture Partners

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The post ARR/FTE as *a* metric for India SaaS appeared first on Lightspeed Venture Partners.

India 78

India Metrics Partner 78

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 31, 2015

Prerna began her startup journey after leaving a job as a management consultant, and launched Yaari, a youth-oriented social network in India. She shares: “We now use metrics like cost-per-learning and validation velocity to show progress since traditional things like ROI weren’t applicable.”

Lean 60

Lean United States Fractional CTO Startup 60

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2013

“The range of business ideas and the level of expertise we see on our doorstep here in Asia is truly impressive and our metrics show that the startups we accelerate do as well as any of their peers in Europe or the US outside Silicon Valley.”

Singapore 243

Singapore Programming Asia Incubator 243

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 3, 2010

The key driver of this renewed confidence from brand advertisers is better measurement of brand metrics that can show the impact of online advertising beyond clickthrough. Direct Response Advertising becomes ever more efficient. However, adoption on the brand side will likely be slower and far from complete.

Internet 114

Internet eCommerce Advertising Flash 114

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Corporations focused on financial metrics like Return On Net Assets and Internal Rate of Return to reap the benefits of the last technology cycle. Our hyperconnected world is amplifying the effects of these companies and enabling them to have global impact, as seen with companies from Israel, India, China, and Brazil.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Venture Capital United States Technical Review 120

Steve Blank

JUNE 10, 2010

Irfan Alam , a 27-year-old from the Indian state of Bihar started the Sammaan Foundation to transform the lives of 10 million rickshaw-pullers in India. Irfan doesn’t take a salary but he is as focused on scalability, asset leverage, return on investment and growth metrics as any Silicon Valley entrepreneur ever was.

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Silicon Valley Entrepreneur United States New York City 332

Brandanew

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Some of the quantitative metrics that companies use to measure their Content Marketing success include: a) Traffic. Myntra in India) are in fact moving to a mobile only model where they purely exist as apps and not as traditional websites. Your audience will trust someone who is an expert in the field. b) Sales lead quality/ quantity.

Social Media 100

Social Media Marketing SEO B2B 100

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

nice post April 2, 2009 11:00 PM web design India said. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. interesting post March 20, 2009 5:26 PM Small business web site design said.

San Francisco 151

San Francisco Architecture Startup Database 151

ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2014

In one line, he couldn’t be clearer as to why you must pay attention to these metrics. In this article on DefinateEcommerce: India Edition , Flipkart’s VP of products says “Localization will be a large theme in eCommerce in the next one two years.”

Search 107

Search Design eCommerce Technical Review 107

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Metrics in a Minute. Some countries, like India, make it extremely difficult to process wire transfers in foreign currencies. See Also: The 7 Key Metrics Every Business Owner Should Monitor. See Also: What Is Accounts Payable? Know where your invoices actually go. Be extra careful when you deal with such.

Software Review 60

Software Review Singapore Metrics India 60

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2019

Pick a single metric that is the focus for all growth. Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. Too many choices confuse all customers, and make your job in marketing, distribution, and support much more difficult. Less is more.

Social Media 218

Social Media India Acquisition China 218

Transformify

DECEMBER 2, 2019

To make everyone’s life easy, Transformify Freelance Platform allows a variety of metrics and flexible project duration. Imagine that you have hired freelancers and contingent workers in the US, India and Korea. However, this is just the beginning as the recruiters need to manage all projects, deliverables and payments.

Software Review 64

Software Review Software Management Matching 64

Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

To date, we’ve invested $7B+ in more than 300 companies globally and have worked with many exceptional cloud founders - from Australia to India, the US, Europe and Israel. All of the data points to the fact that Europe and Israel are on the path to be as fertile as the US - and potentially even more - in the coming years. vs US’ 2.4x).

Global 62

Global Israel Europe Software Review 62

K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

As the check size increases, investors tend to look for more traction, established revenue models, proven unit-economics, and other metrics that were previously associated with later stage companies. So if the Micro-VCs are looking for Series A-like metrics, what does a company do when it’s just getting started?

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation 48

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

I think one of the most important things is there's a lot of focus on metrics, and I think metrics is important, but we get caught up in these sort of acronyms and these buzzwords, but really it's all about asking the right questions, right? It's as simple as that, and that is what metrics are to me.

Community 68

Community Kuwait Cofounder Bootstrapping 68

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 30, 2011

India and Israel pitch their businesses. First, Senthil Natchimuthu from Coimbatire, India, discussed directdialogs. The product has been validated on campaigns by a dozen major Indian brands and agencies, and has shown great metrics. And in the audience, there were people from at least 30 different corners of the world.

India 115

India Entrepreneur Israel Silicon Valley 115

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2017

Pick a single metric that is the focus for all growth. Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. Too many choices confuse all customers, and make your job in marketing, distribution, and support much more difficult. Less is more.

