SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2007

My role is to work as part of the team to (1) understand related technologies and technical opportunities, (2) understand and help drive alignment around a vision of where the business should go, and (3) mesh those together to help make disciplined, proactive technical decisions. Then, we come to an agreement on terms.

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Fractional CTO CTO Hire Technical Review Early Stage 231

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. We have well financed competitors whom despite competing with we respect deeply and when you see your competition launching in many markets it’s tempting to follow suit.

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Operations New York City Technical Review Startup 286

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. Then the cycle repeats with a new set of technologies.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

More specifically, you asked the hard questions, like: How can ecommerce companies compete with Alexa? They range from straightforward technical optimizations to complex, long-term efforts to differentiate through a superior consumer experience. Technical optimization: A baseline for voice search strategy. This post has answers.

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B2B eCommerce Search Non-Compete 100

Board Effect

JULY 21, 2022

Credit unions face external risk factors, including natural disasters, exchange rates, cybercrime , interest rates, and loss of funds due to theft. Credit unions also face such internal risks as internal fraud, regulatory non-compliance, data breaches, legal risks, and liability for injuries to consumers and staff.

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Management Technical Review Forecast Non-Compete 71

Board Effect

APRIL 29, 2022

External risk factors that credit unions face include things like natural disasters, exchange rates, cybercrime , interest rates, and loss of funds due to theft. Credit unions also face such internal risks as internal fraud, regulatory non-compliance, data breaches, legal risks, and liability for injuries of consumers and staff.

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Technical Review Forecast Non-Compete Government 77

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

What neither group seems to fully comprehend is that retail needs to fundamentally change to succeed, far beyond the addition of an online component, to meet the experience expectations of today’s generation, an oversupplied global marketplace, and technology for instant pricing and distribution.

Customer 130

Customer eCommerce Non-Compete Technical Review 130

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. They compete on features, price and execution. From this we have seen a commensurate boom in the number of startup companies.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

He calls this competing with “non consumption” It was the most profound business strategy book I had read and greatly influenced how I thought about company building and certainly how I think about investing. The team has stated it and has built metrics around key goals for future success. Like DeviantArt.

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Technical Review Startup Business Model Non-Compete 401

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

His book Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production is a fascinating read, even though its decidedly non-practical. Hes a new employee, and he was not properly trained in TDD So far, this isnt much different from the kind of analysis any competent operations team would conduct for a site outage.

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Software Review Technical Review San Francisco Continuous Deployment 167

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2009

One theme that I always get is, “I’ve gotten an offer from a VC, but they want me to do X, what do you think?&# X is always something non-standard that the entrepreneur knows in his gut isn’t right. He also had experience in setting up tech development centers in India. But much good also came.

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Pakistan India Technical Review Software Review 297

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

It’s why Canva can call itself a multibillion-dollar platform and how ConvertKit pulled itself up to compete with goliaths like MailChimp and Campaign Monitor. The goal of growth hacking as marketing is rapid growth, using strategies and tactics that leverage (and even exploit) technology, platforms, and behavior to reach an end goal.

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Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

andrewchenblog.com

MARCH 10, 2010

Most engineers know that in this kind of a case, the best practice is NOT to rewrite your code, but rather refactor it continually and take down the so-called “Technical debt&# so that it’s always under control. Anyway, let’s dive into this topic more, starting with technical debt. @AndrewChen New here?

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Technical Review Design Las Vegas Product 47

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

It’s a platform that empowers non-designers to make visually impressive designs without any training or technical expertise. Early on, Canva teamed up with tech influencer Guy Kawasaki to advocate their mission as “Chief Evangelist.” There’s no specific metric to determine if your brand awareness efforts are working.

Audience 122

Audience Technical Review Social Media Campaign 122

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The discussion extends to the evolving role of leadership, with a focus on empathy as a crucial competency. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! And that kind of notion, think back 30 years ago, that would've been impossible, but now it's a leadership competency we're talking about. It's the people.

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Employee Europe Leadership Technical Review 89

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

Amar Bhide, my former professor, wrote in Harvard Business Review, “ Strategy is Bunk.” If you can just execute competently , you will outperform a lot of people who might have a theoretically superior strategy. . – Technology stack. – Thoughtful fund management. – Thoughtful fund management.

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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.” If you can just execute competently , you will outperform a lot of people who might have a theoretically superior strategy. . – Technology stack. – Thoughtful fund management. – Thoughtful fund management.

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Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

There are three parts to a good competitive analysis: (1) defining the metrics and identifying the competitors you’re comparing, (2) gathering the data, and (3) the analysis. Mexican fast-food giant Chipotle has made serving non-GMO foods a key element of their brand promise. 3) Develop personas for your target customers.

Marketing 162

Marketing Charlotte Naming Design 162

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

In this case study on Moz.com by Conversion Rate Experts , the first phase of their conversion strategy was to interview paying, non-paying, and former customers about how they felt about the product. The Concierge stage is about delivering the product promised in The Pitch, to a few customers with as little technology as possible.

