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I also had to negotiate a follow-on round at a portfolio company because new investors were trying to force a bit option-pool top-up that would dilute the founders and existing shareholders and existing investors were fighting over prorata rights. especially about churnrates and your high CACs last quarter relative to the previous year.
Almost all companies hit those tough moments when customer growth slows down, competitors launch products and dilute your good press coverage, employees start doubting the future and cash reserves start to dwindle. Your churnrates are too high. It’s what you do in these moments that often determine success from failure.
You have a low churnrate and you are in the business for last five years at a minimum. If you are getting funded for the first time, which means that you have not diluted the shares of your company, you will be receiving Series A funding. Growth stage. Now let’s say you have around 10,000 customers and they are sustained.
Many businesses are discovering that the key to successful marketing is interacting two-way with customers, not simply shouting marketing messages at increasingly dilute audiences. . Not working on feature requests has, in a large way, contributed to our churnrates. 18- Switch to remote work. Photo Credit: Kyle Kroeger.
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With a 15% churnrate, that suggests about $7 in lifetime value. Barbara thought that the company should be further along for $240,000 already invested, and didn’t like that the founder only owned 43% and would be diluted by a further 10% in this round, so she passed. Adding these up gives $15/mth.
Since I see a few common patterns of mistakes, I thought I'd add to the LTV literature and point out the top three reasons many investors roll their eyes when they see entrepreneurs present inflated, poorly constructed LTVs: 1) Your churnrate is understated. A monthly churnrate of 1%?
2) Co-Founders are the largest form of dilution (if you’re raising) 3) Everything around LeanStartup / Customer Development 4) Understand the micro economics of your business early. Co-founders are the highest form of dilution to a business. How can I lower my apps churnrate? Just one piece of advice? A few nuggets.
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