Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 19, 2013
The era of VCs investing in successful consumer Internet startups such as eBay led to a belief system that seemed to permeate many enterprise software startups that hiring sales or implementation people was a bad thing. The more your product is integrated with other systems the lower your churn rate will be. And the other thing.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 26, 2016
The key to being able to run a business that isn’t yet profitable (on operating margin) is availability of capital to finance losses and preferably at a cost that isn’t too punitive to the founders and employees. Sustaining short-term losses is all predicated on ability to finance the losses through venture capital or other means.
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David Teten
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Meyler Capital is taking the analytical rigor of modern internet marketing and applying it to fund marketing. . A major angel group uses Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members. Other VCs use Contently * or Social Native * to create relevant content.
Cracking the Code
OCTOBER 10, 2008
Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Together, CMRR, Cashflow, Churn, CAC, and CLTV make up the “5 C’s of SaaS Finance. Cracking The Code. Friday, October 10, 2008. The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Philippe Botteri.
ConversionXL
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
The company once had the market’s highest churn rate and lowest Net Promoter Score (NPS). By switching from manual analysis data to predictive analytics, Sprint could quickly analyze user behavior to spot customers at risk of churn and identify retention offers. Set KPIs that relate to your goals. Cost: Free.
Up and Running
MARCH 11, 2015
This is the part that people hate the most, unless you’re a finance geek. That’s going to help you put your financials together, and it’s also going to help because everybody loses customers, so in your model you have to be able to say what the retention rate is of that customer as well, and the churn rate.
maplebutter.com
JANUARY 8, 2013
Instead of spending 4 years at university, I spend 4 years starting 2 internet companies that failed. What is the first step in creating an internet-based business (After planning) ? If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. Where do you think the internet is taking us for the future? Thank again!
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