Customer Development 126

Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 126

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). And in five seconds I'll end up with a graph that looks like this: The above data is from Compete. Check the Google Analytics metrics.

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Web Analytics Technical Review Affiliate 139

www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Published on: July 13, 2011 Posted By Angie Tags: Elizabeth Knopf , Finding A Co-Founder , FounderDating , Sorced , Technical Co-Founder , Tips & Tricks. Consequently, I either needed a tech co-founder or to pay someone to develop the product. Thus, I embarked on the journey to find a technical co-founder.

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Cofounder Technical Review San Francisco Founder 47

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Disturbing, because many people & organizations want to compete on analytics, but are not doing the right things or adopting the right thinking about analytics. Here are the highlights: Only 2% of companies are tracking lead generation to sales metrics. 15% Of CMO’s Don’t Measure Marketing ROI, 27% Rely On Manager Judgements.

Analytics 113

Analytics Software Review Metadata Campaign 113

Hearpreneur

JULY 19, 2021

Through my non-profit Women Of Integrity Inc., I love knowing that my business empowers lawyers to actually understand how marketing works and how to hold the vendors they work with (and often their own internal employees) accountable for their work in measurable, fair, and metrics-backed ways. 30- The opportunity to compete.

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Entrepreneur Jordan Non-Compete Community 139

Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

The tech-savvy millennials (me being one of them) are already familiar with the “shareware” concept that was turned into freemium. In our example, it’s 20K non-paying customers. Your non-paying customers don’t value the product as much as paying users do. Let’s take a look and find what works best for you. Freemium isn’t free.

Startup 110

Startup Non-Compete Viral Software Review 110

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

These services compete with restaurants, cooking for yourself, ordering takeout, etc. Every single logistical and operational component was tied together through in-house technology to maximize its efficiency. While far from perfect, this idea created and operated by 4 people was hitting the metrics we had set.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup America Due Diligence 48

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

One of my favourite implementations of Treemaps is in the competitive intelligence tool Compete. You can hover over each box to get a sense of the key metrics. You've see the application of content consumption and keyword analysis using the Sunburst above, and the use of Treemaps by Compete. I used infogr.am

Analytics 145

Analytics Sierra Leone Channel Conversion 145

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

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

If your website doesn’t sell your company’s products or services effectively, you’ll find it impossible to compete in an increasingly crowded, and noisy world. And, today’s consumers are more tech-savvy and discerning than ever before. Your Website Is Non-Responsive. So don’t leave it to chance.

Flash 48

Flash Small Business Non-Compete Engineer 48

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

If your website doesn’t sell your company’s products or services effectively, you’ll find it impossible to compete in an increasingly crowded, and noisy world. And, today’s consumers are more tech-savvy and discerning than ever before. Your Website Is Non-Responsive. So don’t leave it to chance.

Flash 48

Flash Small Business Non-Compete Engineer 48

David Teten

APRIL 6, 2015

The industry standard metric for tracking the severity of disease is disability-adjusted life years ( DALYs ), i.e., the number of healthy life years lost due to the disease or risk. I think that research needs an overhaul to think about non-traditional ways of reducing disease.”. This is not big picture.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Non-Compete Philadelphia 60

www.joelonsoftware.com

MARCH 24, 2010

Our official titles will be: (8) Technical Intern (9-12) Member of Technical Staff (13-15) Fog Creek Fellow "Member of Technical Staff", a.k.a. After that, every six months, Fog Creek management will review the performance of everyone in the company with the goal of making sure that people are at the right level.

Software Review 48

Software Review Stock Options Salary Technical Review 48

alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

In 2003 as part of my master’s degree I reviewed over 50 empirical studies in typography and found a definitive answer. Part 2 reviews the evidence for and against the legibility of serif and sans serif typefaces. However, Tinker commented that perceived legibility was due to a great extent to familiarity with the typeface.

Technical Review 85

Technical Review Software Review Design Web 85

conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

In this case study on Moz.com by Conversion Rate Experts , the first phase of their conversion strategy was to interview paying, non-paying, and former customers about how they felt about the product. The Concierge stage is about delivering the product promised in The Pitch, to a few customers with as little technology as possible.

Customer Development 60

Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 60

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

A Harvard Business Review (HBR) study of 4,700 public companies looked at the three years before, during, and after recessions. You can find more ideas here: Product Pricing Strategies and Techniques Pricing Experiments You Might Not Know, But Can Learn From Should I Lower My Prices To Compete? micro-influencers or content producers).

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

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? Implications for LPs.

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Seed Stage Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation 48

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 12, 2023

I think that this will show both the magic and the current limitations of the technology. RH: Our discussion today will illustrate some of the insights and challenges with the Turing Test as a metric and benchmark. We will use an AI-generated voice for ChatGPT, powered by the text-to-speech platform of Play.ht.

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Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Technical Review Conversion 36

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 24, 2018

Fortunately, there are terrific services and apps that can help non-marketers to market their business until they can hire experienced marketers. Getting started with Google Analytics can be a little daunting at first, as it has a considerable array of metrics and data available. You’ll review design proofs and make refinements.

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Social Media Marketing Analytics Audience 51