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Conversion, retention and churn benchmarks

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Understanding the benchmarks on conversion, retention, and churn for your business is therefore critical. Retention : The percentage of customers who continue to use a product or service after a certain period of time, typically measured over weeks, months, or years. I cross referenced some of the benchmarks with other known sources.

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2023-2024 B2B SaaS Benchmarks

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This post explores the most important benchmarks VCs look for in B2B SaaS with data brought to you by 20VC/La Famiglia, Serena Capital, Emergence Capital, and Openview Ventures, providing definitions and insights into the most critical metrics for SaaS companies.

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Is the Lean Startup concept of MVP dead?

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The fundamentals (unit economics/ margins, CAC>LTV, the importance of retention) are more important now. Single users can test enterprise software using a credit card. In conclusion, I believe most of the Lean Startup isn’t fully dead. The core principles remain true, but I’d argue that the standards for the MVP have gone up.

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Consumer startups still got Mojo

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But consumer investing has fallen out of favour for what investors intuitively feel is safer: B2B (and within that primarily enterprise SaaS). A recent report by Forerunner ventures comparing outcomes in consumer (B2C and B2B2C) startups vs. enterprise startups now shed some interesting light on the differences in performance between the two.

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The State of Consumer Tech in Israel in 2023

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While Israeli startups successes are well known in the B2B space (cybersecurity, enterprise tech, devops…), B2C startups are unsung heroes… The landscape of B2C tech in Israel is blossoming, despite several challenges. Israeli B2C – Let’s start with the high level picture.

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10 Rosh Hashanah Resolutions for Startup Founders

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It doesn’t matter if your company is B2B or B2C, as Y Combinator puts it, you need to build stuff people want, and obsess about making it as user friendly, friction free and smooth as possible. “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” Bill Gates , founder of Microsoft.

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How to Track and Improve Ecommerce Customer Acquisition Effectiveness

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By meeting buyers’ post-purchase needs , you’ll improve customer retention. There are several ways to calculate it, but here’s a basic formula: Average order value x Number of repeat transactions x Average retention time. To get a realistic picture of how your business is doing, you need to also account for customer retention.