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Startup Benchmarks

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In this post I’ll focus on benchmarking resources for seed and series A in the following three categories: SaaS B2C / Consumer apps Deep tech. In SaaS the main benchmarks being measured are revenue growth, sales efficiency (unit economics), churn and burn rate. 500 Startups created a helpful primer on key B2C metrics.

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Is the Lean Startup concept of MVP dead?

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In fact, they were screaming at them to dramatically reduce their burn rates. The fundamentals (unit economics/ margins, CAC>LTV, the importance of retention) are more important now. Angel investment, which was small to start with, disappeared, and most corporate VCs shut down. It was a nuclear winter for startup capital.”

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