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Shark Tank Season 4 week 10 breakdown

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Season 4 of week 10 of Shark Tank was interesting because two of the pitches were for internet businesses that I could imagine seeing in my day job as a Silicon Valley Venture Capitalis t. With a 15% churn rate, that suggests about $7 in lifetime value. This business can’t work.

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

maplebutter.com

I’m not afraid to pick up the phone, cold call someone, use LinkedIn to find someone who’s recently left a company that might be considered competitive and ask them for advise around the business model and marketplace. Ideally you can pay them based + equity so that you’ll get their attention and focus on the project.

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14 Entrepreneurs Describe The BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) For Their Business?

Hearpreneur

4- Reduce churn rate by half. My big hairy audacious goal for my business by the end of this year is to reduce our churn rate by half. As a SaaS company, we have had pretty good success in acquiring new customers for our business using various techniques: organic traffic, paid ads, email marketing, etc.