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

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2013

Through rapid experimentation, short product development cycles, and rigorous measurements of the right metrics, they can ascertain what customers really want. Through learning milestones approximated to stages of a company’s development, one could achieve positive improvements in a it’s core metrics.

Lean 193

Lean Technical Review North America Startup 193

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In an over-funding environment companies are encouraged to eschew revenues in a land grab to acquire eyeballs, clicks, page views or whatever other vanity metrics give VCs the false comfort that they’re sitting on a gold mine. They compete on features, price and execution.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

This is a novel user interaction that embeds casual entertainment directly into the operating system experience, based on some fairly interesting underlying technology. Google is impressive in that in many ways they operate more like a startup than many smaller companies. Details coming soon!) How did you do that?

Management 150

Management Product Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 150

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

Automation, Chatbots, AR, and AI Reign: the Future is Already Here Read more: 5 Reasons Why AR is the Future of Online Shopping Automation makes business operations flow smoothly without encountering technical difficulties. It also improves employees’ productivity by allowing them to focus on vital business operations.

eCommerce 185

eCommerce Technical Review Software Review Analytics 185

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

I too would be concerned about false negatives, but perhaps this strategy could be integrated into a broader market research strategy that included user engagement, viral marketing, etc which would all be quantifiable under the Google analytics. A very interesting strategy. Im defiantly going to give it a shot on my next project!

Demand 167

Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 167

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior Great companies are almost always run by great management teams. Good metrics should also be actionable, and drive successful behavior. In a follow up post, I will use this technique to walk through the design of a set of metrics for a SaaS company.

Metrics 55

Metrics Design Entrepreneur Startup 55

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. Thanks to Dani Mechlowitz, Delta Fulfilment ! #6- Thanks to Steven Light, Avenue B ! #13-

eCommerce 143

eCommerce Omaha Entrepreneur SEO 143

View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

“Users” is interesting, but the engagement metrics and value of users is where real success comes into play. We think that’s how Alignable can transform how business owners operate and grow their businesses. Doesn’t look all that compelling. But how are networks truly measured? How do you create an infinite loop?

Social Media 185

Social Media B2B North America Media 185

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. Compared to the million-dollar startup, they are operating at micro-scale. Products can find sources of validation with impressive stats along a number of dimensions, such as high engagement, viral coefficient, or long-term retention. And yet, their investors are frustrated.

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Maybe operations has changed the OS configuration in production in a way that is incompatible with some developers change. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

Software Review 136

Software Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 136

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

It has been awesome, flattering, and humbling to see that post went viral and has been seen by so many thousands of people — mainly aspiring entrepreneurs — and has been translated into many languages. Do they operate in silos or do they foster teamwork and collaboration? All the rest is noise. Manages Horizontal.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 23, 2013

But, a growing SaaS company will be landing new customers, and in increasing numbers, which means piling up more and more unprofitable operations. Use viral growth to offset cancellations. Few B2B companies can truly claim “viral growth” characteristics. billion in revenue and $300m in profit.

Business Model 335

Business Model .Net Revenue IPO 335

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If you’re a startup entrepreneur, you risk facing a competitive disadvantage if you wait too long to expand your operations. While the aforementioned example may not fit every startup, regardless, you need to have an actionable, scalable business model with measurable metrics (downloads, customers, etc.) in place before you expand.

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

You must use self-promotion early and often through viral videos, blogging, and industry leadership, to establish credibility with your customers. Proactively use metrics and customer feedback before a crisis hits, to recognize when a pivot or product adjustment is required. Allocate resources to handle bumps along the way.

Marketing 333

Marketing Revenue Matching Viral 333

Up and Running

JANUARY 14, 2022

According to Statista, organizations worldwide use an average of 110 software applications to maintain operations. This metric let us know the potential traffic available in our niche – excluding brand searches. Armed with this information, we were able to do some back-of-the-napkin calculations for other important business metrics.

SEO 104

SEO Software Review Search Acquisition 104

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

You get to call all the shots, including how you want to operate the business and who you want to be involved. CEO Uwe Dreissigacker says, “SaaS companies should definitely operate their own blog. Producthunt.com is a great resource for viral marketing for the product launch as well as community feedback.”.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 6, 2008

When youve mastered that, consider adding operations, customer service, marketing, product management, business development - the idea is that when the team needs to get approval or support from another department, they already have an "insider" who can make it happen. I rcommend you try building a cross-functional team and see what happens.

San Francisco 74

San Francisco SCRUM Lean Continuous Deployment 74

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Business schools teach aspiring executives a variety of courses around the execution of known business models, (accounting, organizational behavior, managerial skills, marketing, operations, etc.). Action : If you’re building a web site: Small portion of your site should be operational on the web. General Marketing, Sales Funnel, etc.

Wiki 318

Wiki Lean Management Business Model 318

ConversionXL

APRIL 13, 2017

They work cross-functionally with engineering, design, analytics, product management, operations, and marketing to design and execute growth initiatives.”. There’s lot of overlap, but what it comes down to is metrics and goals. Essentially, they’re the team lead and are responsible for the KPIs and metrics defined by the company.

