Andrew Chen

JULY 25, 2022

To provide some benchmarks, my colleagues at a16z, Justin Kahl and David George, recently wrote an article on navigating the downturn where they collected some empirical data: As you can see, the bar for what constitutes a good burn multiple goes up as revenue goes up. Then there’s highly targeted paid marketing.

ROI 85

ROI Revenue Metrics Marketing 85

Andrew Chen

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

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.

Metrics 111

Metrics Scaling Marketing Accounts 111

High Scalability

AUGUST 24, 2021

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Education 40

Education Engineering Advertising Scaling 40

High Scalability

OCTOBER 27, 2021

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Education 40

Education Engineering Scaling Advertising 40

High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

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Education 40

Education Engineering Scaling Advertising 40

High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

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Education 40

Education Engineering Scaling Advertising 40

Vantage Circle

DECEMBER 19, 2023

However, benchmarks for average employee tenure vary drastically between industries. eNPS Calculation We typically determine the eNPS through a survey that asks employees a single key question: "On a scale of 0 to 10, how likely are you to recommend [company/organization] as a place to work?" years in 2022.

Retention 105

Retention Metrics Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) Employee Engagement 105

Walk Me

OCTOBER 11, 2022

HR departments needed a software solution that could automate recruitment advertisements and onboarding in line with DEI and fairness policies, offer more comprehensive self-service tools for staff and optimize HR functions as part of an overall strategy. Ask yourself the following questions: Will this software scale with the company?

Software 52

Software Manager Workflows Onboarding 52

Walk Me

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The absence of this tool makes learning from successes and failures much more time-consuming, as there is no benchmark for your approach. This point is especially the case with a project management communication plan, where communication must be effective on a smaller scale to ensure staff meet project goals through collaboration goals.

Change Management 52

Change Management ROI Media Diversity 52

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2015

Competitiveness in such businesses is usually driven by scale, efficiency and incremental improvements to stay relevant. But Alphabet also stands for alpha-bets, i.e. bets on alpha (investment returns above a benchmark). As parts of a business portfolio grow and develop, different approaches to strategy and execution may be needed.

Engineering 15

Engineering Benchmarking Diversity Scaling 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2015

Its creation marks the beginning of the end of the e-commerce era defined by browsers, search, maps, and apps and monetized through advertising and the beginning of the next arc of digital transformation of industries (automotive, health care, and others) propelled by the combination of human minds and powerful machines.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Scaling Advertising Digital Transformation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

And today, the nearly two billion user profiles it captured serve as the backbone for one of the largest advertising businesses ever created. But before those records were converted into advertising revenue, there was no spot for them in any financial statement. The most significant asset it did acquire was user data.

Balance Sheet 14

Balance Sheet Manager Assets Software 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2018

Why does it seem like you can’t throw a paper airplane in some offices without hitting a person who is training for a marathon, planning a 10-day silent meditation retreat, or intending on scaling Kilimanjaro? On top of working 24/7 for a company that doesn’t pay overtime? Who can blame them?

Benchmarking 15

Benchmarking Metrics Scaling Advertising 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Our recent benchmarking of nearly 900 B2B companies underscores the importance of these tools. Consider the case of an online advertising and software company serving car dealers. And successes can be scaled up quickly. After a series of acquisitions, the company’s sales force was underperforming.

Sales 14

Sales Sales B2B Accounts 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2013

As Andy Rachleff, one of the founders of the venture capital firm Benchmark has said “When a great team meets a lousy market, markets win.”. The shift in advertising from direct sales to programmatic buying and selling of inventory is an example that unlocked a lot of opportunity for certain players.

Marketing 10

Marketing Benchmarking Transportation Hospitality 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2013

Data from the 2012 Direct Marketing Association benchmarks say that direct mail — yes junk mail via snail mail — still reigns supreme, offering response rates of 1.1 Typically an advertisement sparks a trip to the store where the product is purchased and fulfilled. So why is digital marketing still so ineffective?

Marketing 10

Marketing ROI Real Estate Benchmarking 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2017

Good platform design starts with a core interaction between producers on one side and consumers on the other that is clean, simple, and scales. These third parties generate more than enough data to help Amazon and Google drive their own selling and advertising services to yet more consumers. Uber connects drivers with riders.

Assets 8

Assets Benchmarking Advertising Software 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Having a practical, agreed-upon definition of innovation makes it easier to set goals for innovation, to allocate resources to innovative projects, to plan a cadence of innovative product launches, to target advertising on high-value breakthroughs, and to measure innovation performance. Comprehensive innovation metrics.

Engineering 15

Engineering Metrics Assets Accounts 15