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Slack S-1: Will APRU Drive Long Term Value?

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You can see this both by looking at a cohort “layer cake” graph or by examining the net dollar retention. Slack’s net dollar retention rate is an incredibly impressive 143%. Slack’s net dollar retention rate is decreasing, but is still a long way from dropping below 100%. So Slack generated $1.43

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Square IPO: Is Square A Good Payments Business?

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Bottom line is that Square appears to have profitable customer acquisition and excellent retention, especially considering the inherent churn typically associated with serving SMBs. IMO it’ll continue to grow faster than PayPal for awhile, has pretty good margins and underlying customer metrics, and should achieve profitability soon.

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