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The only 2 ways to build a $100 million business

Version One Ventures

Your business has a high viral co-efficient (or perhaps even a network effect) that lets you amass users cheaply without worrying too much about the monetization per user or spending money on paid acquisition. Even more interesting are businesses that create network effects like marketplaces or social networks.

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3 Creative Ways to Grow Your Email List

Duct Tape Marketing

This churn rate, as it’s called, is comprised of subscribers who unsubscribe, mark your email as spam, change employers (and therefore email addresses), and so on. On top of the 30% churn rate, there is a portion of your list – in many cases a significant portion – who are unemotionally subscribed.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal the Pivots They See Businesses Making in 2022

Hearpreneur

The traditional push marketing approach has given way to a new approach that entails engaging customers through social networking, blogs and video. Not working on feature requests has, in a large way, contributed to our churn rates. Photo Credit: Bailey Whissel. The way marketing is done is changing.

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You Need to Win the Battle for Share of Mind

Both Sides of the Table

Will that be enough or will high churn rates creep in, new toys be introduced into the market, new time sucks pulling user attention away? They got us to fill out the details of where we worked in the past and the network effect compels us to keep it updated. This year’s Tamagotchi?

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Does your product pass the toothbrush test?

Version One Ventures

The toothbrush test is definitely a great benchmark for any social networking site. And it’s also why social networks for travellers or events have struggled to really scale. Products that are critical to the daily workflow, like business management software and collaboration tools, tend to have the lowest churn rates.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. That’s why 40 million Americans use online dating sites.

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Metrics that matter to social platforms (Part 1/3)

Version One Ventures

In fact, when we use the term “social platforms” at Version One, we’re referring to messaging (e.g. WhatsApp, SnapChat, Facebook Messenger), private social networks (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Shift Messenger ), public social networks (e.g. After we understand engagement and churn, we can perform cohort analysis.

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