Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2021

Then make sure that everyone on the team does the same, and are motivated to improve the match with your startup. It must be understandable, written down, and verifiable, with regular measurements and metrics to make it real, benchmarked against the competition. Seek out complaining and lost customers for the most important input.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. Fast early growth in a market is often eroded when competition gets fierce and prices are forced down due to competition.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

FBe's recommendation was (paraphrasing a 35 min talk): Don't invent new metrics, use online versions of Reach and GRPs to measure success. Because we don't understand the uniqueness, we fall back on profoundly sub-optimal old world metrics like Reach or Online GRP equivalents. Metrics are a problem.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Do your keywords match what people are typing in the search box ? Having Broad and Modified Broad keywords increases your odds of Google interpreting your keyword as a match to someone’s query. This is how closely the wording of your ads matches the keywords in your ad groups. How Modified Broad Match Works.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

We also talk about cash flow management rather than fund-raising though – watch and justifying expenses by cash coming in that matches or exceeds. Reply Week 2 – Customer Discovery & Listening « Iain’s Chips & Tech , on November 6, 2009 at 9:44 am Said: [.]

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2019

My simple answer is that they keep their focus on customers, rather than technology. They present a convincing story that every entrepreneur has the same potential, but most get sidetracked and bogged down by their technology, competitors, and internal organization. Incorporate AI-powered data and metrics systems.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2011

The case studies cited dive into pretty specific and pragmatic details which one can emulate, and they also cover the unique properties of different social technologies like blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and others without belaboring the point. This should adopt the acronym HATCH, ie. Align one’s message with the context.

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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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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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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 Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2013

Then make sure that everyone on the team does the same, and are motivated to improve the match with your startup. It must be understandable, written down, and verifiable, with regular measurements and metrics to make it real, benchmarked against the competition. Seek out complaining and lost customers for the most important input.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 24, 2024

Regularly reviewing performance metrics can help identify areas for improvement. Amazon charges fees for storage and fulfillment, but many sellers find these costs worthwhile due to the increased sales volume and customer satisfaction. Familiarizing yourself with Amazon’s Seller Central platform can streamline many tasks.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. Tech acquisitions went crazy at the same time the IPO market did. 3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2013

Reports suggest that 90% of today’s shoppers skip marketing pitches, to research online before they buy, and over 50% check user reviews before making a decision. Debate and adjust your offering to better match what customers want. Include planned measurements and metrics. The Internet and smartphones have changed everything.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 15, 2017

competitive analyses, channel and customer collateral (white papers, data sheets, product reviews), customer surveys, and customer discovery findings. Generate end-user demand (to match our revenue goals). And the results weren’t the traditional PR metrics of number of articles or inches of ink. Educate our sales channel(s).

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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. TSM: With a bit more detail, what does your company do? Share with us what problem you’re solving).

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 7, 2024

Use snug-fitting boxes, mailers, and envelopes that closely match the size of products. Look at metrics like average order processing time, shipping errors, delivery times by carrier, and packing/handling costs. Consider leveraging shipping management software to automatically track key metrics and identify areas for improvement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2011

Recent reports suggest that 90% of today’s shoppers skip marketing pitches, to research online before they buy, and over 50% check user reviews before making a decision. Debate and adjust your offering to better match what customers want. Include planned measurements and metrics.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Marketing metrics are a competitive advantage. You have to track metrics you can act on. In this article, you’ll learn which metrics to measure to understand and improve marketing performance. Table of contents What are digital marketing metrics? KPIs vs. digital marketing metrics 1. – Seth Godin.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Then make sure that everyone on the team does the same, and are motivated to improve the match with your startup. It must be understandable, written down, and verifiable, with regular measurements and metrics to make it real, benchmarked against the competition. Seek out complaining and lost customers for the most important input.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Reports suggest that 90% of today’s shoppers skip marketing pitches, to research online before they buy, and over 50% check user reviews before making a decision. Debate and adjust your offering to better match what customers want. Include planned measurements and metrics. The Internet and smartphones have changed everything.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

competitive analyses, channel and customer collateral (white papers, data sheets, product reviews), customer surveys, and market requirements documents. And the results weren’t the traditional PR metrics of number of articles or inches of ink. Two paragraphs, Five bullets. I couldn’t care less about those.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