Analytics 99

Analytics Engineer SEO Channel 99

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. We are also seeing technology evaluation as an increasingly important part of LP operational due diligence. To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

17:30] How deep into financials and metrics do you get before taking a client on? [19:01] So I have three consultancies that I operate. Like it's not about, you know, going viral and reaching masses. Is like acquisition metrics. [07:17] What is you cross-channel acquisition strategy? [11:13] Ryan: Yeah, absolutely.

Channel 92

Channel Acquisition Framework B2B 92

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

It provides a basic introduction to analytics as they apply to Lean Startup, including sections on what metrics to use and how to interpret them. For instance, Ben lists out the worst of the “vanity metrics,” a term that describes appealing but meaningless or misleading numbers. Alistair: There are plenty. Consider a restaurant.

Analytics 167

Analytics Lean Widget Metrics 167

abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Awareness of the service was clearly spreading virally through word of mouth. For starters, the business metrics are quite compelling. It turns out that the majority of the women in our office were rabid fans of the service, and what’s more, so were many of their friends outside of Benchmark.

eCommerce 62

eCommerce Technical Review North America San Francisco 62

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 13, 2010 The Superbowl ad test I am a firm believer in the danger of vanity metrics , numbers that give the illusion of progress but often mask the true relationship between cause and effect. Vanity metrics are generally bigger. Vanity metrics. The solution? Is that really news?

San Francisco 154

San Francisco Metrics Lean PR 154

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 30, 2023

In a recent episode, they talked with Kevin Perry about how he goes viral on every single platform. So, well, ironically interesting , the pandemic shut down our adult sports leagues that had been operating for 25 years in a number of different cities shut us down for almost 18 months. It's always the exact same agenda.

Retention 92

Retention Canada Channel Pay to Play 92

ConversionXL

MARCH 16, 2016

Net Promoter Score is a customer loyalty metric developed by (and a trademark of) Fred Reichheld, Bain & Company, and Satmetrix. Instead of distributing bulky customer satisfaction surveys, where even your managers don’t know what to do with the results, you have only one question, one metric to deal with. Beauty in Simplicity.

.Net 48

.Net Metrics Retention Aggregator 48

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2018

It takes real money to sustain a business, with a margin in the 50 percent range, and some realistic milestones and metrics. Word of mouth and viral marketing alone are not adequate, and a website is not all you need for credibility. Sell at least one at full price to a real customer to show traction.

Angel Investor 147

Angel Investor Distribution Bootstrapping Viral 147

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2018

We created virality in small pockets, such as Venice Beach, California, and the virality spilled over to the next pocket, Santa Monica. When entrepreneurs are selling widely from the start and showing us vanity metrics, it’s clear that they haven’t found PMF and it’s a quick pass for us.

Los Angeles 133

Los Angeles Investment Bankers Cofounder Viral 133

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

As I said, I have a very small operation and I’m able to make much more than the average person. It made this site very sticky and it grew organically through viral word-of-mouth as a result of doing that. In the Magic site’s case it was a forum that would grow virally by itself. The money has been really good. I can’t complain.

Technical Review 82

Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 82

ConversionXL

AUGUST 10, 2021

This article assumes you: Already deeply know your audience and have conducted research to understand what types of posts will resonate with them Have a solid brand messaging strategy in play, so you can emulate relevant, customer-centric content on social Have clearly defined goals tied to measurable metrics (e.g.

Metrics 152

Metrics Audience Curation Algorithm 152

Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

In normal times, every company operates against some hypothetical growth model—a data-driven framework that describes how your product grows and how you acquire new users. In normal times, every company operates against some hypothetical growth model—a data-driven framework that describes how your product grows and how you acquire new users.

Founder 36

Founder Conversion Technical Review Cash Position 36

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

What metrics do we use to see if we learned enough in Customer Discovery ? I gave my boilerplate answer, “I’m a product guy and I tend to invest and look at deals that have measurable revenue metrics. Dave McClure has some great metrics…” It was an honest but vaguely unsatisfying answer.

Customer Development 228

Customer Development Web Developer Customer 228

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

The very best analysts are comfortable operating with ambiguity and incompleteness, while all others chase perfection in implementation / processing / reports. There is no golden metric for everyone, we are all unique snowflakes! :). and tell you what are the best key performance indicators (metrics) for them.

Metrics 143

Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 143

Hunter Walker

JULY 29, 2017

Hunter Walk : You went from Wall St Trader to VC at OATV to operating side now at Haven , a logistics startup. And I love being on the operating side. I think it’s directly related to what I’ve described above, a system designed to engineer virality, which is basically a rage machine at this point. Look for yourself.

Social Media 102

Social Media Campaign Media Marketing 102

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Viral videos that resonate with their particular audience, and fit their brand image. Posts detailing any change in operating hours or need-to-know information (it’s not all fun and games when it comes to Facebook content—don’t forget this info!). Track engagement metrics and refine your strategy as needed. How do they sound?

Small Business 98

Small Business Marketing Social Media Audience 98

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Stage 1: Target the right metrics for an effective long game. Metrics for your demand generation funnel. Your number one metric for any marketing initiative should be revenue. Build a picture over time that tells you which metrics lead to revenue versus those that just make you feel good (i.e.

Demand 124

Demand B2B Distribution Channel 124