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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

Both Sides of the Table

This is a very common scenario when entrepreneurs pitch VCs and frankly is a very common scenario when VCs try to raise money from LPs. At night I had a group dinner where I met 6 new entrepreneurs and hung out with some old friends from law firms, banks and other VC funds. What do I do now? Was that a blip?

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Startup Benchmarks

VC Cafe

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? Consumer apps and services.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal the Pivots They See Businesses Making in 2022

Hearpreneur

So, that’s why we are excited about 2022 because there will be more and more entrepreneurs and businesses. Here are the pivots other entrepreneurs see businesses making this year: #1- More options for solo travelers. Companies offer incentives such as signing and retention bonuses as well as unique job perks and flexible scheduling.

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Acquire New Users by Adding Growth Hacking to your Marketing Strategy

ConversionXL

500 Startups founder and entrepreneur Dave McClure created this model as a way for growth hackers to optimize the speed of their sales and marketing efforts in generating results. In the activation phase, measure these performance metrics: Conversion rate Number of customers using a product feature Drop-off rate Dwell time.

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Product Design for SaaS Startups: Best Practices and Examples

ReadWriteStart

I’ll start by taking you to the world of Startup X, a passionate team of entrepreneurs who believed they had the next big thing in the world of software as a service (SaaS). A SaaS UX design that is intuitive, efficient, and enjoyable can significantly impact user satisfaction, retention, and overall success.

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25 Entrepreneurs Share Their #1 Goal for 2020

Hearpreneur

Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their New Year’s Resolutions around their business. We asked entrepreneurs to share their biggest goals and what they were looking forward to in 2020. #1- Employee retention has really become a problem, and companies spend hundreds of thousands of dollars when it comes to turnover.

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Why Misunderstanding Startup Metrics Can Cost You Your Business

Both Sides of the Table

Perhaps the most misused terms I see these days from entrepreneurs involve CAC (customer acquisition costs) and LTV (life time value) and a lack of understanding these critical components is driving many companies to premature failure. So I spend an inordinate amount of time with entrepreneurs focused on payback. LTV is imprecise.

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