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Why Misunderstanding Startup Metrics Can Cost You Your Business

Both Sides of the Table

In product business it is often measured over multiple purchases and assumptions are made about the repeat rates and in the enterprise or services world LTV can be based on churn rates, which are notoriously hard to predict in an early-stage business. Poorly calculated LTVs can become BVs (bankruptcy values).

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

David Teten

Automation allows you to spend less time on tedious tasks and will help boost productivity, especially within a small marketing team. Russell Rothstein, Founder and CEO, IT Central Station , a product review site, said, “We see VCs on our site very often. They read reviews of the products of target investments.

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SaaS CRO: What You’re Not Testing (But Should)

ConversionXL

They become aware of your company and/or product. They begin to use your product and discover value. They experience value and regularly use your product. They advocate for your company and/or product, actively referring new business to you. These are the first 30, 60, 90, 120 days using your product. Acquisition.

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

Like SaaS products themselves, we now intend for these laws to be periodically refined through major releases to reflect the changing landscape of the SaaS world. Save Asia for post-IPO Single instance, multi-tenant, single datacenter - Have only one version of the code in production. Cashflow is the other key metric.