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One of the Biggest Mistakes Enterprise Startups Make

Both Sides of the Table

The era of VCs investing in successful consumer Internet startups such as eBay led to a belief system that seemed to permeate many enterprise software startups that hiring sales or implementation people was a bad thing. But the “no sales people” mantra isn’t what I’m here to take on. I believe it’s flawed.

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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

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especially about churn rates and your high CACs last quarter relative to the previous year. I always tell people that fund raising is a sales process. I asked you to send over some cohort data and I did get 30 minutes to go through it the other night. I developed a list of questions to ask you next time we speak?—?especially

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

ConversionXL

In most cases, it includes: Salaries of sales and marketing teams Advertising spend on acquiring new customers (Search/Display Ads, Social Ads, Sponsorship, etc.) Cost of software/hardware used in sales and marketing Agency, PR, or any third-party costs involved in sales and marketing. So, what is an acceptable churn rate?

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Getting Back Your Series A Mojo

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Your churn rates are too high. Confidence is THE single most important attribute in being able to attract money, hire staff, stave off creditors, get press, do biz dev deals, close big sales and one day sell your company. Except that building a successful startup is hard. Your app isn’t getting enough repeat visitors.

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5 Key Growth Metrics Every Enterprise Startup Should Track

YoungUpstarts

Being able to charge more for a product is great, but along with higher prices come longer sales and payment cycles. But keep in mind that enterprise sales cycles are typically longer and revenue growth will vary wildly. This analysis can help you determine sales projections, staffing, and marketing costs.

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Why Misunderstanding Startup Metrics Can Cost You Your Business

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profitable and companies like Amazon who chose to focus on growth > profitability were not losing money on each book sale (ie they were gross margin positive). But often this doesn’t tell the whole story because often companies are also spending money on PR and other marketing activities in order to support the sales process.

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Common B2B Challenges and How To Solve Them

ConversionXL

From long sales cycles to trying to stand out from the sea of sameness, B2B companies face an uphill battle from the start. I recently surveyed and interviewed over 200+ B2B executives, marketing & sales leaders to find out exactly what challenges they currently face and what they are doing to overcome them. So what does it take?

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