YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2017

Subscription business models have been around for a pretty long time, but thanks to modern technology, this model has evolved from milk or newspapers delivery to a versatile eCommerce experience. As a starting entrepreneur, you might wonder: why on earth would I want to start a subscription (box) business? Conclusion.

Churn Rate 149

Churn Rate eCommerce Business Model Bootstrapping 149

Lightspeed Venture Partners

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Season 4 of week 10 of Shark Tank was interesting because two of the pitches were for internet businesses that I could imagine seeing in my day job as a Silicon Valley Venture Capitalis t. The company launched six months ago and so far has grown to 110 subscribers, with all customer acquisition coming from PR and referrals.

Pre-Money Valuation 166

Pre-Money Valuation Alabama Valuation Churn Rate 166

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 21, 2013

Start with metrics in mind To help with this, the book looks at dozens of metrics—such as churn, customer lifetime value, viral coefficient, acquisition cost, uptime, and engagement—and suggests where that metric should be before you can move on to the next stage of your business. If you can get churn to around 2.5%

Analytics 167

Analytics Lean Metrics Churn Rate 167

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Meyler Capital is taking the analytical rigor of modern internet marketing and applying it to fund marketing. . Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts. Cracking The Code. Friday, October 10, 2008. The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Michael Kassing. Let me just say "Thanks".

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2012

These students are typically attracted to Internet and technology start-ups, given that these share favourable industry characteristics such as significant addressable markets, low barriers to entry, modest initial capital requirements and relatively low costs of customer acquisition. If they build it, they will come. But they don’t.

Metrics 68

Metrics Nigeria Ratchet Churn Rate 68

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

That moves into the customer acquisition strategy. This includes again another acronym I’m going to share, CAC, the cost to acquire a customer, the customer acquisition cost. Are you doing an acquisition? The customer acquisition cost that I talked about. Then referral rates and opt-out rates.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 60