Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

Perhaps it's an increase in your conversion rate; Or a higher number of visitors who sign up; Or a greater number of people who share content with one another; Or a lower monthly churn rate for users of your application; Maybe it's even something as simple as getting more people into your restaurant. But they are.

Metrics 156

Metrics Analytics Lean Churn Rate 156

Lightspeed Venture Partners

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

With a 15% churn rate, that suggests about $7 in lifetime value. This business can’t work. He developed the product out of necessity. But given that the development has been done, the growth of the company comes down to distribution and marketing. The cost of shipping and handling is at least 4 x $2= $8/mth.

Pre-Money Valuation 166

Pre-Money Valuation Alabama Valuation Churn Rate 166

Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2012

The more visitors you bring to your website the greater your potential to derive revenue from them regardless of your business model, and without costs growing in proportion. With continuous development it can lead to percentage improvements at each step, which ratchet up and can have a profound impact on the final revenue tally.

Metrics 68

Metrics Nigeria Ratchet Churn Rate 68

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Defining the problem you’re trying to solve is an important part of your business plan because it’s the first place where you’ll demonstrate that idea is viable—that you can actually make money with your business model and idea. Share of the Market (SOM) : Your SOM is who you will reach in your first few years of business.

Business Plan 63

Business Plan Curation Balance Sheet Intellectual Property 63

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In thinking about the bigger goal of digital transformation, 46% say they have been able to identify and create new product and revenue streams, and 45% of organizations are now using data and analytics to develop new business models. The company once had the market’s highest churn rate and lowest Net Promoter Score (NPS).

Analytics 106

Analytics Metrics Channel Campaign 106

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This provides us more time to develop meaningful relationships with prospects and customers. Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking. 3) Raise capital. 9) Accelerate portfolio company value.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

” Our featured speaker was Caroline Cummings, the VP of Business Development at Palo Alto Software. Then referral rates and opt-out rates. These are the metrics for the SaaS model that we have. How many people are going to leave? This is what we track.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 60

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

In this step-by-step guide, I’ll take you through every stage of writing a business plan that will actually help you achieve your goals. Whether you’re trying to raise money for your business or are developing a plan for strategic growth, a solid business plan is a key component to every successful business.

Business Plan 163

Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 21, 2013

Here's what they have to say about churn rates in SaaS businesses: The best SaaS sites or applications usually have churn ranging from 1.5% Mark MacLeod, Chief Corporate Development Officer at Freshbooks, says that you need to get below a 5% monthly churn rate before you know you’ve got a business that’s ready to scale.

Analytics 167

Analytics Lean Metrics Churn Rate 167

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. The way I do it.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Humans develop habits based on what we believe is the fastest way to get from trigger to reward. Renewal rate. The goal at this stage is to re-engage and reactivate those who are demonstrating at-risk behavior patterns or who have completely churned. Metric examples: Customer save rate; Customer churn rate; Re-engagement rate.

Retention 101

Retention Metrics Churn Rate Acquisition 101

ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2016

A flowing sales funnel is crucial in any business, but even more so with SaaS businesses… Unlike other business models, revenue is generated over an extended period of time. LTV = ARPA * % Gross Margin / % MRR Churn Rate. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC). Regularly Review Your Customer Personas.

Software Review 48

Software Review Metrics Revenue Acquisition 48

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Humans develop habits based on what we believe is the fastest way to get from trigger to reward. Renewal rate. The goal at this stage is to re-engage and reactivate those who are demonstrating at-risk behavior patterns or who have completely churned. Metric examples: Customer save rate; Customer churn rate; Re-engagement rate.

Retention 48

Retention Metrics Churn Rate Acquisition 48

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts. This is misleading because in a recurring revenue model, Customer A is much more valuable to the business (assuming typical churn rates) as they will likely generate $360,000 of revenue for the business with renewals over that same three year period.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

andrewchenblog.com

JANUARY 28, 2010

To become profitable using a freemium business model, this simple equation must hold true: Lifetime value > Cost per acquisition + Cost of service (paying & free) Said in plain english, the lifetime value of your paying customers needs to be greater than the cost it took to acquire them, plus, the cost servicing all users (free or paying).

CPA 51

CPA Retention Viral Acquisition 51

ConversionXL

MARCH 5, 2014

The point of improving your customer lifetime value, as David points out , is to ultimately create balance in your business model that allows you to offset the unavoidable high cost factors that inevitably go along with running your business. Hubspot Reduces Churn by 57% & Increases CLV by 215.72% in a year and a half.

Customer 133

Customer Churn Rate Retention Acquisition 133

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2019

4- Reduce churn rate by half. My big hairy audacious goal for my business by the end of this year is to reduce our churn rate by half. As a SaaS company, we have had pretty good success in acquiring new customers for our business using various techniques: organic traffic, paid ads, email marketing, etc.

Papua New Guinea 65

Papua New Guinea Hawaii Advisory Board Churn Rate 65