Explore 11 articles about business model & operations
# Business Model Canvas: From Idea to Viable Model You have a brilliant idea for a startup. You are excited about the technology. You start building immediately. Six months later, you launch—and nob...
# Scaling Your Business: From 10 to 100 Employees You hit product-market fit. Revenue grows 20% monthly. Customers demand more. Your team of 10 works 60-hour weeks just to keep up. You need to hire ...
# Churn Reduction: Keeping Customers for Years You acquire a customer for $1,000. They stay for 6 months, then cancel. They generated $600 in revenue. You lost $400 on the relationship. Now you need...
# Customer Acquisition Cost: Controlling the Burn Your startup burns $500,000 monthly on marketing and sales. You acquire 100 customers. Your CAC stands at $5,000 per customer. But your average cust...
# Exit Strategies: Selling, IPO, or Staying Private You built your company from nothing to $50M ARR. You have 200 employees. Investors ask about your exit strategy. Strategic acquirers start calling...
# Lifetime Value: Maximizing Customer Profitability You acquire a customer for $500. They pay $50 per month. They stay for 24 months. Their lifetime value: $1,200. After delivery costs, you profit $...
# MVP Development: Validating Without Wasting You have a brilliant idea. You spend 9 months building the perfect product. You launch with fanfare. Nobody signs up. You discover you built something n...
# Net Revenue Retention: The Holy Grail Metric You start the year with $1M in Annual Recurring Revenue from existing customers. By year end, those same customers—without adding a single new logo—gen...
# When and How to Pivot: Real Examples You launched your startup 18 months ago. Growth stalled at $50K ARR. Burn rate exceeds revenue. The team works hard but traction remains elusive. You face a br...
# Product-Market Fit: The 40% Rule and Beyond You launch your product. Early users sign up. Some stick around. Others churn quickly. You have revenue, but it feels fragile. Every new customer requir...
# SaaS Metrics: 15 KPIs Every Founder Must Track You launch your SaaS product. Customers sign up. Revenue flows. But without tracking the right metrics, you fly blind—making decisions based on gut f...