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Startup Metrics

TechEmpower SaaS

One way to approach that last question is to use this simple model: Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) How will your business reach prospects? Next, define what you need from a metrics and reporting standpoint. This isn’t a simple, first-cut acquisition pipeline! What does the business do? How does it meet customers’ needs?

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Magical Metrics with Omni

Tom Tunguz

Anyone who has managed a larger BI deployment has faced the challenge of managing hundreds, perhaps thousands of metrics. Marketing & sales define revenue or leads or cost-of-customer acquisition differently. In the BI tool, a marketing analyst finds three metrics: cost_of_customer_acq, CAC2, & new_CAC.

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The Foundation of Customer Acquisition Costs (CAC)

The SaaS CFO

I’ve calculated a lot of SaaS metrics for a lot of SaaS companies. To make SaaS metrics repeatable and accurate, we must follow a sequential process. This is especially relevant for sales and marketing efficiency metrics. CAC, or customer acquisition cost, is by itself not a stand-alone metric.

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What the $6B Coupa Acquisition Means for Software Startups

Tom Tunguz

The acquisition is notable for three reasons. Third, it’s the most substantive acquisition to announce this year after Figma’s announced its sale to Adobe. Third, it’s the most substantive acquisition to announce this year after Figma’s announced its sale to Adobe. Second, the multiple is 8.4x

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The Revenue Leader's Guide to Prospecting

Speaker: Christopher Ryan, Founder and CEO of Fusion Marketing Partners

However, Sales & Marketing departments that work together will guarantee the opposite - higher acquisition, better nurturing, and more effective sales. Enabling your sales & marketing teams to work together with their own defined set of metrics; A case study that illustrates these important strategies; And more!

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15 Digital Product Metrics You Should Track for SaaS

User Pilot

Digital product metrics reveal how customers interact with your product. However, not all metrics are created equal. In this article, we hone in on the best metrics for product teams looking to drive product growth. We discuss 15 of the most important metrics and examine what to consider when choosing which metrics to track.

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Customer Acquisition vs Retention: What to Focus on for Product Growth?

User Pilot

Which one is better, customer acquisition vs retention? Both are critical metrics to measure in your product, but is there an outright winning that you should solely focus on for your product growth ? This article will examine customer acquisition and retention and determine which one you should focus on.