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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? Investors look beyond top line metrics to assess other important factors. What should our MRR growth be?

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Conversion, retention and churn benchmarks

VC Cafe

Whether you are a B2B SaaS company or a B2C mobile app, knowing how your business stacks up against industry averages can help you make informed decisions and drive growth. Good and great net revenue retention ( source ) Another factor to consider when it comes to achieving these metrics is the cost of acquisition, or CAC.

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The B2C SaaS Landscape and the Bundle Wars

VC Cafe

The tech industry is obsessed with the consumer subscription model, or B2C SaaS. Churn in Consumer SaaS is expected to be higher than traditional Enterprise SaaS models and LTV vs. CAC is a metric to watch. But to build a successful B2C SaaS business, startups need to deliver real value to keep consumers to stay engaged and subscribed.

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Why revenue shouldn’t be your North Star Metric

VC Cafe

” No one questions the importance of revenue, but asking the question enabled us to start thinking on what would be the right metric. Did you know that companies like Airbnb, Spotify and Netflix purposely avoid setting revenue as their North Star Metric? Why is revenue not a good ‘North Star’ Metric?

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The State of Consumer Tech in Israel in 2023

VC Cafe

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. Much has changed since then.

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How to Calculate & Maintain a Healthy Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)

ConversionXL

That’s why Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) is such a critical metric. LTV/CAC – Understanding the golden metric. Often touted as the north star for businesses, LTV/CAC is the single most important metric to gauge business health. Note that B2C organizations tend to have higher churn than B2B businesses. Conclusion.

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How Important Is Mobile Readiness For Hotels?

YoungUpstarts

Hotels are often B2C and therefore it is essential that we are communicating to customers in the best way. Mobile readiness allows for easy and fast access to a website and it is something for hotel owners to think about if they want to generate higher traffic to their site and platforms.

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