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Conversion, retention and churn benchmarks

VC Cafe

This is a question startup founders ask themselves multiple times a week. It’s not just the competition against the incumbents and the large tech platforms that founders has to worry about, but most importantly is the company’s performance and product market fit. You can get a downloadable version here.

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Blood, sweat, and tears: How we got from 0 to 500K downloads on a budget

The Next Web

Gili Golander is a co-founder and CMO at Bazaart. Your mission is to grow, and for B2C companies it means more users. Here are some tips and tricks that helped me grow the downloads for our app Bazaart from 0 to 500,000 organically, spending very little to no money at all. How do you approach this daunting task? The Result?

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Startup Benchmarks

VC Cafe

In this post I’ll focus on benchmarking resources for seed and series A in the following three categories: SaaS B2C / Consumer apps Deep tech. You can read more about the methodology here and download a high res PDF here. 500 Startups created a helpful primer on key B2C metrics. Source: The SaaS Napkin.

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Shattering The Mold: Unleashing the Creator Economy in B2B Marketing

Duct Tape Marketing

Shattering The Mold: Unleashing the Creator Economy in B2B Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with Christie Horsman In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interviewed Christie Horsman, who brings a decade of expertise in both B2B and B2C marketing within the SaaS arena.

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Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out – The Startup Genome Project

Steve Blank

The email continued, &# The problem I’m working on is that many founders are either making uninformed decisions or inefficiently learning the new skills they need. The solution I’m exploring is a just in time learning methodology that accelerates founders’ learning curve by aggregating relevant content, peers and mentors.&#.

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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More

Both Sides of the Table

But apparently the B2C model meant that many publishers didn’t want OnLive to carry their full inventory. You can watch on YouTube or download the podcast (for the gym!) This is a riveting read and tale of ego, bad business practice and shady ethical behavior – if the article is even 50% true. or video podcast.

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How to Create a Demand Funnel (for 44X Revenue)

ConversionXL

In that unannounced meeting, Brett Hurt, our CEO and co-founder, laid it out for us. It wasn’t quite a flip from B2C to B2B, but it was close. by downloading guides, using the open parts of our product, requesting a demo). But first, a quick example of what you’re aiming for. Here are our stage definitions: Lead. Opportunity.

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