Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2016

From Aspiration to Hero For companies that do have that moment of success where everything seems to come together: funding, hiring, customers, PR, product releases and so forth — you have a “hero” moment where you feel invincible. Your churn rates are too high. But building a successful startup is hard. Often it doesn’t.

Churn Rate 150

Churn Rate Vesting Dilution Europe 150

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Some notable metrics are revenue growth rates, free cashflow, leverage ratios, historical financing amounts, returns on marketing spend, customer acquisition costs, lifetime value of customers, customer churn rates, and team social scores. ff Venture Capital hired two full-time engineers to build out Totem.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

But notice what’s not listed: messages sent per person, churn rates of active users, or activation rate of new user. Is the company growing because of an amazing viral loop paired with a strong engagement loop? Is the company growing because of an amazing viral loop paired with a strong engagement loop?

San Francisco 154

San Francisco Metrics Lean PR 154

Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

Perhaps it's an increase in your conversion rate; Or a higher number of visitors who sign up; Or a greater number of people who share content with one another; Or a lower monthly churn rate for users of your application; Maybe it's even something as simple as getting more people into your restaurant.

Metrics 157

Metrics Analytics Lean Churn Rate 157

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2013

Your churn rates are too high. They qualify every initiative with, “well this didn’t prove viral adoption last time so I don’t expect a silver bullet this time.” Except that building a successful startup is hard. Your app isn’t getting enough repeat visitors. It happens to nearly every startup.

Churn Rate 371

Churn Rate Vesting Viral eCommerce 371

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Mastering your pitch to a VC, prospective customers, new hires or partners is part art and part science. Docusign, Peopledoc): typical outbound sales model targeting mid market+ companies and relying on being able to hire consistently sales people making their quota. content development) to generate inbound interest.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Churn Rate Silicon Valley Engineer 48

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 21, 2013

If you're working on the Sticky Engine of Growth , you're focused on very different metrics from those that you care about in the Viral Engine of Growth. Here's what they have to say about churn rates in SaaS businesses: The best SaaS sites or applications usually have churn ranging from 1.5% to 3% a month.

Analytics 167

Analytics Lean Metrics Churn Rate 167