Corcos: Levels has 25% retention, which is insufficient long-term
Sam Corcos · Sam Corcos: Why Founders Should Take as Many VC Meetings as Possible | E1093 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Dec 11, 2023 · at 26:37
Sam Corcos is the co-founder and CEO of Levels. He candidly discloses company retention metrics while discussing product challenges with Harry Stebbings.
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“I mean, churn is still very high. It's like 25%. We have 25% retention, which is not what it needs to be for this to work in the long term.”
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