Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

This has led VC & entrepreneur bloggers alike to similar conclusions: start raising capital early and be careful about having too high of a burn rate because that lessens the amount of runway you have until you need more cash. But the hardest question to actually answer is, “What is the right burn rate for your company?”

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Burn Rate Cap Table Valuation Software Review 150

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

If you’re running a subscription business , you’ll want to track churn rate, monthly recurring revenue, lifetime value, and so on. However, there are a number of metrics that every business owner should know, including cash flow, accounts payable, accounts receivable, direct costs, operating margin, net profit, and cash burn rate.

Metrics 60

Metrics Burn Rate .Net Churn Rate 60

Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2019

You need to use your time and resources productively by focusing on the right metrics so you can use data to help you implement improvements that matter. Activation rate: measures how many visitors are engaging with your website or app. Customer churn rate: shows the percentage of customers lost in a given period (e.g.,

Founder 71

Founder Retention Metrics Technical Review 71

BeyondVC

DECEMBER 10, 2009

So first and foremost, I let him know that while it was nice to have a well thought out spreadsheet, that the most important thing was getting the product developed and the right team in place. Another area that is quite important is churn rate. The remainder would go into deferred revenue.

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Churn Rate Burn Rate Startup Metrics 112

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

One question that keeps coming up when speaking with early stage entrepreneurs when it comes to funding, is what metrics the company needs to hit to raise seed/series A/B etc: What’s a good conversion rate? Is my churn rate below the category average? What should our MRR growth be? Software as a Service (Saas) benchmarks.

B2C 141

B2C Technical Review Startup Retention 141

Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2014

It’s a huge mistake because if I can go and I can investigate all these metrics and I can investigate what keywords cost and you’re telling me that you’re going to spend $10,000 a month in keywords and that $10,000 a month is going to drive a thousand people to purchase your product? You want it to be as low as possible.

Metrics 84

Metrics Startup Churn Rate Forecast 84