YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Consider this stark statistic: In 2013, as a group, Fortune 500 companies spent more on health insurance than they earned in profits. Making this switch will allow companies and employees to save up to $12,000 per employee per year, while offering a better employee health benefit program for recruiting and retention purposes.

Software Review 224

Software Review Employee Retention Government 224

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2015

If you have a good retention rate, you will not have to spend time hiring and training new employees, plus, the employees you have will continue to learn the business and be knowledgeable on ways to improve or enhance performance. Therefore, your employees will be invested in the company — if the company does will, they do well.

Software Review 100

Software Review Database Technical Review Community 100

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

In 2013, the deduction will drop significantly to just $25,000 unless Congress acts. Ask your equipment vendor for payment terms so you can defer a portion of the equipment cost, and coordinate deposits, progress payments, and performance retention payments. # # #.

Technical Review 98

Technical Review Due Diligence Acquisition Startup 98

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

It drives media attention and fosters customer retention rate, which is why most companies strive to have it in their mission statement. They were founded in 2013 and have only grown since then. Innovative is a word often used to describe successful companies. One of the companies that's known for innovation is Apple. #17-

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review SEO 118

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 2, 2017

When Satya and I started Homebrew in 2013 one of our bets for the coming decades was that non-traditional acquirers would become more aggressive in their pursuit of technology startups. Largely yes, but the pot of gold might be more modest than some of 2016’s notable transactions suggest (Jet, Cruise, Dollar Shave Club).

Technical Review 116

Technical Review Cap Table Acquisition Startup 116

ConversionXL

AUGUST 19, 2016

in 2013 to 1.43 These behaviors can be useful in investigating how different behaviors impact retention and churn, funnel conversion rates, and revenue. It’s all about teasing out behaviors that correlate with higher conversions, retention, or whatever metric you’re optimizing. in 2013 to 1.43 Image Source.

Mobile 48

Mobile Technical Review Software Review Metrics 48

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

Online Education’s Dirty Secret — Awful Retention – [link]. 29 New Black & White Website Designs for 2013 | SpyreStudios – [link]. Online Education’s Dirty Secret — Awful Retention – [link]. Why I No Longer Advise Startups to Hire M.B.A.s | The Accelerators-WSJ – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

DECEMBER 16, 2014

— Eric Jackson (@ericjackson) November 14, 2013. ” It doesn’t matter whether we’re talking about valuations , growth rates , retention rates , NPS scores, early-stage uncertainty , ratio of revenue to employee, CAC , cash-burn, LTV , gross margin, or selling your company. You know, Kevin, minimum.

Metrics 246

Metrics Early Stage Retention Revenue 246

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%).

Los Angeles 376

Los Angeles Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Seattle 376

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 20, 2013

If so, you may want to get someone to nominate your company for the inaugural 2013 Best Young Companies to Work For , organized by workplace solutions provider turnstone ®. ” turnstone is accepting nominations through August 23, 2013 at myturnstone.com/best-young- companies-to-work-for.

Pennsylvania 133

Pennsylvania Retention Campaign Programming 133

Haystack

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

These customers leverage SecondMeasure to analyze and cross-analyze how consumers are spending their cash, but going deeper, the platform enables customers to analyze rate of growth, cohort retention, benchmark against category competitors or regional performance, and much more. That is not the case today.

Seed Stage 106

Seed Stage Retention Finance Conversion 106

Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

In March 2013 we led the Series A of Whisper , an extraordinarily engaging smartphone app. Unsurprisingly, this very high engagement leads to very high user retention and user growth. The app allows users to anonymously share secrets, their text over arresting images. Other users can then read, heart and reply.

Retention 157

Retention Social Media Finance Restful 157

Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 31, 2013

. * Mobile MAUs (monthly active users) grew 45% year-over-year to 874 million. * Mobile DAUS (daily active users) were 507 million on average for September 2013. * MAUs were 1.19 billion as of September 30, 2013 up 18% year-over-year . * DAUs were 728 million on average for September 2013 up 25% year-over-year.

