VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Understanding the benchmarks on conversion, retention, and churn for your business is therefore critical. Retention : The percentage of customers who continue to use a product or service after a certain period of time, typically measured over weeks, months, or years. The benchmarks are based on the US market.

Retention 109

Retention Conversion Churn Rate B2C 109

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

*This post is part of our “pitch deck” series where we dissect the seed stage pitch deck and discuss the ideal flow for a pitch. Now it’s time to set the stage with the early traction you have. Seed stage VCs are realistic about how much traction a very raw company might have.

Seed Stage 150

Seed Stage B2B Seed Capital Revenue 150

Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

My partner Erik Rannala has had a similar experience, having worked as a VC at Harrison Metal before moving down to LA to co-found our seed stage venture firm. Much of this is due to the lack of venture capital – seed-stage venture capital, in particular – to get companies off the ground here in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles 138

Los Angeles Southern California Silicon Valley Technical Review 138

Hippoland

OCTOBER 16, 2016

These are some of the most important criteria to investing in seed-stage teams. These are products that can and should generate revenue right out of the gates in both B2B and consumer ideas. But, you need to be growing FAST. The vast majority of pitches that I see tend to end up in this category.

Startup 48

Startup Vertical Early Stage Bootstrapping 48

Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

You're really getting enough early users to help you validate to achieve a certain level of retention rate. You do a little bit of acquisition and then you have users to work with on retention, activation, monetization, etc. Can you grow a B2B company utilizing PLG without ever having the need for a sales team? I do that a lot.

Product 78

Product CTO Hire Startup Fractional CTO 78

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Mashable Mashable reached out to angels, seed stage investors and VC firm partners and asked them to share their wisdom with the rest of us. and Path Intelligence.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

I know that in B2B world you are dead in the water without CRM tool… We are using our own stuff – [link] Reply Josh , on February 28, 2011 at 12:12 am said: Thank you for all the great links, how can i get an invite to quora? Reply Jarek , on February 27, 2011 at 11:51 pm said: What about CRM?

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110