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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

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Far more common is a need to acquire customers through a series of steps like SEO, SEM, PR, Social Marketing, direct sales, channel sales, etc. Using low cost inside sales when the touchless conversion is not possible. These techniques are frequently referred to as the Low Cost Sales model, or as Sales 2.0.

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

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Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. While the CAC ratio helps SaaS businesses at scale to manage their Sales and Marketing spend, the SLC is a helpful framework for early stage businesses before you have meaningful data.