Retention 110

Retention Mobile Social Network Acquisition 110

ConversionXL

JANUARY 26, 2017

Though the remaining 58% understand the importance of customer loyalty and retention, they may find it difficult to execute and analyze customer happiness and conversion campaigns. ” In one case study, retention marketing software firm Windsor Circle shared how much one of its clients benefitted from strategic post-purchase emails.

Retention 48

Retention Email eCommerce Software Review 48

YoungUpstarts

JULY 17, 2013

According to LinkedIn’s recently released 2013 Global Recruiting Trends Report , the war for talent wages unabated across Southeast Asia. It came a close second to improving employee retention which was a percentage point higher. In Southeast Asia, having a pulse on those changes is getting increasingly important.

Asia 190

Asia Acquisition Social Network Global 190

David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Around the same time, Adam Grant’s influential book Give and Take (2013) drove home the value of “giving” on a personal career level. It helped Keith, as a founder, shape the cultural norms of his company—and founders should never forget that creating the right kind of culture can have a big impact on future recruiting and retention.

Early Stage 62

Early Stage Atlanta Retention Conversion 62

YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2013

By Barbara Mitchell, managing partner of The Mitchell Group and co-author of “ The Essential HR Handbook: A Quick and Handy Resource for Any Manager or HR Professional “ As Fast Company reported in January 2013, disengaged workers cost the US economy $350 billion a year in lost productivity.

Employee 182

Employee Retention Hiring Management 182

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 13, 2016

According to The Guardian , the UK lost 48bn pounds in 2013 alone because of the deficit of multilingual people. Customer retention. Market Share and Sales. Did you know that there is a deficit of people speaking a second language in countries like the US and the UK? Now, in order to keep them happy, you must understand their needs.

Global 100

Global Retention Hiring Employee 100

Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

  If plenty of cash flow regardless of plan for sale/retention of business: Senior bank debt based on cash flow coverage and new assets.    If plenty of cash flow regardless of plan for sale/retention of business: Senior bank debt based on cash flow coverage and new assets.  April 2013. January 2013.

Finance 83

Finance Bootstrapping Startup Equity 83

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 17, 2013

I’m not pushing to implement this in 2013 since I’m at the tail end of the refresh cycle with many of the companies I’m an investor in and just recently realized why the way refresh grants historically have been done didn’t make sense to me. I’m open to hearing why this doesn’t make sense.

Stock Options 134

Stock Options Stock Vesting Retention 134

Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase. It’s entirely possible the trend lifts these companies in due time, as well.

Technical Review 127

Technical Review Open Source Software Review Venture Capital 127

ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2014

When they met to discuss and attempt to address the issue in January 2013, they realized they had little insight into exactly why customers were leaving. How to Improve Mobile App Retention Through Customization. In the chart below, it’s clear that retention varies quite a bit from one industry to the next. The Execution.

Retention 106

Retention Churn Rate Metrics Software Review 106

ConversionXL

JULY 1, 2014

If you want to start a loyalty program to improve customer retention , survey frequent buyers. Research from the CMO Council & Penton Media in Q4 of 2013 found that only half of the companies surveyed felt they had good transactional, behavioral & customer support data. Some ideas for customer segments are: Big Spenders.

Customer 76

Customer Design Software Review Lead Generation 76

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 27, 2013

It has been several months since February 14, 2013 and the company is still being plagued by this one negative customer review and their response to the customer on Facebook. By the end of that day, the florist had numerous negative reviews online and people from across the country knew about this story—all because of social media.

Social Media 71

Social Media Viral Media Customer 71

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

This means users love it, that there’s lots of retention and engagement, even at small numbers. May 2013 – Gagan Biyani, who is currently the CEO of Sprig , writes Explained: The actual difference between growth hacking and marketing , which essentially equates growth hackers and marketers with limited time / resources.

