crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Good whitepaper on advertising measurement metrics | by Ben Kunz – crowdspring.co/HsVIMR. Good whitepaper on advertising measurement metrics | by Ben Kunz – crowdspring.co/HsVIMR. Why the Midwest is better for startups than saturated Silicon Valley | VentureBeat - crowdspring.co/1akquBC.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

But too often when its time to think about customers, marketing, positioning, or PR, we delegate it to "marketroids" or "suits." Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. What is customer development?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2013

What Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Get Wrong: 7 Lessons From The Rest Of The Ecosystem | Forbes – [link]. Excellent Analytics Tip #25: Decrapify Search, Social Compound Metrics | by Avinash Kaushik – [link]. The Danger of Dogfooding | Inside Intercom – [link]. Great products sell. ” – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Im not offering extensive studies or research to support this conclusion; the evidence from my peers right here in the innovation capital of America, Silicon Valley, is absolutely overwhelming. Asked to help, I am confident that Silicon Valley and every other innovation center will step up. They are nerds.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2018

Or, make sure that you get the kind of funding that’s needed for large marketing and PR campaigns. Both Silicon Valley startups and Main Street small businesses need to know how they are doing. These metrics should be reviewed at least monthly in a regular plan review meeting with key business partners and employees.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

note: apologies in advance for the west coast bias; i’m in silicon valley). but the food was awesome, & the PR wasn’t bad either). Scaling Up & Out: The Valley is Flat (and Global). These two divergent groups have optimized for very different market conditions and behaviors. and no, we didn’t.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Eric Ries, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup, popularized this strategy for web applications. Do your own PR. Whether or not you’ve got the budget, doing your own PR to start with is a good idea. Step 8: Track your metrics. The benefits of tracking key metrics.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 22, 2016

In Silicon Valley Now, It’s Almost Always Winner Takes All | The New Yorker – [link] crowdspring.co/1Sy1qO2. The Metric that Matters for Startups in 2016 | by @ ttunguz – [link] buff.ly/1T3827r. Role and Influence of Social Media on the Modern PR Industry | PR Mention Blog – [link] crowdspring.co/1n9PllS.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

The importance of reputation is why, for example, Andreessen Horowitz invested early and heavily in their own PR, adding PR guru Margit Wennmachers as a Partner. . VC is one of the very few asset classes where past performance is predictive of future results, so reputation does have a meaningful impact on returns. – Thesis.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

The importance of reputation is why, for example, Andreessen Horowitz invested early and heavily in their own PR, adding PR guru Margit Wennmachers as a Partner. . VC is one of the very few asset classes where past performance is predictive of future results, so reputation does have a meaningful impact on returns. – Thesis.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

KQED Forum: LIVE at 10am PST this Wednesday Nov 28 When I first moved to Silicon Valley, I used to have a pretty short commute. And Red Room founder/CEO Ivory Madison on popular metrics that everyone should stop using. Plus, I have very cool conference updates (our full conference program + more than 300 simulcast locations!)

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Seeing Both Sides

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Yet, the Growth Manager role remains poorly understood, especially outside Silicon Valley. This task is accomplished through the selection of key performance indicators, and the development of reports on these metrics for consumption across the organization. Earned Media: SEO, PR, Word of Mouth.

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Seeing Both Sides

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Yet, the Growth Manager role remains poorly understood, especially outside Silicon Valley. This task is accomplished through the selection of key performance indicators, and the development of reports on these metrics for consumption across the organization. Earned Media: SEO, PR, Word of Mouth.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Metrics – Mine is Bigger Than Yours The first thing SuperMac needed to do was to change how our potential color desktop publishing customers viewed our products versus our competitors’ products. As hokey as it is, when confronted with uncertainty or unknowns, human beings like to be reassured by comparative metrics.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 27, 2015

How To Connect Social Media Metrics to In-Store Foot Traffic crowdspring.co/1FalO0D. The ‘Brain-Enhancing’ Drugs That Are Sweeping Silicon Valley crowdspring.co/1aQHkg0. The surprising secret about SMEs’ Churn crowdspring.co/1GzsBj9. 3 Simple Tips for a Stress-Free Tax Season crowdspring.co/1DgJK3y.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

And then, at my first Silicon Valley startup , I watched friends get laid off in successive waves as it started to fail. We go to mixers, buy fancy offices, focus on PR, and try to one-up each other. No business model, either. I turned down two opportunities to interview at Google in its pre-AdWords days. I think its wasteful.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Startup Tip: Four Questions To Ask When Making Decisions Based On Metrics & Statistics – [link]. crowdSPRING Blog podcast: The 3rd Coast- How to be a Startup Outside of Silicon Valley – [link]. The 10 Social Media Metrics Your Company Should Monitor – [link]. I hope you enjoy these links!

