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10 Things I Hated About Your Business Pitch

Up and Running

With that in mind, I’ve recently reviewed an early post, and updated the 10 things I hate most when they come up in business pitches. I don’t mind the technical jargon as much because people know they have to explain them. You focused on internal rates of return and net present value. Here’s the latest.

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Model Building from the Ground Up

ConversionXL

As consumer needs and technology become increasingly complex, so too do the decisions. past experience with both food options, Google reviews, your current cravings, etc.). Is your KPI net present value of the project? What should they do? Do they need more information to decide? Is it the return on investment?

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

The top performing SaaS companies typically achieve annual customer renewal rates above 90% - with most of the churn due to death (bankruptcies) or marriage (acquisitions) - and over 100% renewals on a dollar value basis due to up-sells into this installed base. Cashflow is the other key metric.