TechEmpower

JULY 31, 2023

Proving your Business Model Works - Build, Define, and Review But how do you prove your numbers? Next, define what you need from a metrics and reporting standpoint. R : Retention - Do they come back & re-visit over time? R : Retention - Do they come back & re-visit over time?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2010

Part of those questions are around Startup Metrics. This aligns with understanding the the core business model: Get Users (= Acquisition, Referral) Drive Usage (= Activation, Retention) Make Money (= Monetize) (and Lifetime Value is a good one) Of course, that’s a big part of what the investor wants as well.

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Metrics Startup Retention Software Developers 159

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 The three drivers of growth for your business model. Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. Choose one.

San Francisco 167

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 8, 2009

A post by Fred Wilson pointed me to Dave McClure's Startup Metrics presentation. Normally, when I am talking to the founder of any startup trying to figure out what they need to do, one of the things I always try to do is understand their business at its core. You only build what you need to prove that model.

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Metrics Startup Retention Acquisition 225

Hearpreneur

JULY 8, 2017

Todd McGuire is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of startup incentaHEALTH and we had to the opportunity to hear from him about starting business, the future of the company and what entrepreneurship means to him. I am the co-founder and CTO of the digital health care company incentaHEALTH. Hi, I’m Todd.

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Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

Are there types of companies, market segments, industries, or business models where PLG does not make sense? You're really getting enough early users to help you validate to achieve a certain level of retention rate. Sometimes the buyer is just too busy. Hila is a mentor with Mucker Capital. So that's the team “aha!”

Product 78

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Every model, it doesn’t matter what you are. Food, technology, bioscience, services, you need to know the metrics for your model. These are the metrics for the SaaS model that we have. How many people are going to leave? Then referral rates and opt-out rates. This is what we track.

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