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Getting Your Series A Mojo Back

Both Sides of the Table

You Need to Find Your Mojo A Chip On Your Shoulder A few years ago I wrote a blog post on entrepreneurs with a chip on their shoulders. Your churn rates are too high. I think it’s an important read. It’s what you do in these moments that often determine success from failure. But building a successful startup is hard.

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Four Major Startup Stages That You Should Know About

YoungUpstarts

You have a low churn rate and you are in the business for last five years at a minimum. If you are getting funded for the first time, which means that you have not diluted the shares of your company, you will be receiving Series A funding. Growth stage. Now let’s say you have around 10,000 customers and they are sustained.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal the Pivots They See Businesses Making in 2022

Hearpreneur

For us at CEO Blog Nation, we get it. The traditional push marketing approach has given way to a new approach that entails engaging customers through social networking, blogs and video. Not working on feature requests has, in a large way, contributed to our churn rates.

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Your LTV Math is Wrong

Seeing Both Sides

Since I see a few common patterns of mistakes, I thought I'd add to the LTV literature and point out the top three reasons many investors roll their eyes when they see entrepreneurs present inflated, poorly constructed LTVs: 1) Your churn rate is understated. A monthly churn rate of 1%?

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

It’s also a great way to get inspiration for blogging. No funding and you are trying to get exposure, you have exhausted Twitter, Facebook and a blog. I would go back to the blog – it’s the #1 ROI if done right. What’s the best way to commercialize a blog? Why do I do it? What are the other essentials?