VC Cafe
JANUARY 14, 2022
R&D expenditure as a percentage of GDP – Israel ranks 2nd globally in this metric, following closely after South Korea. For the record, Startup Nation Central and Pitchbook share slightly higher numbers ($26.6 The only countries that saw higher growth in tech investments were Germany (170%) and India (164%).
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 25, 2018
Another point is the absolutely critical need to back up your pitch with data-based, industry relevant metrics that validate your progress over time. There’s a battery entrepreneur in Sweden, for example, who’s doing some interesting work on the next generation of batteries. You also talk about challenges to entrepreneurs.
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ConversionXL
JUNE 26, 2017
Know your North Star Metric. Hint: it’s not usually a company-valued metric like revenue. Don’t be blind with one metric. Shared cross-team KPIs – North Star Metric. There is 2% uplift in Sweden” – boring. “We We made 100,000€ in Sweden” – Aww yeah! What’s your core value?
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 23, 2009
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Why vanity metrics are dangerous In a previous post, I defined two kinds of metrics: vanity metrics and actionable metrics. In this post, Id like to talk about the perils of vanity metrics. My personal favorite vanity metrics is "hits."
Occam's Razor
MAY 5, 2016
I give you Sweden. And, you can see the all important metric of Conversion Rate. I consider this metric, Per Session Goal Value, to be critical for publishers and hence likely the best one you can use to measure the various implications on you from people's use of ad blockers. Nice report right?
Startup Lessons Learned
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
There was one notable exception: Sweden. There was one notable exception: Sweden. Startup Visa update ▼ February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Almost everywhere, I spoke to rooms full of (mostly) men.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
Focus on the output metrics of that part of the product, and you make the problem a lot more clear. To promote this metrics discipline, we would present the full funnel to our board (and advisers) at the end of every development cycle. Max Levchin of Slide and Paypal has noted that 10% of Slides headcount is devoted to metrics only.
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