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The Essential SaaS Metrics for Growth

ConversionXL

It’s common for companies to put a revenue figure on what it means to be successful in SaaS. But only 400 software companies have made it to the $500M revenue mark. Chances are you’ve been told to focus on metrics like: Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR); Lifetime Value (LTV); Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC).

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8 Growth Practices That Every Startup Needs To Follow

Startup Professionals Musings

Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. Revenue and competitive position followed. Maximize employee engagement by fitting roles to strengths. Pick a single metric that is the focus for all growth.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” They have have raised $2-3 million, built a product that has some amount of market traction and got to annualized revenues of around $1 million.

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

abovethecrowd.com

Would that help retention and NPS (Net Promote Score)? If somehow Sofi could obtain allocation to these so called “hot IPOs” clearly it would be a powerful marketing tool. If somehow Sofi could obtain allocation to these so called “hot IPOs” clearly it would be a powerful marketing tool. Would they be loyal?

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2011 May be the Year of the IPO for Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

It has been at least a decade since going public via an Initial Public Offering (IPO) has been considered a credible exit strategy for startups. Usually a small company can sell about 20 percent of its stock in an IPO. In 1999, there were 486 IPOs nationwide; just 10 years later, in 2009, there were only 63. How’s the timing?

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A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans

Duct Tape Marketing

Questions I ask Mike Evans: [1:46] Could you give us a high-level overview of the startup of Grubhub to IPO to what you’re doing now? 12:51] Right up to IPO at which point you quit, which I think some people would actually say, you made it now, why are you quitting? He lives in Chicago with his wife, daughter, dog, and bike.

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The State of Consumer Tech in Israel in 2023

VC Cafe

Whether it’s gaming, commerce/ DTC or creator economy, there are many Israeli startups selling at over $10M and even $100M in annual revenue. Many exited or IPO’d (and subsequently lost much of their value in the recent downturn), but new success stories have also emerged. Surpassed the $100M revenue mark in 2022.

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