Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics. Customer retention with churn modeling. Without predictive targeting, a retention campaign may cost more than it gains.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

When we surveyed 450 professionals last year, our study revealed that 65% invest at least 70% of their budget on acquisition, and that NPS , CLV, and retention are among the least-monitored KPIs. Customer retention rate; New customer stickiness. Customer retention rate. Developing the retention strategy. RFM distribution.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 10, 2022

Photo by Startup Stock Photos from Pexels. It will fuel retention and loyalty with existing ones and bring new ones. But you can look at the brighter side of the picture as there are ways to address these challenges and achieve your growth targets. Create your niche.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 25, 2023

5- Calculate stock reorder levels Photo Credit: Dani Mechlowitz When building an e-commerce business, it's essential to keep track of your inventory to avoid sell-out periods. In that initial growth phase, running out of stock can be detrimental and slow down the momentum of your business growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics. Customer retention with churn modeling. Without predictive targeting, a retention campaign may cost more than it gains.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

For reference, high-flying megacap tech stocks like Apple and Google have operating income margins >20% and Facebook and Microsoft have operating income margins >30%. Airbnb has pretty strong revenue retention… their cohort data shows them getting 35-45% of first year revenue in years 2, 3, 4, and 5.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2013

Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics. Customer retention with churn modeling. Without predictive targeting, a retention campaign may cost more than it gains.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2021

It is quite challenging to envision stock turnover that occurs all day. The formula for calculating this turnover divides the sales in a specific interval by the average stock sold in that same period. CUSTOMER RETENTION RATE . INVENTORY TURNOVER. BUDGET VARIANCE. CONCLUSION.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 15, 2021

It must align with the marketing funnel stages (awareness, consideration, conversion, retention) as well as the customer journey. Whether that’s to: Intrigue (awareness); Educate (consideration); Influence a purchase (conversion); Or inspire engagement (retention). Retention—Inspire engagement. Storytelling mistakes to avoid.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics. Customer retention with churn modeling. Without predictive targeting, a retention campaign may cost more than it gains.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

It will automatically update the number of available products, including product groups, individual products, sizes, and costs, so the salon is always stocked with precisely what it needs. This allows you to monitor your salon’s performance by analyzing client retention, service popularity, and revenue trends.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The technology allows you to track how your stock is moving so that you can make orders early. Tracking employee retention. The process reduces the workload of remembering prices and entering prices on the computer. From the database, you are able to take inventory of your business goods. Analyze your sales in real time.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Because of this, it spans two objectives: Turning customers into advocates Improving customer retention. Improve retention Improve consumer perception Sentiment, testimonials, reviews, customer support and service response time, etc. That’s not to say the app is over—retention among users is strong. Take Clubhouse, for example.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

by Robbie Kellman Baxter, author of “ The Membership Economy: Find Your Super Users, Master the Forever Transaction, and Build Recurring Revenue “ Everyone knows that retention is crucial for subscription-based companies. Blue Apron is hardly alone with its churn problem. The truth is, pricing usually isn’t the issue.

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Gust

JULY 23, 2012

Donations of private stock enable investors, founders and employees to support charitable causes and contribute to the community while receiving simultaneous benefits in the form of substantial cash savings from reduced taxes as well as bypassing capital gains taxes. These assets often have a relatively low cost basis (e.g. The Tax Benefit.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

9- Customer Retention. I work with cryptocurrency and stocks, meaning that technology is the core of our business. As technology, particularly surrounding the stock market and cryptocurrency continues to grow and change, so too does our company. Thanks to Ivo Iv, Decor Home Ideas ! #9- Photo Credit: Brianna Bitton.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As Airtable only slowly moved into monetization, the last 4-6 quarters of retention and revenue growth likely convinced investors the product was not only here to stay, but very likely to accelerate revenue growth even more. It’s entirely possible the trend lifts these companies in due time, as well.

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

Search /Assistant – search partnerships are more of a ‘catch all’ bucket and can range from social content (like tweets) to stocks information etc. how do we improve retention) and Google helps the startups with best practices (i.e. Google Cloud or Google Compute). OKR setting, best practices for hiring, etc).

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2019

Photo by Startup Stock Photos from Pexels. Client Attraction, Retention, and Referrals is Everything. When I started my firm I was required to have a brick-and-mortar office, a street address where I kept all business records and where I could meet with clients. In most states, this is no longer required.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 18, 2024

We have investigated the restrictions imposed by investment documents and the obvious need to keep continuity on the board with the retention of the CEO position at the very least. Practically speaking, this is an impossible goal. How about loss of institutional knowledge?

