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Startup Benchmarks

VC Cafe

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? cohort retention curves that flatten (stickiness) actives/reg > 25% (validates TAM). What should our MRR growth be?

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As The Leader Of Your Company, It Pays To Be Emotionally Intelligent

YoungUpstarts

Often, this is most noticeable when it comes to employee retention and engagement: In a company with strong leadership, when something needs to get done, people strive to complete it — because they want to. A 2016 meta-analysis confirms this , noting that “leaders’ EI positively relates to subordinates’ job satisfaction.”.

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Is Your Business Making The Most Of Modern Technology?

YoungUpstarts

2016 is certainly an exciting time to be alive. Once you can see the immediate effects of all your marketing efforts, customer conversion, retention and the all-round improvement of their experience becomes a lot easier. It seems that every other day there’s some new software or gadget that the whole world raves about.

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The 5 Signs of a Struggling Startup, and How to Reverse the Trend

Up and Running

As a business owner, it’s important to monitor the health of your growing company to spot warning signs—a fractured team, negative customer reviews, poor customer retention, and a lack of creative innovation. Aim to take the detailed conversation off the public forums and always provide satisfactory compensation when appropriate.

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In 2017, GE Will Buy More Tech Startups Than Google

Hunter Walker

Largely yes, but the pot of gold might be more modest than some of 2016’s notable transactions suggest (Jet, Cruise, Dollar Shave Club). We had our first taste of this trend playing out early in 2016 when GM acquired self-driving tech startup Cruise for north of $1b. So, is it true? Dollar Shave Club (as best I can figure was.5

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Post-Purchase Emails: How to Boost Retention and LTV

ConversionXL

Though the remaining 58% understand the importance of customer loyalty and retention, they may find it difficult to execute and analyze customer happiness and conversion campaigns. In IBM Marketing Cloud’s 2016 Email Marketing Metrics Benchmark Study we also see comparable stats. conversion rate across all follow-up emails. 
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How Well Versed Are You In Startup Investor Jargon?

Startup Professionals Musings

These deals usually come with retention packages -- so be careful. How many of the terms defined above have you personally used in a conversation or explained in the context of your startup? Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 03/04/2016.