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

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Food, technology, bioscience, services, you need to know the metrics for your model. I’m going to share what the metrics are for a SAS business, which is software as a service, and that’s what we are here at LivePlan, so these are the things that we track on a daily basis. Then referral rates and opt-out rates.

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How to Write a Business Plan

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Milestones and Metrics. Milestones and Metrics. While the Milestones and Metrics chapter of your business plan may not be long, it’s critical that you take the time to look forward and schedule the next critical steps for your business. Exit Strategy. Read more ». Marketing and Sales Plan. Read more ».

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How to Write a Business Plan for a Subscription Box Service

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Key metrics. Going smaller, use key metrics to ensure that your business is on track to reach your milestones. The five key metrics to judge your subscription model’s success are: Churn and churn rate. MRR (monthly recurring revenue). ARPU (average monthly revenue per user/customer).

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking. The simplest way to track a company’s performance: have them give you access to their internal metrics dashboard. I used Ipreo heavily at one of my prior VC funds.