Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

People ask me this seemingly simple question all the time: What Key Performance Indicators should we use for our business ? There is no golden metric for everyone, we are all unique snowflakes! :). I am going to pick a whole bunch of different businesses (15 in all!), If you want to play along. Don’t read what I’ve chosen.

Metrics 141

Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

Austin Startup

JULY 2, 2021

Chargify, the leading billing platform for B2B SaaS, announced today the massive productivity improvements and decrease in operating costs that CareerPlug has achieved using its new Chargify Business Intelligence product. Chargify Business Intelligence took this four to six hour weekly project and turned it into a 10-second refresh.

San Antonio 67

San Antonio B2B Texas Ireland 67

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

And it’s true that offering a base-level product for free to gain visibility and marketshare and then converting a subset of users to a paid, premium version is not a viable strategy for every business. See also Why Free Is Bad: Businesses Should Be Happy To Pay For Key Services ). That’s almost 17,000 paying customers.

B2B 60

B2B Product Small Business Administration SBA 60

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Home Books for Startups Guide Secret History-Bibliography Steve Blank Startup Tools Steve Blank Entries RSS | Comments RSS Email Subscription Get Steve Blank via your RSS Feed RSS - Posts RSS - Comments Categories Air Force (12) Ardent (10) Audubon (1) Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan (39) Business Model versus Business Plan (..)

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Austin Startup

MARCH 2, 2019

the retail-focused Web analytics that we eventually became well known for?—?was Editor’s note: Since I wrote this, Compare Metrics was renamed Edgecase and was acquired by GroupBy in Canada. But I would argue in B2B SaaS (Software as a Service) businesses if you really know the market? was failing.

Advisory Board 51

Advisory Board Cofounder Greece Bootstrapping 51

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. Is there a profitable business model? The Traditional VC Pitch Entrepreneurs who pursue the traditional product development model don’t have customer data to answer these questions. Can it scale?”

Customer Development 262

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 262

ConversionXL

APRIL 22, 2015

Let’s say you run a B2B site, and drive your visitors toward a quote request page. It’s not like you open up Google Analytics and the data will come telling you stuff. It’s proven to work across industries and business models. B2B and B2C. SaaS, ecommerce, lead gen, affiliate models.

Analytics 48

Analytics Technical Review Conversion Framework 48

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Effectively measuring and understanding your CAC and CLTV metrics are key to future success. You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts. Bessemer SaaS Law #1: Your key monthly business metrics are: CMRR (Committed Monthly Recurring Revenue), Churn, and Cash flow - “Bookings” is for suckers.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. Google Analytics. Site Pulse – Live Web Traffic Monitor and Analytics. Analytics Tools.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Individuals don’t make B2B buying decisions; groups do. How you approach it will depend on your business model and ideal accounts and how (or if) you plan to expand campaigns. Does your company clearly understand current CAC , LTV, CAC payback period, and other core growth metrics?

Customer 98

Customer Marketing Channel Acquisition 98

Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

Are there types of companies, market segments, industries, or business models where PLG does not make sense? For example, Amplitude is a product analytics software. Hila Qu: I love when people think about the user journey because sometimes it's not thought about enough in B2B because it’s complicated. I do that a lot.

Product 78

Product CTO Hire Startup Fractional CTO 78

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Web Analytics blog was to pull us up 10,000 feet to do something we do less than 1% of the time in the web analytics world – look at the bigger business picture. It was called: Secret To Winning With Web Analytics? Can I add any business value? Go to the B2B dancing monkey video (what!).

Web 139

Web Analytics eCommerce Campaign 139

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Mobile analytics – measuring the impact of mobile and increasing customer engagement (Check out G-Stat). Established location-based services to enable the CSP offer B2B and B2C services based on mobile positioning, tracking & locating, turn-by-turn navigation and mobile local search. Data mining-based Customer analytics.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103