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The red flags and magic numbers that investors look for in your startup’s metrics – 80 slide deck included!

Andrew Chen

The reason for this is that the steps for starting and scaling a new startup share many of the same skills as investing in a new startup: 1) First, we seek to understand the existing state of customer growth – including growth loops, the quality of acquisition, engagement, churn, and monetization. There was a lot to learn.

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Review of Product Development Books

Mike Griffiths

October 2018. I loved the explanation on the diseconomies-of-scale for software and why it is actually cheaper in small batches – unlike physical goods. Evan Leybourn, Shane Hastie, lulu.com; July 2018. Mik Kersten,  IT Revolution Press; November 2018. Allan Kelly, Software Strategy Ltd.;

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What's the Point of Planning? The Benefits of a 5-Year Business Plan

Mind Tools Strategy

And in the radio station where we worked, large-scale change was looming. So we made a five-year plan – a fairly small-scale one, granted, but, in retrospect, it was actually a very business-minded approach. We looked for useful metrics , including the income we’d need at different points in the plan. Reference: [1] U.S.

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Performance Appraisal: The Ultimate Guide

AIHR

Identifying opportunities for improvement based on pre-determined goals and metrics is a key goal of performance appraisals. Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale (BARS) The Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale (BARS) method uses a predefined set of performance standards with specific behaviors describing each level of performance.

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Consumer startups are awesome, and here’s what I’m looking for at a16z (70 slide deck)

Andrew Chen

I presented all of this at the Andreessen Horowitz Summit in 2018, which gathers our portfolio companies, partners, LPs, and close friends. Another note is that this is closely related to, and complimentary, to this deck: The red flags and magic numbers that investors look for in your startup’s metrics. Hope you enjoy it.

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Talent Strategy: ‘It’s About Being Intentional’

Chief Executive

That framework, which Hans Vestberg initiated when he took over as CEO in 2018 and which Hammock spent the first year setting up, allows her team to focus on building talent and skillsets internally rather than on vying for external hires. The way she knows it’s working? “We We do almost all of our growth completely from within.”.

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Consumer startups are awesome, and here’s what I’m looking for at a16z (70 slide deck)

Andrew Chen

I presented all of this at the Andreessen Horowitz Summit in 2018, which gathers our portfolio companies, partners, LPs, and close friends. Another note is that this is closely related to, and complimentary, to this deck: The red flags and magic numbers that investors look for in your startup’s metrics. Hope you enjoy it.

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