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

David Teten

Point Nine Capital uses Qwilr to create modern, mobile-native collateral. Some notable metrics are revenue growth rates, free cashflow, leverage ratios, historical financing amounts, returns on marketing spend, customer acquisition costs, lifetime value of customers, customer churn rates, and team social scores.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

We’re a mobile development firm looking to increase new client sales. If you’re getting 2% upgrade to paid, but 15% monthly churn, then you need to spend more time on the Pro features to insure the cost benefit is there. How can I lower my apps churn rate? What are the top 5 reasons entrepreneurs fail?