Startup Development
SoCal CTO
APRIL 23, 2010
How to Work With a Contract Web Developer How To Bootstrap Your Startup
Framework Benchmarks Round 16
TechEmpower
JUNE 6, 2018
Not just in measured results per second (several metric crap tonne), but in number of tests measured (~1830), number of framework permutations tested (~464), number of languages included (26), and total execution time of the test suite (67 hours, or 241 billion microseconds to make that sound properly enormous). It's lost in the noise.
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How High-Performing Companies Use North Star Metrics In Practice
ConversionXL
JULY 21, 2022
By focusing intently on a single measurement, known as a north star metric. The north star metric defines success for the whole company and aligns teams on a growth trajectory. In this article, you’ll learn how other growing companies use the north star metric to achieve customer success. Customer-centricity. Accountability.
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Why Website Structure Matters
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 3, 2020
We’ve already touched upon usability but when designing structure with UX in mind , your web development team must carefully consider your audience and create a structure that serves their requirements. A good site structure will help you to deal with the natural changes that will occur on your website.
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The Top 10 Tools for Tracking Your Web Metrics
Up and Running
OCTOBER 31, 2018
Thankfully, there are a number of great tools for tracking your web metrics (both free and paid) that can help you get a better understanding of what your users are doing on your site and even how your competitors are faring in their own online efforts. The best tools for tracking social metrics: 9. Ahrefs [$83/month and up].
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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers? 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.
Ego Metrics: What Measurements Matter?
Duct Tape Marketing
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
Ego Metrics: What Measurements Matter? The problem is that some of these metrics aren’t meaningful. In fact, some of the most visible metrics are the most misleading. This is possibly the most visible metric in social media, but many of those followers are inactive or even inhuman robots. So what metrics really matter?
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Calculating Carbon And Energy On Your Website For A Brighter Planet
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 24, 2012
Prospect is a web-based tool that allows web developers adds carbon and energy footprint calculations to products and services on any existing website without modifying the site – or the need for a hefty web development budget.
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Map of VC Investments
SoCal CTO
MARCH 9, 2007
Posted byTony Karrer at 9:30 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.
Realistic Entrprenuers Guide to Venture Capital
SoCal CTO
MARCH 20, 2007
► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. Dr. Karrer taught Computer Science for eleven years. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?
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Hibu’s Smart Solutions Spark Local Business Success Stories – Sponsored
The Startup Magazine
MARCH 19, 2025
It combines website development, search engine optimization, social media marketing, and online reputation management into one cohesive solution. The new website is wonderful; we couldn’t be happier with it and we have received so much traffic since it went up.” We increased our revenue by 20% last year.
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SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 17, 2007
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Interesting Model for University President
SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 25, 2007
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Google Maps Mobile
SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 28, 2007
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8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing
SoCal CTO
MARCH 13, 2007
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Kevin Federline Search Engine
SoCal CTO
MARCH 20, 2007
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Use Milestones and Metrics to Turn Planning into Business GPS
Up and Running
MAY 17, 2016
Taking steering one step further, let’s suggest that good planning, with milestones and metrics, is something like steering with the aid of a GPS. Metrics are like dials on the dashboard, indicators of how you’re doing, tracking your progress toward goals. Metrics give you tracking and accountability.
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Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles?
SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 17, 2007
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Entreprenuer Network
SoCal CTO
MARCH 1, 2007
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A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive
SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 17, 2007
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Where LinkedIn Works for Me
SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 17, 2007
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Challenge of Predicting Winners
SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 25, 2007
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Stanford Podcasts - eHarmony - Greg Waldorf
SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 27, 2007
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MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point
SoCal CTO
MARCH 12, 2007
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Innovation and Geography
SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 20, 2007
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Open Source Business Model
SoCal CTO
MARCH 5, 2007
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SoCal CTO
MARCH 20, 2007
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Events and Networking in Los Angeles
SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 23, 2007
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Why Company Culture Is Vital for Every Remote Company
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 9, 2019
For many remote (and even regular) companies, company culture is something ethereal and abstract: while the most important metrics (customer engagement and satisfaction, employee turnover and retainment) are closely monitored, features like company culture are often neglected. by Denis Kryukov from Soshace.
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Improving the worst experience
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
AUGUST 29, 2011
The visual bug tracker for web developers & designers. Tame bugs like a boss! Powered by LaunchBit ). Tweet. --> At this moment I’m in the worst seat on the plane. Hubspot has this down to a science, more so than almost any other company.
