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Dropbox maintained a double-digit LTV:CAC ratio prior to its 2018 IPO
“At Dropbox, you know, the LTV to CAC Ratio was actually in the double digits when I was there, and so that enabled us to have the revenue predictability that was key to our IPO in 2018, and it was just a few years after we pivoted most of the business from con…”
Todd Jackson Feb 4, 2020 ▶ 10:59 Breaking News: Meet First Round Capital's Newest Partner, How To Approach Generational Transition as a Venture Firm & The Dangers of Attribution In Venture
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Cover reached 2M organic users and sold to Twitter in 14 months
“We grew to over two million users in our first couple months with zero money spent on paid acquisition, and we got acquired by Twitter just 14 months after founding the company.”
Todd Jackson Feb 4, 2020 ▶ 5:34 Breaking News: Meet First Round Capital's Newest Partner, How To Approach Generational Transition as a Venture Firm & The Dangers of Attribution In Venture
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Google delayed a major Gmail redesign over 30 milliseconds of latency
“And I remember one time we had gone through this big redesign of the label system in Gmail, and we were about to launch it. And actually the night before launch, we held it back because we realized we had unintentionally added about 30 milliseconds or 40 milli…”
Todd Jackson Feb 4, 2020 ▶ 9:28 Breaking News: Meet First Round Capital's Newest Partner, How To Approach Generational Transition as a Venture Firm & The Dangers of Attribution In Venture
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Gmail grew to 200 million users during Todd Jackson's tenure
“And we grew Gmail to over two hundred million users during my time there.”
Todd Jackson Feb 4, 2020 ▶ 4:52 Breaking News: Meet First Round Capital's Newest Partner, How To Approach Generational Transition as a Venture Firm & The Dangers of Attribution In Venture
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