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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

20Growth: The Golden Rule to $100M in ARR, Why CAC to LTV is BS Early On, Why Your First Growth Hire Should Be a Former Founder & How Ramp Does 200 Growth Experiments Per Quarter with Guillaume Cabane

Nov 29, 2023
Guillaume Cabane, growth advisor to high-growth SaaS startups, discusses his entry into growth and shares lessons from his time at Segment. He explains why it's harder to scale into enterprise and why CAC/LTV analysis is impossible for early companies. The conversation also covers activation, engagement, and setting KPIs, as well as the characteristics of great growth hires and common hiring mistakes. Guillaume emphasizes the importance of running experiments, leveraging engineers, and diversifying channels for revenue growth.
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Quick takeaways

  • Focus on weight-adjusted pipeline dollars as the key KPI, rejecting vanity metrics and irrelevant engagement metrics.
  • Test marketing channels by increasing budgets over several weeks to assess scalability and effectiveness before scaling back.

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Focus on Weight-Adjusted Pipeline Dollars

In the podcast episode, the guest emphasizes the importance of rejecting vanity metrics and focusing solely on weight-adjusted pipeline dollars as the key performance indicator (KPI). Traffic and other engagement metrics are deemed irrelevant. The main goal is to convert engagement KPIs into tangible revenue figures, creating a pipeline that aligns with sales goals. The guest stresses the need for marketing teams to have a funnel-based approach, tracking pipeline figures at each stage and setting goals accordingly. The importance of lead scoring and its correlation with pipeline value is also highlighted.

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