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Critical Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Founders

Up and Running

However, as a founder of a small business or startup, you’re juggling many things. Use current analytics to identify which business processes should be measured and who the stakeholders are. KPIs Every Founder Should Track. Customer churn rate: shows the percentage of customers lost in a given period (e.g.,

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Product Design for SaaS Startups: Best Practices and Examples

ReadWriteStart

It’s disheartening, but sadly, this is one experience that many startup founders face. I understand the struggles that come with being a startup founder. Use data analytics: Data analytics can provide valuable insights into how users interact with your product. The good news is that there’s hope!

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Acquire New Users by Adding Growth Hacking to your Marketing Strategy

ConversionXL

GrowthHackers founder and former Head of Growth at Dropbox, Sean Ellis , coined the term: “A growth hacker is a person whose true north is growth. In his course on Growth Mindset (part of CXL’s Growth Marketing Minidegree ), WeTheFuture.org founder John McBride describes three key components of a successful growth marketer: 1.

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Asking Questions More Effectively

Both Sides of the Table

trying to determine one’s math capabilities you might like to ask a detailed analytical problem to solve. I was infuriated because the flow of our conversation never returned to letting the guy inform us how to better sell to him. I was interviewing the founder of a prominent company of which many of you would have heard.

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The Lean Analytics Cycle: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act

Occam's Razor

This thought was in my mind as I was reading Lean Analytics a new book by my friend Alistair Croll and his collaborator Benjamin Yoskovitz. In this post, we’ll look at each of the four steps in the Lean Analytics Cycle in more detail. If it's the number of people buying, the metric is conversion rate.

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My Thoughts on the Current Market: on 20-Minute VC

Both Sides of the Table

We discussed why in Q4 you will see large renegotiations of SaaS contracts and increased churn rates. Biggest Advice I Give to Portfolio Founders? We of course need to understand markets and market dynamics but many people understand this from an analytical perspective. That’s a decision every founder gets to make.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

In liquid markets, most of the calories expended on technology and analytics are focused on trade selection, or “ origination ”. I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm . 3) Raise capital.