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Startup Metrics

TechEmpower

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. The metrics, and how they relate, are captured in his slide: Note the relationship between retention/referral efforts and lifetime value.

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10 Strategies To Avoid Bad Risks In Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Implement a modern real business model. Use metrics to measure results of marketing initiatives. Too many entrepreneurs put all their resources in one big make-or-break effort they can’t measure, or they count on word-of-mouth and viral marketing, which are totally unpredictable. Customers like leaders, not followers.

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10 Manageable Risks That An Entrepreneur Should Take

Startup Professionals Musings

Implement a modern real business model. Use metrics to measure results of marketing initiatives. Too many entrepreneurs put all their resources in one big make-or-break effort they can’t measure, or they count on word-of-mouth and viral marketing, which are totally unpredictable. Customers like leaders, not followers.

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Darwinian company growth doesn’t always select the best companies

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

That last bit should sound familiar if you follow theories of Startup Laws & Metrics. Similarly, we hold up “viral growth” as the best sort of growth, because exponential curves overwhelm all others, thus once the mechanism is stable and the company gets large enough to be noticed, it’s neigh-impossible for competitors to catch up.

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10 Strategies To Isolate Smart Risks In A New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Implement a modern real business model. Use metrics to measure results of marketing initiatives. Too many entrepreneurs put all their resources in one big make-or-break effort they can’t measure, or they count on word-of-mouth and viral marketing, which are totally unpredictable. Customers like leaders, not followers.

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10 Calculated Risks That Lead To Startup Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Implement a modern real business model. Use metrics to measure results of marketing initiatives. Too many entrepreneurs put all their resources in one big make-or-break effort they can’t measure, or they count on word-of-mouth and viral marketing, which are totally unpredictable. Customers like leaders, not followers.

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The unprofitable SaaS business model trap

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

So no, this upside-down business model isn’t what a SaaS business should construct. Use viral growth to offset cancellations. Few B2B companies can truly claim “viral growth” characteristics. Leaving the metrics alone, and trying to “grow until profitable” doesn’t work.