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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. Private Equity Software and Services Directory. The VC Software Stack?—?the

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Initially, lots of potential clients may be interested to try out the product because it’s new and the flow of new users may mask the high churn rate. Even more, some founders are not interested in the churn rate at all early on. So, how to make affiliate marketing work for you? Know your userbase. About the author.

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maplebutter.com

The only problem is I haven’t found a problem or an industry – web, enterprise software, green tech, etc – where I feel passionate. How I can find the right investor (software)? I’m a web designer but I need to find a dependable software developer to team with. How can I lower my apps churn rate?