Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In the last decade, SaaS (Software as a Service) has become a very popular model for new software product development. The largest cost component of establishing a SaaS company is product development costs. Often, SaaS company founders are not aware of steps, tools, and checkpoints they should follow while building their product.

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Cost Developer Azure Cloud 158

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Deciding if a product feature is worth the effort – [link]. 6 Ways You Can Improve Churn Rate and Increase Revenue | KISSmetrics blog - [link]. 6 Ways You Can Improve Churn Rate and Increase Revenue | KISSmetrics blog - [link]. 7 tactics lean startups need to build great products | Gigaom – [link].

Social Media 107

Social Media Small Business Design Cofounder 107

Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

This thought was in my mind as I was reading Lean Analytics a new book by my friend Alistair Croll and his collaborator Benjamin Yoskovitz. In this post, we’ll look at each of the four steps in the Lean Analytics Cycle in more detail. Let’s say, for example, that you’re trying to lower the churn rate on an application.

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Metrics Analytics Lean Churn Rate 156

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

We come in after a product has landed and found product market fit and has some escape velocity. I will say the one thing we tell all our portfolio companies is to get fit and lean in. Can we squeeze out more from folks that we’ve hired, and are there things that maybe we have completely neglected? David Zhang.

Partner 132

Partner Cofounder Retention Acquisition 132

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

You hire too quickly. And if you’re lucky and hit product/market fit straight out of the gate – awesome. But if you don’t – now you have many cynical VCs lining up critiquing your CAC/LTV ratios, your churn rates, your poor performing cohorts. You grow from 8 to 45 people over night.

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Churn Rate Silicon Valley Brazil Valuation 150

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2016

Or you can be working to improve your product or service. If you focus on the things that work, you’ll be more efficient and productive, and you’ll see meaningful impact to your bottom line. And although it might seem smart to have a huge site selling as many products as possible, the opposite is often true.

Small Business 48

Small Business Churn Rate Advertising Social Media 48

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Knapp talks about focusing on only the essential activities for shipping new products and testing new ideas. Using my existing skills and resources (including an old domain name), I tested a productized digital PR offer. These days, many agencies start as a lean operation. And so, the concept for a digital PR service was born.

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PR B2B Lean Audience 120