📘 This episode presents a guide to startup metrics, offers insights from 💼 venture capital professionals and 🚀 startup founders on essential performance indicators for early-stage companies.
It emphasizes the shift from 📈 prioritizing growth at all costs to demonstrating a path towards 💰 profitability and achieving ✅ product-market fit.
The guide breaks down metrics by 🧩 startup stage and 🏭 industry, providing:
within a framework like the 🪝 AARRR funnel (🔍 Acquisition, 🧪 Activation, 🔁 Retention, 💵 Revenue, 📢 Referral).
Key metrics discussed include:
✨ North Star Metric,
📈 Conversion Rate,
💸 CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost),
📉 LTV (Lifetime Value),
🔄 Churn Rate,
📊 MRR (Monthly Recurring Revenue)
with a focus on the importance of 📍 tracking and analyzing data from the outset to make informed 💡 business decisions and tell a compelling 🎯 story to investors.
