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Startup Benchmarks

VC Cafe

If nothing else, for its simplicity (back of the napkin) but also for the fund’s commitment to keep updating the metrics since 2016. The main B2C benchmarks have to do with traction: growth in user acquisition, user retention/churn, monetisation, as well as the effectiveness of consumer marketing + virality.

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The Digital Transformation Is Affordable For SMBs: Where To Start In Your Digital Strategy

YoungUpstarts

In 2016, SMBs used an average of 4.8 CMOs who employ AI-powered marketing report significant gains in customer retention, engagement, and lifetime loyalty. SMBs no longer have to choose between hiring an in-house data science team or off the shelf enterprise analytics software. Previously, this was a popular option among SMB owners.

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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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The Breakout Tech Company Of 2018

Haystack

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase. Here is the Google Doc where we tracked these.]

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How One Startup Combines Boston’s B2B Sense with the Valley’s Social Media Style

View from Seed

TJ Parker (@tjparker) August 25, 2016. What customer retention strategies are working best for other florists? In case it’s interesting to you, here’s a recap of Q2 2016 results. pic.twitter.com/LDrlNyH8mR. — Business owners have questions that need answers — specifically, answers from other business owners.

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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. Poor customer retention. For a startup, it’s critical to work on customer retention to ensure repeat revenue.