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The 7 Key Metrics Every Business Owner Should Monitor

Up and Running

If you’re running a subscription business , you’ll want to track churn rate, monthly recurring revenue, lifetime value, and so on. However, there are a number of metrics that every business owner should know, including cash flow, accounts payable, accounts receivable, direct costs, operating margin, net profit, and cash burn rate.

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Is Your Startup Tracking the Right Metrics?

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You need to get to a point in your funnel where you have enough people coming in that you can get to that conversion rate that will get you the sales that you need to drive your business forward. If you look at something like Constant Contact with a 2% churn rate, their customers are going to stick around something around 36 months.

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Startups and financial models for SAAS companies

BeyondVC

So first and foremost, I let him know that while it was nice to have a well thought out spreadsheet, that the most important thing was getting the product developed and the right team in place. Another area that is quite important is churn rate. The remainder would go into deferred revenue.