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Up and Running
AUGUST 21, 2014
In this webinar, we take time to discuss the different metrics that startups—and established businesses—should be tracking. In terms of pre-purchase, traffic and content metrics. So I’m going to keep going here, “Pre-purchase, the traffic and content metrics.” Peter, anybody have any questions as I go along?
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TechEmpower
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
As software developers, we're technophiles, so we enjoy these cycles and quite often find humor listening to the energy spent arguing on either side of issues. Focusing on the metrics that ultimately drive the business, often the bottom line, has provided a reality check, a counter-weight to the desire to consume all new technologies.
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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups
SoCal CTO
MARCH 22, 2007
April 20, 2007 8:32 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.
Small Business Owners: Who Should You Hire for Marketing?
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 28, 2024
If you want a full team (think SEO pros, content creators, web developers, designers, etc.), Clear Metrics : You’ll get measurable results, so you’ll know exactly what’s working (and what’s not). And that’s just one person! you’re looking at an average of $6,348 per specialist per month.
New Meetup on Building Tech Tools for Private Equity+VC Investors
David Teten
MAY 20, 2016
Totem is a tool that centralizes all the data about our companies’ management, metrics, investment history, co-investors and cap table tracking. I’ve also run my own development consultancy (The212) for ~10 years and have built projects for numerous companies like eBay, IBM, American Express and Ogilvy & Mather.
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How to Conduct a Technical SEO Audit
ConversionXL
JULY 22, 2021
If you need to make changes to your robots.txt, you’ll find it in the root directory of your webserver (if you’re not accustomed to these files, it’s worth getting help from a web developer). Run a crawl report to check that your website is indexable. Each of these tools will display metrics in a different way.
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162 Methods To Improve Your Website Content
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 30, 2017
Similarly, you can update the old post for even longer on-page time metrics, as well as more recognition from Google Search. Most importantly, outsourcing allows you to maintain the all-too-important regular schedule of updating your website. This is actually a ranking metric in the most current iteration of Google’s Search algorithm.
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Migrating to Universal Analytics Using Google Tag Manager
ConversionXL
AUGUST 19, 2014
Throughout web development cycles, code and HTML markup on the page is bound to change. Bonus: If you like audio content, here is an interview I did on Advanced GA Implementations on the Quantified Web Podcast. Custom Metrics. As with Custom Dimensions, Custom Metrics are defined in the Admin section.
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133 What to Look For in a Business Partner
Up and Running
MAY 15, 2014
As an entrepreneur raised in the era of analytics, I want to find metrics for everything. PopInShop’s progress retroactively validated my decision, as the metrics on overall growth supported my gut: after reverting to my status as a lone founder, the company made fast strides on product development and partnerships.
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Startup Lessons Learned
NOVEMBER 7, 2008
We run a web development company and we start by creating a splash page very similar to what is describe here. If we don't get a certain amount of signups on that splash page, we don't develop the rest of the site becuase they will not have any customer. May 6, 2009 3:03 PM Ivan Acosta-Rubio said. What a great post.
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Reduce Your Server Response Time for Happy Users, Higher Rankings
ConversionXL
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
More recently, Google Search Console rolled out a Core Web Vitals section, which tracks a set of website performance metrics that focus on user experience. According to a study by Forrester Research , over half of web users expect a site to load in two seconds or less.
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102 Twitter Link Roundup #240 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More
crowdSPRING Blog
OCTOBER 24, 2014
Benchmarking SaaS Startup Efficiency with Revenue per Employee Metrics | by @ttunguz – crowdspring.co/1sRVdjm. 5 Essential Tools to Integrate with Trello for Web Developers – crowdspring.co/1rsBdyG. 20 Car Promo Websites from the Automotive Industry | Line25 – crowdspring.co/Zqg81a. 1qnPOvV.
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How to Better Manage Your Business’s Budget
The Startup Magazine
JUNE 5, 2018
There are apps for musicians as well as freelance web developers. Whatever your industry, chances are you are covered. Utilize Tracking Software. Tracking software is available for just about anything- phone time and usage. Email stats. Employee performance. You can even budget energy online with specific software and tools.
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crowdSPRING Blog
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
How Metrics Can Make You A Better Designer – [link]. 14 Tips in Designing Impressive Dark Website Backgrounds – [link]. 10 Ways to Be a More Productive Web Developer – [link]. Tips in Using Background Pattern for Web Design – [link]. New Set Of Creative And Funny Ads – [link].
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