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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. What the sheet shows is that each customer is costing you $100 in just lead generation expense. For more on the topic of Viral Growth, refer to my blog post on that topic here.)

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

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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. As private investors and public acquirers become more SaaS savvy, multiples of CMRR will likely become the primary valuation metric. anecdotes.