Social Media 163

Social Media India Acquisition China 163

Seeing Both Sides

MAY 19, 2019

This year, I added companies from India and China with the help of a number of friends from those communities?—?a CO : Boom Supersonic, Cloud Elements, CyberGRX, FullContact, GoSpotCheck, Ibotta, JumpCloud, LogRhythm, Quantum Metric, Red Canary, TeamSnap, Welltok. a nod to the growing global importance of those two startup ecosystems.

Startup 24

Startup DC India Software Review 24

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2013

Over the next few decades, this young cohort would comprise a rising proportion of citizens in Asia (31%-40% in Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong and Japan, and more than 51% in Malaysia, Philippines, India and Indonesia). To gain resonance, IT plans need to consider the goals and metrics of the business and not just technology KPIs alone.

Technology 174

Technology Singapore Malaysia Indonesia 174

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

We set up a development center in India and I had to be there for three weeks to tour all of the prospective cities. Sleep deprivation kicked in but my work responsibilities did not wane. My exercise routine was torpedoed but my travel schedule persisted. We opened a US office which increased my air mileage. Somehow this is more honest.

Entrepreneur 308

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley San Diego Non-Compete 308

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Next, Taariq Lewis presented Bizeque, a business analytics company, with the observation that the C-suite at different companies is still unable to access critical business metrics (e.g., Who are my most profitable customers?) because they are dependent on database administrators (DBAs) to set up queries. CricketWeekly. Discuss.

Incubator 116

Incubator Silicon Valley Idaho Entrepreneur 116

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Germany’s NPR station interviewed me that same week, and dozens of articles flooded Germany, Austria, Switzerland, India, the UK, and Canada within a week. Our revenue is still up, and all the metrics are going in the right direction. If we don’t change something fast, that strangle hold on first place will be disrupted.

Southern California 124

Southern California Germany Austria Switzerland 124

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Cristina currently has a couple of large customers in pilot mode, and is starting to show metrics on how much improvement IDES can deliver over existing analytics engines. IDES is an analytics enhancement for fraud prevention systems addressing the credit card fraud market. It works well with other fraud detection systems like FICA.

Partner 117

Partner Belgium Portugal Bootstrapping 117

Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I strongly believe that Professionals who grew up in India have a secret advantage. Grades were one of the key metrics the society would judge a kid (and sometimes the quality of parenting). Growing up in India teaches everyone the need to ask for help without feeling guilty. Compared to India, life is simple here.

India 91

India Engineer Metrics Government 91

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

As if massive data we have is not enough of a problem, we also rely on Averages, Percentages, Ratios and Compound/Calculated Metrics in a profoundly sub optimal way, as a drunken man uses lamp-posts – for support rather than for illumination. You saw this problem when I sorted descending or ascending for the metric bounce rate above.

Analytics 109

Analytics Web Peru Argentina 109

Growthink Blog

JULY 23, 2012

And with their capital and confidence, China and India are stretching their wings. Your India strategy? • A strong results and metrics-focused approach. In that same time frame, United States IPO volume declined 75% in real terms and now accounts for less than 11% of the global total. These are fantastic new markets for U.S.

Africa 76

Africa Brazil India China 76

The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 6, 2016

What’s interesting is that this is a self-reinforcing metric. The UK has always been a very open country, and immigration from the US and India (two countries with whom we have strong historical ties) are a big driver of this statistic – although we are also the top destination for intra European tech migrants too.

India 60

India Metrics Founder Startup 60

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

A new startup named Bootstrapp has an interesting challenge: introducing recommerce to India. Keep an eye on engagement metrics, such as open rate and click through rate,” says Leigh. Co-founder Saptarshi Nath says email is a great way to education customers on what they do. Monitor the effectiveness of your emails.

Email 135

Email Social Media Marketing Audience 135

Board Effect

APRIL 18, 2022

One survey of garment workers in Honduras, Myanmar, Ethiopia, and India found that many had no choice but to borrow money and go into debt. Indeed, a swathe of metrics all point to one of the hottest labour markets coming out of the pandemic.” It has been devastating in an industry with a reputation for human rights abuses.

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United Kingdom Global United States Canada 98

VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

Blackrock, the American global investment management corporation, has already allocated $200 billion to Impact investments, while giants such as Unilever and Nestle point at Impact as one of their central business growth avenues, backed by data and metrics.

Israel 174

Israel Venture Capital Global South Africa 174

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Assuming we hit our metrics, we’ll do our Series A which will be used to expand the geos outside the United States into Mexico, India and other parts of Latin America as well. It’s a million dollar raise that’s going to get us through the next 9 months to a year; all of that money is going towards user acquisition.

Startup 77

Startup United States Elevator Pitch Cofounder 77

Transformify

DECEMBER 2, 2019

To make everyone’s life easy, Transformify Freelance Platform allows a variety of metrics and flexible project duration. Imagine that you have hired freelancers and contingent workers in the US, India and Korea. However, this is just the beginning as the recruiters need to manage all projects, deliverables and payments.

Management 80

Management XML Matching Algorithm 80