David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2014

Lifetime value will also get there and you increase your lifetime value by decreasing your churn rate, i.e. the rate at which people churn out of your product or service, but decreasing your churn will take months to catch up and show the bottom line and your absolutely want to decrease your churn.

Metrics 84

Metrics Startup Churn Rate Forecast 84

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2019

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. Our BHAG is none other than disrupting the healthcare lending industry through technology, originating $1B in healthcare loans in 2021. Thanks to Scott Cuthbert, Safeopedia.com ! #4-

Papua New Guinea 66

Papua New Guinea Hawaii Advisory Board Churn Rate 66

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Technology : If you are a technology company, it’s critical for your business plan to describe your technology and what your “secret sauce” is. You don’t have to give away trade secrets in your business plan, but you do need to describe how your technology is different and better than other solutions out there.

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Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 24, 2015

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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Churn Rate Early Stage Revenue Metrics 20

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

Joining us for this episode is our partner David Zhang, Partner at TCV (( Technology Crossover Ventures ). I have been in and around technology for over ten years. You know, a lot of times, what we hear is: “Hey, what does the company do is $5 billion of equity value is $10 billion.” Jonathan Siddharth . That’s the secret sauce.

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Partner Cofounder Retention Acquisition 132

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I think it’s a huge mistake to outsource technology as a startup. Ideally you can pay them based + equity so that you’ll get their attention and focus on the project. There’s no formula however I do know … the more you build before you need to hire / partner, the more equity you can keep. How can I lower my apps churn rate?

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44