VC Cafe
NOVEMBER 2, 2019
One question that keeps coming up when speaking with early stage entrepreneurs when it comes to funding, is what metrics the company needs to hit to raise seed/series A/B etc: What’s a good conversion rate? Investors look beyond top line metrics to assess other important factors. What should our MRR growth be?
Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 25, 2023
3- Investing both time and finance Photo Credit: Jonathan Hussey The biggest thing for me is to understand what you're undertaking before you start. 21- Pay attention to important metrics Photo Credit: Todd Saunders It's always a good idea to pay attention to important metrics like cart abandonment rates or the lifetime value of a customer.
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www.forentrepreneurs.com
FEBRUARY 2, 2010
Blog About Log in Register Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior Great companies are almost always run by great management teams. Good metrics should also be actionable, and drive successful behavior. In a follow up post, I will use this technique to walk through the design of a set of metrics for a SaaS company.
reidhoffman.org
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
You may happen to emphasize the right points that pique an investor’s interest, but you shouldn’t leave your financing up to chance. Second, understand the broader financing climate. We are the leader in the professional domain with viral growth. We didn’t try to establish the viral dynamic; we just asserted it.
Occam's Razor
MAY 19, 2014
But the problem is that single golden metrics hide valuable insights and, more often than not, drive bad behavior. Here's my proposal: If you are pushed to have a single golden metric, give it a partner. The BFF metric you find should not be one that is very far away. So, great metric. Honestly, who can blame them.
Cracking the Code
MARCH 23, 2007
Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Popular Media is a hosted, web-based technology platform that enables customers to quickly create, optimize, and scale viral marketing programs - and it seems to work pretty well. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. Try charging customers for your product when you have 12 competitors giving the product away free finances by $20 million of VC. The Exit Problem.
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