Retention 48

Retention Metrics Acquisition Conversion 48

VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

CapitalG (formerly Google Capital) – Started in 2013, CapitalG is Alpahbet’s growth stage venture fund backed by Google (larger ticket size). how do we improve retention) and Google helps the startups with best practices (i.e. Google Cloud or Google Compute). OKR setting, best practices for hiring, etc).

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Startup Early Stage Cloud 131

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Without knowing more details about the employee equity plans, it’s unclear how much more cash of this nature could come in during 2012 or 2013. Yes, that’s 25% of Zynga revenues for 2011 — which, as huge as that sounds, indeed is what I hear through the grapevine Zynga spends on player acquisition/retention.

IPO 100

IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

According to their investor’s documents filed on the SEC.gov website in October of 2013 the program is responsible for approx 88% of their sales transactions. According to Harvard Business School , increasing customer retention rates by 5% increases profits anywhere from 25-95%.

Software 93

Software Churn Rate eCommerce Flash 93

Up and Running

APRIL 6, 2016

By 2013, the number of annual spa visits had increased to 164 million, with total revenues of $14.7 Wraps and packs used to combat cellulite and reduce water retention. In fact, during the height of the 2008 recession, the U.S. Massages that include various styles of full body massage, facial massage, and hand or foot massages.

Small Business Administration 60

Small Business Administration Hiring Employee Design 60

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I seized this opportunity to try an experiment in both client service and employee retention, by focusing on senior level staff first, and combining that with a flexible and healthy working environment that is not a mainstay in the public relations world. Nor was there one that was owned, run, and staffed entirely by women.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2015

While I don’t have access to CollegeHumor’s data, I’m willing to bet that once they convince a reader to view one article from the homepage, their engagement and retention metrics increase. In 2013, Chartbeat analyzed Slate.com and found that most people scroll through about only 50-60% of an article page.

Conversion 48

Conversion Audience Design North America 48

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

It took a bit of research to get to the bottom of this claim, but PopVideo lists the statistic in their article: “Looking at the facts-why video content has the highest retention rate” and is the source used by many online. If it costs 5–25x more to acquire a customer, retention deserves most of your attention. But is it true?

Marketing 113

Marketing Retention Email Video 113

ConversionXL

MARCH 15, 2016

It means that user retention becomes even more important. If users are not onboarded properly, the chances of retention are minimal. Retention is the trailing indicator and true measure of quality onboarding, so that’s what I’d hold experiments up against.” (via Onboarding is about retention, not acquisition.

Mobile 48

Mobile Retention Email Software Review 48

ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

This is troubling, because in a 2013 study by Harris Interactive & Janrain , it was found that 74% of users get frustrated when the website displays content that has nothing to do with their interests. 88% of Users Admit to Entering Incomplete or Incorrect Data on Registration Forms.

Social Network 130

Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 130

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Kik Interactive, Inc (@Kik) September 16, 2013. Not only is the company small, but the startup’s retention rate is near zero. You’ve heard us say it before: we’re growing like CRAZY! With 225k new users each day, we’re now at 80 million users #KikSurvey. — That is absolutely true of our team today,” Livingston says. Over the 4.5

Entrepreneur 167

Entrepreneur CTO Hire Startup Mobile 167

ConversionXL

MAY 29, 2014

A 2013 study by Janrain and Harris Interactive revealed that 74% of users get frustrated when a website displays irrelevant ads, offers, or promotions that have nothing to do with their interests. In the long run, making these kinds of improvements to the UX, but also reduce churns & increase retention and referrals.

Conversion 113

Conversion Analytics Metrics Vermont 113

A Crowded Space

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

We at Jackson Square Ventures first met the founders Nick Huzar and Arean van Veelen over 3 years ago and later led their Series A round in August 2013. Let’s rewind to 2013 and talk about why we invested and how we saw the early network effects of the business. The engagement and retention of OfferUp was very high, even 2.5

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Retention Seattle Mobile 60