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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

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Business model viability, in the majority of startups, will come down to balancing two variables: Cost to Acquire Customers (CAC) The ability to monetize those customers, or LTV (which stands for Lifetime Value of a Customer) Successful web businesses have long understood these metrics as they have such an easy way to measure them.

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How to Create a Demand Funnel (for 44X Revenue)

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But such a simple funnel works only if you have a lot of inbound interest and a sales team focused on fielding inquiries. Since we had a sales development team of our own, we needed to factor in their efforts, too. Our next step was to adapt the funnel to fit our marketing automation platform and sales processes.

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