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Is Your Startup Tracking the Right Metrics?

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When you look at SaaS metrics, keeping your CAC low and increasing your ARPU is going to be the fastest way to the hockey stick that SaaS companies are trying to achieve. Lifetime value is how long the average user will stick around and how much revenue will this bring in. If we increase our-. Caroline: Sorry, to interrupt you.

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Webinar Recap: 14 Tips on How to Pitch and Get Funded

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” Our featured speaker was Caroline Cummings, the VP of Business Development at Palo Alto Software. Then referral rates and opt-out rates. Last week, Bplans members had the opportunity to attend our free webinar, “14 Tips on How to Pitch and Get Funded.” You want to explain those inflection points.