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Announce a new product, start its PR campaign, and engage in buzz marketing activities. Even if you must launch to your customers, avoid the urge to also launch in extra places, just because your PR firm can do it at the same time. If you are having trouble raising money, sometimes a little PR can help. Help you raise money.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

Luckily (or maybe because we were in Silicon Valley where there was a domain expert for everything) there was a very smart consultant in the retail computer space, Seymour Merrin, who preached about the importance of packaging. Or by a VP of Marketing who talks “branding&# , SEO/SEM, PR agency, etc. Order Here.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

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. Startups with huge burn rates – building leases, staff, PR and advertising – ran out of money. Some have labeled this period as irrational exuberance.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric – [link]. Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric – [link]. Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric – [link]. Why Silicon Valley needs critics like Morozov | San Francisco Chronicle – [link]. ” – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The only metric that matters – [link]. Silicon Valley’s Hottest Commodity: The Design-Savvy Founder | Inc – [link]. Silicon Valley’s Hottest Commodity: The Design-Savvy Founder | Inc – [link]. Startup lessons from Pinterest founder Ben Silbermann | VentureBeat – [link].

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Steve : You know, I call this the Hollywood-ization of Silicon Valley. Hollywood in the beginning was a bunch of artists who wanted to make entertainment, and then the whole infrastructure of PR and hangers on and the New York money came in. or the key metrics in the credit card business. … We could call them up.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 3, 2017

You took on the world on online PR. Ryan H: Perennial seller, each industry has its own sort of metrics. Ryan H: Well, when I wrote “Growth After Marketing” that was very much a trend of the moment, the idea of the Silicon Valley growth hacker. Ryan H: Thank you for having me. John J: So, which is it?

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 10, 2013

Defending the Brash Arrogance of Silicon Valley | by Mike Greenfield – [link]. The critical metrics for each stage of your SaaS business | by Lars Lofrgren – [link]. Surround yourself with people who make you happy | TNW – [link]. Avoiding Burnout | by Andrew Dumont – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 15, 2015

He may have been named by Silicon Valley thought leader Paul Graham as one of the five most interesting startup founders since 1979, but Sam’s curious penchant for wearing t-shirts over long-sleeve shirts suggests that he’s definitely too young for me. Pay attention to your metrics, because a company will build what the CEO measures.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 28, 2006

The bi-weekly podcasts feature interviews of entrepreneurs and silicon Valley leaders. VentureCast : Bi-weekly anecdotes on the Silicon Valley venture world. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? ► 10/04 - 10/11. (2). Happy New Year 2008!

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

A couple weeks ago, I attended the 13th Silicon Valley Annual VC/Entrepreneur luncheon organized by NVCA. The guest speaker was a well known and highly successful Silicon Valley veteran: Tony Zingale, President and CEO of Mercury Interactive. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. ► 2007. (10).

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

About Bessemer Venture Partners: Bessemer Venture Partners is a global investment group with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, Mumbai, and Tel Aviv. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? New SaaS 13 Index: Welcome to LogMeIn (Nasdaq: LOG.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

In a startup, these channels of communication are critical to understand for advertising, launch and PR purposes. If youre used to pitching your company in a startup hub, like here in Silicon Valley, you may suffer from a debilitating disease: the inability to describe your product to normal people.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 5, 2015

What the Weekends Are Like for Silicon Valley CEOs crowdspring.co/1PMVYSB. The Traffic Prediction Accuracy of 12 Metrics from Compete, Alexa, SimilarWeb, & More – buff.ly/1KBkzIK. How to Lead So You Get Immediate Results crowdspring.co/1A6c1cO. Reasons To Join A Mastermind Group crowdspring.co/1IE4DrE. audio/draft/ro….

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

I sold to you & PR function back in the day (SuperMac) and others to the many companies dating back, but finally E.piphany ~ MediaMap (now is Cision). Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Very helpful and worth taking time to go through most of them. Thanks for a Great Post. Reply Mary B. , Amazing list.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 29, 2020

He was in dialogue with two pretty important Silicon Valley power players who suggested that there needed to be a way to match volunteers with projects, and he had a fully-functioning site to do that up and running two days later. In some ways, Radu's story is typical of Silicon Valley. It's pretty amazing.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

Launch with a PR blitz, including mentions in major mainstream publications. As with many Silicon Valley failures, a flawless PR launch turned into a flawed customer acquisition strategy. Departments were built and were even metrics-driven. Conduct constant focus groups and usability tests.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Have you personally visited the Content Creator forums and read through the PR thread? When new changes roll out that aren't anticipated or expected - like the whole PR deal that became a PR mess - people PANIC. PR is even worse - last week I did 200 or so and found 10 UFI and AP items available to minors.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

23 Things That Could Only Exist In Silicon Valley – crowdspring.co/17ZRyB7. SaaS Metrics 2.0 – A Guide to Measuring and Improving what Matters | For Entrepreneurs – [link]. The 13 Biggest Failures from Famous Entrepreneurs and What They’ve Learned from them | The Buffer Blog – [link].

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