David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. The rest of Asia is still developing with far more angel and early-stage investors than mid-to-later stage folks. Valuations are based more on typical later-stage type of metrics.

Asia 132

Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

The sooner you pass your work on to a later stage, the sooner you can find out how they will receive it. So when we start checking in code more often, release more often, or conduct more frequent design reviews, we can actually do a lot to make those steps dramatically more efficient. Small batches mean faster feedback.

San Francisco 161

San Francisco Software Review Continuous Deployment Development Team Review 161

ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2019

Trend lines aren’t impressive if they track metrics that appear distant from business goals. Catalog the information you’ll need to convey at a later stage. What do executives typically review before a buying decision? Trend lines aren’t impressive if they track metrics that appear distant from business goals.

Marketing 124

Marketing Sales Cycle Retention Differentiation 124

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

To maximize impact and ensure correct prioritization, the team reviewed the top 10 accounts quarterly. Does your company clearly understand current CAC , LTV, CAC payback period, and other core growth metrics? It goes into more detail, such as how likely they are to be a market leader and which technologies they’re using.

Customer 98

Customer Marketing Channel Acquisition 98

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

Amar Bhide, my former professor, wrote in Harvard Business Review, “ Strategy is Bunk.” – Technology stack. I have published a series of research papers on how VCs are using technology to improve returns. But, according to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

Amar Bhide, my former professor, wrote in Harvard Business Review, “ Strategy is Bunk.” – Technology stack. I have published a series of research papers on how VCs are using technology to improve returns. But, according to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

Fundraising is always difficult for all founders; the median PE/VC fund sources and reviews 87 companies before investing in 1. Technically yes. I used to joke I was always “integrating” startup socials (forgive me for not giving Asian people their due credit as being minorities). Prove more through metrics. Is it human?

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Greece Advisory Board Cofounder 60

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

Reid Hoffman

JUNE 11, 2020

Jeff is one of the spectacular tech CEOs, and in his storybook run, he took LinkedIn from 400 employees to a global leader with over 16,000 employees. He constructed a set of dashboards, which bubble the metrics of the whole organization through him, giving him incredible insights. The end result of those discussions: Jeff joined.

Cofounder 36

Cofounder Leadership Metrics Later Stage 36

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 4, 2023

17:16] Is there a small set of metrics that you rely on? [19:43] Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Tech earnings come out between this day and this day. Is there a small set of metrics that you rely on as. Take The Marketing Assessment: Take the Assessment. Like this show? Duct Tape Transcript.

SEO 95

SEO Audience Channel Campaign 95

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 15, 2015

Pay attention to your metrics, because a company will build what the CEO measures. The side benefit of this was that when engineers got tired of answering customer service calls on a particular tech issue, they would fix the tech issue. Lecture 20: Closing Thoughts and Later-Stage Advice. How to Get Started.

Cofounder 100

Cofounder Delaware Startup Technical Review 100

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

17:16] Is there a small set of metrics that you rely on? [19:43] Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Is there a small set of metrics that you rely on as. 14:08] As a mature organization, how do you balance the need for branding versus the need to acquire more users? [17:16] What would your answer be? [22:44]

SEO 98

SEO Channel Campaign Audience 98

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

In late 2015, many public technology companies saw a significant retrenchment in their share prices primarily as a result of a reduction in valuation multiples. In Q1 of 2016 there were zero VC-backed technology IPOs. Anything that hints of a down round brings questions about the success metrics that have already been “booked.”

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 19, 2021

For example, management should review large financial and structural commitments with the board before making them. Signing an office lease might not seem like a board-level decision, but with early-stage startups, that lease might very well be a financial liability that significantly exceeds the company’s total cash in the bank.

Startup 36

Startup Cofounder Advertising Hiring 36

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Turns out my network (of politicos and do-gooders) is not one of accredited tech investors (meaning they meet income and net wealth thresholds and choose to make investments at all, and specifically in startups). I’m a wild-eyed, competitive founder with totally unique-to-tech expertise in this area. That’s a metric!

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54