A post by Fred Wilson pointed me to Dave McClure's Startup Metrics presentation. In fact, this often becomes the mantra that we live by. Define what you need from a metrics and reporting standpoint. Quite often the goal is to get them into an excel spreadsheet in a form that allows people to easily play with them. Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp, Sept 2009) View more documents from Dave McClure . What Dave McClure's presentation does is point to This is a great presentation and one that I'm going to point out to startup / early stage company CEOs. Normally, when I am talking to the founder of any startup trying to figure out what they need to do, one of the things I always try to do is understand their business at its core.

One of the things I am passionate about is analytics and metrics. It was this experience that gave me the appreciation for the importance of metrics and the greater importance of making meaning of the data for decision making. While at one of my recent startups I developed a framework for startup growth metrics (focused primarily on user metrics). UPDATE:  I’m setting up a new project on analytics.  If you are interested in collaborating ping me on twitter @gammill. 

Most often I'm being brought in the early stage, Start-up or Expansion (as the company looks at new product lines). Business Strategy I support the leadership team to: provide input on short and long-term business vision, strategies and plans to help define business priorities, work closely with operational leadership to review and influence the product road map, review and provide input on some investor presentation materials, business proposals, participate in new business, partnership or investor meetings on a limited basis within time constraints, advise the leadership team on

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. Tell me a bit about your background. Like many product managers, my background is fairly eclectic. That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations.

Last Friday, the LA CTO Forum hosted a discussion on the various metrics used to measure ourselves and our companies. found a bunch of old examples, sanitized them, and was struck by how much metrics evolve over the lifecycle of a company. was inspired enough to put together a diagram that describes how the metrics for a product or startup company evolve over time. I was asked to participate, and eagerly dug into my archives.

Los Angeles-based Image Metrics, which is developing facial animation products for the entertainment industry, announced Tuesday that it has raised $6.5M Image Metrics develops technology for facial animation, being applied to the film and video game industry. The firm's products were used in Rockstar Games' GTA IV. in a Series B funding round. The firm said the round came from Saffron Hill Ventures, its original investor.

Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc. I understand the desire for hiring someone who is going to product product. Of course, I have an advantage because I organize the LA CTO Forum . Bottom line – if as you recognize this gap, then reach out to get a slice of a CTO who can help bridge I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. In December 2007, I described

The mess really comes from a developer who was willing to get started on a product that was not fully thought out. I always take a very different approach in early conversations. SEO for Startups )? What are your key Startup Metrics ? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? Are there any specific hard dates or important time sensitive opportunities? I just had an all-too common conversation with the founder of a startup who had spent more than a year working with a software development company who had produced a mess. If I’m

Los Angeles-based Image Metrics said Monday that it has launched its facial animation technology product, FACEWARE. Image Metrics' FACEWARE works with existing 3D software packages. READ MORE>> ...Tags: Tags: image metrics facial animation halo bungie videogame content softwar The new software is based on existing services the firm offers to game developers. The company also said the new package is being used in-house by game developer Bungie, the developer of HALO.

One of the things I am passionate about is analytics and metrics. It was this experience that gave me the appreciation for the importance of metrics and the greater importance of making meaning of the data for decision making. While at one of my recent startups I developed a framework for startup growth metrics (focused primarily on user metrics). I’m most interested in gathering a breadth and leveraging them to drive solid decision making. While at IBM I worked closely with a group of exceptionally talented researchers (marketing and technology) to develop