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

They tick all three boxes in the “brand mass” department: They have a strong reputation in the market (as evidenced by continuous stock price growth) They’re incredibly relevant (there has never been a time where renewable energy was more important) They’re a giant in their industry, owning more than 80% market share. Take Tesla.

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

A Corporate Compliance Plan should include the following policies, which are considered best practices for good governance: Document retention policy. Gifts of stock are considered a donation of property. Conflict of interest policy. Whistleblower policy. Code of conduct policy (unethical activity can put the organization at risk).

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Mike Michalowicz

JULY 26, 2017

Social entrepreneurship can actually boost your employee retention rate and their productivity. Instead of using them, they can bring them back to headquarters where you can stock up and then deliver the goods to a shelter. Individuals, especially millennials, are increasingly expressing a desire to do meaningful work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Overvalued stocks have been called "frothy’" for some time, but now the term is being tossed around in lieu of the word "bubble" in the new world of perceived overvalued startups. These deals usually come with retention packages -- so be careful. Could your startup be the next one? Frothy startup valuations.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 17, 2013

I’ve never really understood why the majority of stock option refresh grants are stacked grants mid-way through the granting process. And it shouldn’t make sense to the management team either – their goal and my goal is aligned – get plenty of future option value locked via vesting as a reward and retention tool.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 1, 2015

At the time, Facebook wasn’t the goliath it is today and so, Choe was given a couple of options: he could have $60,000 in cash, or stock (equal to the equivalent amount of the cash back then). If however you are giving a “normal employee” an incentive stock option plan (more on that later), that’s entirely different.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2020

Tim Hindes, co-founder and CEO of Stay Metrics, a provider of driver retention tools, believes that successful companies are the ones that lead with love from the top down. Right now, many people all over the world are taking stock of their lives and vowing to become better, kinder, more loving human beings.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Retention emails: you can identify inactive subscribers and create a re-engagement campaign to prevent them from churning. Retention emails are important because it’s much cheaper to retain a current customer than it is to attract new ones. . Welcome emails : sent to new subscribers to warm them up after they joined your email lists.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I always remind this to journalists who ask me about public stocks. So while the simplest way that people often evaluate stocks is by P/E ratios (price-to-earnings), one also needs to look at other metrics such as the PEG (price-to-earnings-growth). [of Let’s look at years 3-5 of the two companies.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

They were locking in value before the currency depreciated further, converting cash and credit into hard commodities like groceries, appliances and other things they could stock up on. Stocking up is the traditional way of converting cash into commodities. That was a decade ago. How about today?

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

You’ve built detailed analytics tracking into your product and you should be seeing organic and viral growth; and can provide Daily/Weekly/Monthly Active Users, 30d/90d/120d retention. Retention and low attrition are good signs of customer validation. 2M in 18 months.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2023

Do you know which under-the-radar stocks the top hedge funds and institutional investors are investing in right now? Bringing it All Together Arist attaches value to modern key performance indicators like confidence life and employee retention, which can be hard to quantify or consider in a traditional framework.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 19, 2019

Don’t use cost per acquisition— use the cost to acquire a customer and the retention cost to keep that customer coming back to buy again. Here’s an auto industry example using DataLayer variables and stock variables: Variables can feed variables. We took a look at dataLayer variables and used stock values.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Also factor in the value of recruitment and employee retention as part of your calculations; if you can spend a little more on perks and in doing so increase loyalty, this might help you justify the expense. As such, any aims you have for your employee benefits structure must be centered around a realistic budget. Simplify access to benefits.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

A recent article in The New Yorker took a hard-hitting look at the open office trend to take stock if the concept was a good or bad idea. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has even found telecommuting can boost productivity and increase retention. Is your open office floorplan killing your employees? Even better?

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

As a result, D&O insurance responds largely to defense costs only, never paying the difference in stock prices. And in the last few years, these cases have prompted D&O insurers to put specific M&A retentions into their policies. Retentions make insurance coverage more affordable by reducing the premium costs.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 10, 2022

It drives media attention and fosters customer retention rate, which is why most companies strive to have it in their mission statement. Thanks to Adam Garcia, The Stock Dork ! #5- Innovative is a word often used to describe successful companies. One of the companies that are known for innovation is Apple.

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