Metrics and Incentives — Word

Based in Chicago, Omerisms is a blog by Omer Abdullah. His posts explore Ideas, perspectives and points of view across business, sales, marketing, life and (sometimes) football (the real kind).

All tagged Metrics and Incentives

Dec 20

Dec 20 When AOL Tanked (Or Paying Attention To The Right Metrics)

Communications, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Life, Marketing, Private Equity, Strategy, Sales

Sometime between late Spring and early Fall, 1996, AOL’s stock fell from a high of $70 all the way down to $24.

These were the early days of the internet. The space was booming: startups were popping up everywhere, investors’ ears were perking up, and the big, established players were taking notice and/or beginning to get involved.

Apr 19

Apr 19 Is Pure Growth The Right Metric?

Omer Abdullah

Aspirations, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Investment Banking, Finance, Leadership, Life, Management Consulting, Private Equity, Sales, Strategy

There's certainly a value to be placed on growth. On the continual pursuit of expansion.

It drives us to look for development opportunities, to rethink how things are done, to change what we think is 'conventional' i.e. "the way it's always been".

Growth is a tremendous value creator.