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Startup Metrics

TechEmpower CTO

How does it meet customers’ needs? Next, define what you need from a metrics and reporting standpoint. Startup Metrics with Dave McClure Dave McClure has a great presentation on Startup Metrics where he points to some additional metrics that are useful to consider: A : Acquisition - Where / what channels do users come from?

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How to run efficient and effective early-stage board meetings

TechCrunch

The slides you use can help you run efficient, effective board meetings that get the most out of the discussions they elicit. A lot has been written about optimal board meeting cadence, process, and hygiene, but for the sake of completeness, at the earlier stages, often shorter (~1.5 hrs), more frequent meetings (~6 weeks) make sense.

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It’s never too late to align product-market fit metrics with your company’s values

TechCrunch

What do you do to ensure that your idea takes such a form that it meets some sort of demand in your target market? This metric may vary by stage, but Series A and onwards is when it becomes critical for a company to have PMF. It’s a perennial question for early-stage startups: how does one find product-market fit (PMF)?

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Reform your startup’s meeting culture

TechCrunch

Chuck Phillips is the co-founder of MeetWell , an application that enables teams to achieve a better work-life balance while saving companies money by reducing the amount of bad meetings they attend. Busy meeting organizers drive-thru schedule meetings because they think they don’t have time to plan.

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The ABM Benchmark Survey

In a recent survey with Demand Gen Report, we found 59% of experienced practitioners (those with ABM programs more than a year old) indicated their ABM programs are meeting or greatly exceeding their expectations, while only 45% of novices (those with ABM programs less than one year old) could say the same.

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5 metrics Series A investors look for at dev-tools startups

TechCrunch

After meeting hundreds of developer-tools startups and talking to dozens of fellow investors over the last several months, I’ve noticed a common characteristic among founders who have raised successful Series A rounds: They’re great at telling their companies’ stories. But it’s not impossible. User growth.

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ARR per employee is the north star efficiency metric you’ve been looking for

TechCrunch

There is no shortage of efficiency metrics that cloud executives can track to gain a better perspective of their overall economics. Sales and marketing efficiency metrics such as LTV-to-CAC, CAC payback and the magic number have long been mainstays in board decks and fundraising materials. Our advice for cloud CEOs?

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Build a Successful and Results-Driven Sales Culture

Speaker: Gary Galvin, CEO, Galvin Technologies

Likewise, it’s even more important to shape your sales culture into one that is positive, accountable, and metric-driven. Gary Galvin will help you define metrics to drive success, empower your sales team, and create a culture driven by results and accountability. Master 1:1 sales meetings.

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Product Market Fit: A Lesson from Sephora’s Head of Product

Speaker: Sneha Narahalli - VP, Head of Product at Sephora

If the needs of your target audience aren't clearly defined, PMF, which combines qualitative and quantitative metrics, has numerous chances of failing. What metrics you should track to measure product-market fit. This discussion will cover: Techniques for determining the unmet needs of your target audience.