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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

I’ve recently advised a number of emerging private equity and VC funds who are wrestling with the question: What are the highest impact steps they can take to support their portfolio companies? . Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies.

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. Customer Acquisition. How many adds came through organic SEO? SEO is seldom “free.”. Those two things together would lower your acquisition costs nearly in half to $6.11. lowering $1.50

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Search: Not Provided: What Remains, Keyword Data Options, the Future

Occam's Razor

This led to the problem we, Marketers, SEOs, Analysts, fondly refer to as not provided. As an analyst, I was upset that this change would hurt my ability to analyze the effectiveness of my beloved search engine optimization (SEO) efforts – which are really all about finding the right users using optimal content strategies.

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Be Real-World Smart: A Beginner's Advanced Google Analytics Guide

Occam's Razor

SEO & PPC, Because You Should! We rarely hold people responsible for Traffic Acquisition accountable, we rarely hold people responsible for Site Design and Merchandizing accountable. Question time for your Acquisition, Design and Merchandizing team. You spend money on SEO and PPC. Jump-Start Your Learning.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

SEO and Analytics Tutorials. SEO for Startups â?? great web customer acquisition tutorials. SEO Digger â?? SEO and campaign management tool. SEO Keyword Analysis Tool. aggregation. VC Portfolios. Lean Startup Circle â?? Google Group for startup advice. Startup Metrics for Pirates â??

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

The top performing SaaS companies typically achieve annual customer renewal rates above 90% - with most of the churn due to death (bankruptcies) or marriage (acquisitions) - and over 100% renewals on a dollar value basis due to up-sells into this installed base. upfront acquisition cost, making the CLTV equal to $2.5-$0.7= means a $0.7

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Excellent Analytics Tip #24: Obsess About Real Business Profitability

Occam's Razor

At ZQI U, a vast number of students enroll into online-only courses (just like our analytics, PPC, mobile, and SEO Master Certification students at my awesome Market Motive ). Digital advertising and marketing is a key part of ZQI's multi-channel acquisition portfolio. The answer is simple: Aggregators.

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