SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Once you build it, they will now ask you about the key metrics that they need proven in order to see if you really are a good investment. The real reason to build an MVP is to do early tests of key Startup Metrics for the business. " Once you have the metrics defined, it focuses your effort. To prove/disprove a hypothesis.

Technical Cofounder 338

Technical Cofounder Technical Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO 338

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Your business has a high viral co-efficient (or perhaps even a network effect) that lets you amass users cheaply without worrying too much about the monetization per user or spending money on paid acquisition. As a VC, the biggest challenge in evaluating LTV models is that metrics can dramatically change at scale.

Churn Rate 168

Churn Rate Viral Acquisition Cofounder 168

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

How to kickstart and scale a consumer business ( source ) Leverage Your Network and Reach Out to Targeted Strangers: Start with your closest connections: This is the easiest and fastest way to get started. Leverage your personal and professional networks, email your contacts, post on social media, and ask for feedback.

B2C 89

B2C Viral Social Media Community 89

Occam's Razor

JULY 12, 2010

Let's go look at some tools… Measuring "Invisible Virality": Tynt. Please click on the above image for a higher resolution version , including all the other metrics.]. Goes viral. I can measure the "invisible virality" / "spread" by this big huge non-commenting, non-tweeting audience.

Analytics 97

Analytics Viral Web Mobile 97

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

It helps to advertise your new presence with a grand opening, viral video, and traditional advertising to highlight entry into the arena. Network extensively for partners, investors, and suppliers. Define key metrics to measure progress and success. Use comparable metrics for managing team member results.

Intellectual Property 245

Intellectual Property Social Media Angel Investor Metrics 245

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

Social Media 289

Social Media Small Business Media Technical Review 289

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 25, 2023

As soon as you have 2-3 months' worth of sales data to work with, use a formula to calculate stock reorder levels to ensure you always have stock ready to go, especially if you're promoting your products on platforms known for viral content, like TikTok. But if you are an introvert, all this public speaking and networking may terrify you.

eCommerce 143

eCommerce Omaha Entrepreneur SEO 143

The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Metrics on keywords, follower profiles and competitors all help define your target listener. Starting out, you can’t hit every network and outlet full-force. Prioritize social networks. With an innovative product in the consumer payment space, the company had viral-ready content. Startup Example: Cloudera.

Social Media 158

Social Media Media Viral Startup 158

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Growth Hacking isn’t viral marketing (although viral marketing is part of it). and answers with A/B tests, landing pages, viral factor, email deliverability, and Open Graph. If a startup is pre-product/market fit, growth hackers can make sure virality is embedded at the core of a product. Distribution Hacks.

API 167

API Viral Startup Retention 167

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 15, 2023

Her book Marketing Metrics: Leverage Analytics and Data to Optimize Marketing Strategies , is a practical guide to creating efficient future-focused marketing strategies powered by data-driven techniques that can develop stronger brands and products. [17:45] It's brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. Like this show?

Software Review 93

Software Review Marketing Metrics Analytics 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Return-On-Investment metrics are not new, but the tools are different. Attracting key stakeholders requires sensitivity. Pick the right platform for your business.

Social Media 315

Social Media Media Startup Analytics 315

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 29, 2024

While some may frown upon linking social media metrics with tangible value, in reality online attention matters immensely in creating the virtual marketplace of ideas. It’s not about vanity metrics but about validation in an otherwise saturated market. The Echo Chamber Effect Followers amplify your voice on the internet.

Social Media 105

Social Media Social Network Viral Metrics 105

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Neither would have achieved virality had customers not received something tangible for their efforts. How to create a growth hacking strategy using the pirate metrics model. Growth hacking in marketing incorporates the five stages of the customer lifecycle into the “ AARRR Framework ,” otherwise known as the “Pirate Metrics model.”.

Retention 113

Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. He also has a discussion of how your choice of business model determines which of these metric areas you want to focus on. Choose one.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2023

14:58] What are some of the metrics that show you’re doing things right? [17:02] Let's talk about metrics, again, going back to when I started, I remember 83, 80 4% open rates, , those days don't exist for anybody today. John Jantsch (16:48): A viral referral tool. 11:10] What are some ways for monetizing newsletters? [14:58]

ChatGPT 98

ChatGPT Advertising Email Viral 98

Berkonomics

APRIL 8, 2021

Not every new game-related site is a Steam, and surely not every social network is a Facebook. Discord is a great example of a company going viral mostly from word of mouth. How do you make your product go viral? What are the elements needed to focus upon in making the attempt to take a product viral? Fourth: measurement.

Viral 62

Viral Product Channel Audience 62

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

TikTok and Influencers One viral video on TikTok can reach 1.5 Conferences are significant events for networking and getting to know people in your industry when you are a newbie to the business. In 2023, customers will have high expectations, and the availability of customer support robots will only improve their shopping experience.

eCommerce 185

eCommerce Technical Review Software Review Analytics 185

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

This gave me an idea: I could help many more entrepreneurs by making the deck available not just to the Greylock network of entrepreneurs, but to everyone. Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. The graphic we chose emphasizes that it is a network of people. Why is it valuable?

