VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

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. The main B2C benchmarks have to do with traction: growth in user acquisition, user retention/churn, monetisation, as well as the effectiveness of consumer marketing + virality.

B2C 141

B2C Technical Review Startup Retention 141

VC Cafe

JULY 26, 2020

Every startup has limited time to find product-market fit before running out of cash and speed is an important element in survival. If you can afford to make an MVP look and feel great, even at the expense of time to market or cost, why compromise? Agile Development: launch an MVP early and iterate quickly. Maximum Viable Product.

Lean 214

Lean Seed Capital Startup Burn Rate 214

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

This isn’t limited to the B2C space. There are other channels, of course, but these numbers give us a hint that, well, marketing isn’t getting any cheaper. If you’ve used Slack or Dropbox, you’ve witnessed this first-hand—you didn’t read a lengthy whitepaper on the benefits of strong internal communication or cloud-based file sharing.

Marketing 289

Marketing Sales Cycle Acquisition Sales 289

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JULY 8, 2011

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Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

VC Cafe

MARCH 15, 2016

After spending months and maybe years looking for product-market fit, you now proudly got a product and are ready to go to market. You have to invest time and money into building a sales and marketing team to acquire customers beyond early adopters. Online chat. Another way connect with customers is online chat.

Sales 60

Sales Marketing Sales Cycle B2C 60

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Some are complex and require sales development and account executives to close, like Oracle’s marketing cloud. Merritt Aho , Marketing Director of Testing and Optimization for Dun & Bradstreet, taught a course on building optimization programs for ConversionXL Institute. Why You Need Cohorts to Improve Your Retention.

Conversion 48

Conversion Churn Rate Retention Metrics 48

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

This post details the freemium and free-trial models and considers the key questions—about your business, your market, and your product—that guide you toward the best option. And optimizing for micro-conversions can undermine macro-conversions, especially if your marketing team never sees what happens after a form fill.

Customer 119

Customer Conversion Acquisition B2B 119