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The Metric that Matters for Startups in 2016

Tom Tunguz

2015 is the end of an era, the era of startup growth at any cost. Imagine regional taxi services, 4 in the US, each with a different app, different labor pools, different terms. The aggregate value of those four services would be a tiny fraction of an Uber’s valuation. ” will be “What are your unit economics?”

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Micro Startup Acquisition: The Definitive Guide to Buying and Selling Small Startups

Neil Patel

Hike Labs was founded in 2014, and by 2015, Pinterest had swooped in and acquired the San Francisco-based mobile publishing startup. These acquisitions, which focus more on scope than scale, accounted for 90% of tech deals in 2019 , which is a 40% increase from 2015. Micro Acquire is a marketplace that connects startups to buyers.

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Losing Sleep? Hiring Has Officially Replaced Cash as a Key Reason Startup Founders Are Up at Night

OpenView Labs

It’s one of my favorite questions, even though it’s really not a financial or operating metric at all. . Today, going to market is often multifaceted and requires developing technical and commercial partnerships, selling through cloud marketplaces, and leveraging your product for growth.

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How to Get Started With Video Marketing

Neil Patel

Similarly, positive ROI statistics for video content have been booming for years – from 33 percent in 2015 to 87 percent in 2021. Overall, balance storytelling and metrics. Armed with those metrics, you’ll be able to identify where your content is getting the most attention. They can be pretty darn effective.

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2021 Financial & Operating Benchmarks: How to Become One of the ‘Haves’ of SaaS

OpenView Labs

For publicly traded companies that are growing 50% or faster, median valuation multiples have increased by an incredible 649% between 2015 and August 201. Recommended resource: The New SaaS Metric You Should Be Tracking. This is most visible among publicly traded companies. Get the full report.

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Miro’s Andrey Khusid on the art of distributed teamwork

Intercom, Inc.

Andrey explains why embracing the professional services sector in a unique way has paid dividends. We also think about community and consultants and professional services as an ecosystem around our product. Embracing professional services as a distribution channel. So our platform is also built for them to use. Andrey: Exactly.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with PatientPop and Plaid — August 16, 2019

SaaStr

We always talk about metrics and targets and KPIs, but as we know, there’s real people building these businesses and behind these numbers. There was the product and the service, which I just completely believed in. Is it the CEOs that put the metrics and the KPIs in place? They were so intelligent. And so that happened.

Scale 137