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Viral Revenue Networking 111

The Next Web

DECEMBER 12, 2013

In the early days of e-commerce, sales were typically the most important metric for success. The non-monetary motivator can be especially significant in expert networks, where one’s professional reputation is at stake. HealthTap is a great example of a company creating an “impossible” highly active network of medical experts.

Mobile 136

Mobile Silicon Valley Viral Technical Review 136

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Not every social network is a Facebook or Instagram. What are the elements needed to focus upon in making the attempt to take a product viral? of going viral that makes all the difference between failure and success.) Well-tuned metrics are an absolute must. It doesn’t happen by accident. Fourth: measurement.

Viral 71

Viral Matching Syndication Syndicate 71

Cracking the Code

MARCH 23, 2007

Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Popular Media is a hosted, web-based technology platform that enables customers to quickly create, optimize, and scale viral marketing programs - and it seems to work pretty well. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing.

Software Review 48

Software Review Viral Media Marketing 48

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Over the past two weeks, we have introduced our social platform KPI dashboard to track the key metrics for social platform startups. We first covered the high-level metrics (such as DAU, MAU and stickiness) and then took a deeper dive into content engagement. Number of new connection made per user (this gives you a sense of virality).

Metrics 60

Metrics Social Network Viral Networking 60

Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

It’s critical to understand the metrics in terms of dollars per additional user, as you’ll have to spend this amount to serve thousands of your non-paying customers. You’re not going to go viral Dropbox style, so having a freemium model doesn’t really work. If it’s got so many pitfalls, why so many companies keep using it?

Startup 110

Startup Non-Compete Viral Software Review 110

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 10, 2011

We have IT-minded people engaging in massive data puking (one report with 30 metrics anyone?) I want to propose a framework you can use to measure success using metrics that matter for one simple reason: They actually measure if you are participating in the channel in an optimal fashion. That is why I love this metric.

Social Media 166

Social Media Metrics Conversion Media 166

Occam's Razor

MARCH 25, 2014

In a world of infinite choice, the ability to pick critical few metrics to focus on is, well…, critical. In this post I want to share that one-page list of the best metrics for digital content, marketing and business success with you. Best Digital Metrics: Own Existences/Strategies. It would not surprise me.

Metrics 157

Metrics Marketing Analytics Channel 157

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. That’s why 40 million Americans use online dating sites.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Business model viability, in the majority of startups, will come down to balancing two variables: Cost to Acquire Customers (CAC) The ability to monetize those customers, or LTV (which stands for Lifetime Value of a Customer) Successful web businesses have long understood these metrics as they have such an easy way to measure them.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Engagement loops: beyond viral Theres a great and growing corpus of writing about viral loops, the step-by-step optimizations you can use to encourage maximum growth of online products by having customers invite each other to join. This is essentially a version of the viral loop.

Viral 140

Viral San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 140

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Here are some statistics to give you an idea of how usage and motivations differ: 87% of LinkedIn users use the networking platform every month, while 63% use it weekly. 81% of people use Instagram to research products and services, and two in three people say the network helps foster interactions with brands. and consumption behavior.

Audience 122

Audience Technical Review Social Media Campaign 122

Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

To win in business you need to follow this process: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act. We are far too enamored with data collection and reporting the standard metrics we love because others love them because someone else said they were nice so many years ago. That metric is tied to a KPI.

Metrics 157

Metrics Analytics Lean Churn Rate 157

mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

The metrics from SumAll show online retailers the real-time metrics that are having the biggest impact on their bottom line. it was what the networks were selling before ‘behavioral’ got hot in 2006. Social Network Lists. Social Networking. social networking. viral video. viral videos.

eCommerce 101

eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Social Media 101

ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

Work hard to define meaningful product metrics – enabler of team success. Virality: # of users that refer your product for you: exponential growth if your K factor is greater than 1. Network effects: Uber effect. Dropbox: first achieved growth through virality. Iterate to the vision. Have a vision. . Engagement.

Retention 106

Retention Artificial Inteligence Channel Email 106

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Return-On-Investment metrics are not new, but the tools are different. Attracting key stakeholders requires sensitivity. Pick the right platform for your business.

Social Media 199

Social Media Media Analytics Viral 199

ConversionXL

MAY 29, 2019

For the SaaS 250, the strongest correlation (0.87) between subscribers and any other key metric (videos, views, channel age) was with the quantity of videos published. Ultimately, the primary success metric for a YouTube channel is subscribers, not views. Briggs narrows the long list down to one key metric: watch time.

Channel 106

Channel Video Audience Software Review 106

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 22, 2020

Good content that’s likely to impress search engines contains the following metrics. This creates a network of resources that offer value to users. Social Sharing – Sometimes, good content gets viral. Consequently, Google and other search engines pick these signals. In turn, they reward your content with high rankings.

Affiliate 230

Affiliate Startup Later Stage Search 230

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. For me, FI was great for networking with Adeo and the other mentors, who are all world class successful entrepreneurs themselves, as well as the other founders in the program.

Management 150

Management Product Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 150

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

According to Nielsen, YouTube reaches more US adults ages 18-34 than any cable network as of mid-2013. Some have experimented with virality ( Pepsi Test Drive or Dove Beauty , etc.), It is a social network (like Facebook). That is all you are getting with GRPs from your TV network. I'm not a fan of compound metrics.

Analytics 151

Analytics Marketing Audience Channel 151