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Required reading for marketplace startups: The 20 best essays

Andrew Chen

James Currier (of NFX) pens one of the classics of the last few years, defining the term “Market Network” – multiple participants, SaaS tools, with transactions at the center. GMV, revenue, Seller/supply metrics (engagement/overall), Buyer metrics (engagement/overall). Read the whole thing here: [link].

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How to Measure HR Effectiveness with 12 Key Metrics

15Five

sales revenue, customer service ratings, etc.). Revenue-per-employee Revenue-per-employee is the amount of money each employee generates for the company, on average. You can calculate it by dividing total revenue by the current number of employees. Think of revenue-per-employee as a productivity ratio.

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The Power User Curve: The best way to understand your most engaged users

Andrew Chen

CEOs of such companies should therefore,think about: Is there a way to create revenue streams where the business can still monetize effectively despite users’ infrequent engagement? Some products should be analyzed in a 7 day timeframe – like SaaS/productivity – and others on 30 days.

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How To Grow Your Team & Company Without Losing Them: An Interview With Rand Fishkin

15Five

I interviewed Rand recently about growing a subscription SaaS business, finding employees to contribute to Moz’s epic culture during their rapid growth, and the importance of transparency in the workplace… Q: Moz grew in revenue very quickly over the first 7 years. Moz is a self-service SaaS business. That depends.

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Customer Success Specialist Job Description: Template & Examples

Help Scout Leadership

While the original driver for the role was to grow relationships and increase revenue, the customer success specialist job description has changed quite a bit since then. Experience working with SaaS products. The first named customer success group was created in 1996. Nice to haves: Industry knowledge and experience.

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My top essays/tweetstorms in 2019 on product/market fit, investing, KPIs, YouTubers, and more

Andrew Chen

Series B- Bet on the revenue. 5) market-by-market (or logo-by-logo, if SaaS) comparison where denser/older networks have higher engagement over time (network effects). 7) revenue or activity expansion on a *per user* basis over time — indicates deeper engagement / habit formation. Lots of benchmarking.

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The Ultimate Guide On Understanding KPI

Vantage Circle

Revenue versus Target. Revenue vs. Target helps you establish a relationship between your projected revenue and actual revenue. KPIs, being widely used by corporates everywhere, are also great for setting an industry-standard benchmark. These can be for maximizing sales, revenue, site traffic, etc.

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