View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

Acquisitions are happening more and more, while companies like PillPack, Actifio, CarGurus, OnShape, Acquia, Applause, and others continue to march forward. Incepted in 2012, Alignable’s platform hit the market in 2014, and since then, we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of business owners in North America join.

Social Media 185

Social Media B2B North America Media 185

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

This means users love it, that there’s lots of retention and engagement, even at small numbers. June 2014 – Sean Ellis and Morgan Brown write Startup Growth Engines: Case Studies of How Today’s Most Successful Startups Unlock Extraordinary Growth , which defines growth strategies as growth engines.

Retention 48

Retention Metrics Acquisition Conversion 48

Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2018

trillion in 2014. Retention: the customer is satisfied with your product and or your brand and continues to patronize your business. Customer acquisition cost (CAC): Tow much it costs to acquire a new customer. In our connected world, people shop online almost as often as they physically shop in stores. That’s great!

SEO 80

SEO eCommerce Analytics Software Review 80

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Startup productivity is embodied in key ratios, including low cost of customer acquisition, high retention and high revenue per employee. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/1/2014. High customer loyalty and high team passion. entrepreneur revenue startup user count'

Revenue 246

Revenue Entrepreneur Valuation Viral 246

ConversionXL

MAY 8, 2019

The stream of blog visitors generate awareness; the links to those posts support bottom-of-funnel acquisition on product pages. At their height of popularity, around 2014, they were seen as easy ways to earn links—engaging visuals that sites could embed to make a point and add interest. Breaking down the blog–product barrier.

eCommerce 131

eCommerce Marketing Audience Non-Compete 131

VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2021

Worldwide mobile app revenues in 2014 to 2023 (in billion U.S. So while ads can be an effective way to grow, spending on user acquisition before figuring out monetisation is a sure way to shorten runway for early stage startups. dollars) (source: Statista ). New apps released each month on the iOS app store (source: Statista ).

Mobile 190

Mobile Social Media Distribution PR 190

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Anyone who is familiar with the ResearchXL model will know that the two go hand-in-hand to deliver insights… Let’s say your problem is customer acquisition (you’ve seen the numbers). In 2014, Sujan Patel was able to boost conversions by over 30% by spending two weeks working as customer support agent for his company. What gives?

Conversion 48

Conversion Retention Audience Software Review 48

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

It has grown remarkably, has favorable gross margins and customer acquisition payback, and a clear path to profitability. Square grew revenue >170% YoY in 2013, then 54% YoY in 2014, and is on pace to grow about 32% YoY here in 2015. What are customer acquisition costs like? How much revenue does each merchant drive?

IPO 165

IPO .Net Revenue Acquisition 165

ConversionXL

MARCH 15, 2016

According to a 2014 State of SaaS report from Compass , SaaS is a $10B industry in North America. And only a little over 25% of SaaS companies with less than 10K users spend money on user acquisition. It means that user retention becomes even more important. Onboarding is about retention, not acquisition.

Mobile 48

Mobile Retention Email Software Review 48

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about The Silent Benefits of PR in which I pointed out that most young companies I encounter don’t fully grasp the benefits of PR because they are less measurable than product milestones or customer acquisition analyses (like CAC/LTV).

PR 319

PR Venture Capital Hiring Seed Capital 319

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Because, we’re finding that the most successful companies are digging deep into the data driven research available to them… giving them a leg up on customer retention and bolstering the bottom line. Tackling these kinds of frustrating user issues helps to reduce churn and the mitigates the emphasis on new acquisitions.

Customer 127

Customer Analytics Conversion eCommerce 127

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2018

I can send you that 2014 report and you can see it. And then the third thing about the customer is to focus more on customer retention and growth and not so much on new customer acquisition. Louis Gudema: Yeah, absolutely. I’ll send you a copy of the report. I haven’t put out the update yet.

Marketing 56

Marketing Social Media Analytics Software 56

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Founded in 2014, the fund has built the most recognized brand focused on leading female-run opportunities in internet and software startups. He started his first company at 18, where he grew the business and successfully lead it through an acquisition just two years later.

Technical Cofounder 48

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO 48

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The SEC expects to finalize its equity crowdfunding rules by the end of 2014. Beware—detailing plans to engage in mergers or acquisitions with unspecified companies disqualifies your business from offering or selling crowdfunding securities. The investors. You just need to specify one.

Equity 125

Equity SEC Technical Review Security 125

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 28, 2016

You already know the value of a referral in building retention, value and loyalty to your brand. The tried-and-true value of word-of-mouth referrals is undeniable: In 2014, a Small Business Trends survey showed that 85% of small businesses say their customers learned about them through someone they know. photo credit: Pixabay.

Social Media 28

Social Media Retention Channel B2B 28

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

In blue is how much time we spent in 2010 and in blue the time spent in 2014. was the dramatic shift between 2010 to 2014 to mobile content consumption. The team at Google has done a great job of having the end-to-end view there across Acquisition, Behavior and Outcomes. What was surprising, even to me (!), Thank you.

Analytics 141

Analytics Metrics Mobile DC 141