90 Things I’ve Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies. On October 27, 2010 I wrote a blog post about the “ 57 Things I Learned Founding 3 Tech Companies.”. 90 Things I’ve Learned Founding 4 Tech Companies: Find your company’s One Thing. ?? Fab.com Fab Feed Bradfords Blog. So, here goes. It’s that important.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 9, 2023

It’s becoming increasingly important for every business to have at least basic technology to run daily operations in the current day society. With new technology emerging, we can only imagine the changes it will bring along to the business platform. Thanks to Jamie Miller, Treadmill Review ! #4- Thanks to James Angel, DYL ! #5-

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2020

Pandemic responders are looking for effective tools to help them quickly match people in need with available resources on community level. This includes vulnerable groups of people such as the elderly and the handicapped, a lot of whom are not tech-savvy and cannot get the usual level of care due to social distancing.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

But there are technical and strategic keys to smart deployment. Just as LinkedIn videos perform differently than YouTube pre-roll clips, they have unique technical and targeting requirements, too. LinkedIn video ads: tech specs, targeting, metrics, and cost. LinkedIn video ad tech specs. LinkedIn video ad metrics.

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Mucker Lab

JULY 11, 2023

As part of Mucker’s ongoing Growth Series Webinars, we recently invited Jacque Alec , the CEO of Capconvert , to go deep on the topic of technical SEO for startups. Page Speed Page speed is a critical factor in SEO rankings due to its impact on user experience.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2024

Steps to Create an Effective Incentive Program: Identify Objectives: Match the incentive program to the business’s objectives. Regularly Review and Adjust: Continuously measure the effectiveness of the incentive program and make necessary adjustments. This approach ensures that each employee feels uniquely valued and motivated.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Even when someone is aware of what a CTO does, they often have limited context due to the wide variety of CTO roles. A chief technology officer (CTO) is a C-suite executive who is focused on scientific and technological issues including web applications, mobile applications, electronic and digital media development.

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View from Seed

MARCH 19, 2015

If you’re in the tech startup industry today, you get the sense that every one of your peers wants to take on the entire world. Some three decades ago, IBM was years away from being able to prototype speech-to-text technology because the hardware available those days was significantly underpowered for the task.

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The Next Web

MAY 4, 2013

Like all multi-sided platform businesses , they suffer from the classic chicken and egg problem : the technology has no value unless buyers and sellers are present and you can’t get the buyers on board unless you have sellers and you can’t bring in sellers without having buyers. Matching: Curation of products/service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Use your knowledge of evolving needs and technology to add more value than competitors, and introduce clients to each other to build partnerships. They expect reviews and testimonials from other clients. They match individual customer preferences, whether it be voice, email, texting, or social media, to close deals.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 21, 2011

For 78 straight weeks, my " This Week in the NYC Innovation Community Newsletter " enjoyed industry leading metrics. A check of my Mailchimp stats, not surprisingly, revealed that Gmail represents a third of my subscribers--almost an exact match to the loss of my ridiculously consistant audience. disappeared. apparently it's pointless.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

That last bit should sound familiar if you follow theories of Startup Laws & Metrics. When “growth rate” becomes the only important metric for company “fitness,” other metrics are left unsolved. “Profitability” is perhaps the most-talked-about example of a metric left unsolved.

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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. Learn more at adcritter.com.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Even better, Attanasio says, is if they have done extensive due diligence first. Some specialize in one arena, like green technology. Study them through their websites and the business media to ensure a good match. Not all VC firms are alike or have the same investment philosophy.

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Gust

JULY 23, 2014

You can find this in a number of places, but in a nutshell, I prefer to invest in highly-scalable, technology-based ventures, with a particular focus on platforms, at a very, very early stage (but, oxymoronically, where there is already some type of traction). But the good thing is that this is where you can call in some reinforcements.

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