YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

You have a low churn rate and you are in the business for last five years at a minimum. There is a complete process to go for an IPO. After an IPO, you can retire and get a new management to work for the company. After an IPO, you can retire and get a new management to work for the company. Growth stage.

Startup 113

Startup Technical Cofounder Merger Early Stage 113

Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Last week''s successful IPO of e-commerce giant Wayfair (market cap $3B) and this week''s impending IPO of Hubspot (if it prices in the range, market cap $600m) has many in the Boston tech community celebrating. 2013 was the best year for IPOs since the tech bubble of the 90s and 2014 looks to wrap up even stronger this quarter.

IPO 39

IPO Turkey Churn Rate Stock 39

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

Will that be enough or will high churn rates creep in, new toys be introduced into the market, new time sucks pulling user attention away? Why had it endured though market machinations and become this year’s darling IPO? This year’s Tamagotchi? My example du jour is LinkedIn.

Churn Rate 309

Churn Rate IPO Open Source PR 309

ConversionXL

AUGUST 13, 2019

For a SaaS company with a hundred customers, two customers churning isn’t going to move the needle. However, churn compounds. That 2% churn rate that wasn’t a problem at the start? If you have a half-million customers, that same churn rate translates into a monthly loss of 10,000 subscribers.

Metrics 117

Metrics SQL Retention Churn Rate 117

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

An online software company might look at churn rates (the percentage of customers that cancel) and new signups. An exit strategy is your plan for eventually selling your business, either to another company or to the public in an IPO. If you have investors, they will want to know your thoughts on this.

Business Plan 163

Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

But notice what’s not listed: messages sent per person, churn rates of active users, or activation rate of new user. But notice what’s not listed: messages sent per person, churn rates of active users, or activation rate of new user. It’s side-by-side with a number of other vanity metrics.

San Francisco 154

San Francisco Metrics Lean PR 154

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Save Asia for post-IPO Single instance, multi-tenant, single datacenter - Have only one version of the code in production. Save Asia for post-IPO. Your default position should be to consider Europe as your pre-IPO growth story, and Asia only after you’re a high-flying public company. Philippe Botteri. Bessemer SaaS Law #8.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48