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A $30B Software Company from a $15m Investment

Tom Tunguz

From 2003 to 2014, Constellation’s revenues compounded from $80m to more than $5b, an average of 25% annually. Customer Churn. -5%. Contraction & churn reduced growth by 8%. Vertical software companies pursue a particular market segment like car dealership management or hotel management software. Growth Source.

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The Best NPS Tools & Software + How to Use Them to Cut Churn by Up To 30%

User Pilot

So since Reicheld published his seminal Harvard Business Review article “ The One Number You Need to Grow ” in 2003 – NPS rapidly grew to prominence. If used the right way, it can be also helpful with combatting churn and boosting retention. Today, 55% of businesses say that they depend on it. Userpilot NPS.

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Benchmarking Hubspot's S-1 - How 7 Key SaaS Metrics Stack Up

Tom Tunguz

DATA 2003 10 232. Given the current revenue churn rates, about 70% of customers on a dollar basis will be break-even or profitable, so the unit economics work. FLTX, a maker of fleet tracking software, has identical ARPC. I’ve plotted a subset of them in the chart above. Company Founded Years to IPO Rev in $M at IPO.

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Benchmarking Tableau's S-1 - How 7 Key SaaS Metrics Stack Up

Tom Tunguz

Founded in 2003, Tableau followed a more gradual revenue growth curve than the median SaaS company. Describing the business through a SaaS lens, one might say Tableau charges a higher upfront price than a SaaS product might, but suffers from roughly 10-11% monthly revenue churn.

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Net Promoter Score (NPS) in Customer Success and its relevancy

CustomerSuccessBox

Net Promoter Score (NPS) was first developed in 2003 by Bain and Company and it measures the loyalty of customers to a company. If back in 2003 you’d ask me what are the chances that you’re going to recommend me, my friends, or my family on a scale of 1 to 10? Reduce churn. The closer to 100, the better it is.

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Customer Feedback Loop: What is it and How To Close it

User Pilot

Closing the customer feedback loop is an important practice for SaaS companies as it’s often the thin line between churn and customer retention. If you’re regularly collecting feedback, your users will be confident about sending requests for feature updates/adjustments, which in turn reduces their likelihood of churning.

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What is Considered a Good NPS Score and How To Improve It?

User Pilot

The metric was developed by Bain and Company in 2003 and has since been adopted by millions of businesses. However, the worse experience customers have, the more likely they will churn or be open to switching to another solution. That way you will not only raise your NPS score, but also contribute to lower churn and higher retention!