Blended CAC

topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes

the Official SaaStr Podcast the a16z Podcast 20VC

4 statements about Blended CAC, every show

SAASTR Insight
Janz: Paid-only CAC is more useful than blended CAC
“I generally think that the paid only way of looking at it is more useful because it tells you like what you really want to know usually, which is like if I had another dollar or another million of dollars, how many customers will I get?”
Christoph Janz Oct 13, 2022 ▶ 25:39 Growth vs. Efficiency: How to Weatherproof Your SaaS Startup for Tougher Times | Christoph Janz
20VC Insight
Schutz: Effective CAC Requires Blending Aggressive Paid Channels With Free Ones
“How do you supplement aggressive paid channel work with free and cheap channels, so your blended CAC Is really effective, right?”
Rob Schutz Jan 19, 2022 ▶ 6:08 20Growth: The Biggest Lie in Startup Growth and Marketing, Why You Do Not Need To Diversify Customer Acquisition Channels in the Early Days & When and How To Build Your Growth Team with Rob Schutz, Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer @ Ro
20VC Insight
David Sacks: Blended CAC Misleads Founders Into Over-Investing in Bad Outbound Channels
“And if you average the CAC across that sort of organic or inbound growth with other types of programs, it will give you an exaggerated sense of the efficiency of outbound channels, and you'll end up over-investing in those channels.”
David Sacks Jun 15, 2020 ▶ 14:09 20VC: Craft Ventures' David Sacks on How To Assess Founder Psychology, How To Accurately Evaluate CAC, Burn and Churn & What Makes The Very Best Startup Boards
a16z Opinion
Jeff Jordan: Blended CAC is a dangerous metric for startups
“I view blended CAC as a really dangerous number.”
Jeff Jordan Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:32 a16z Podcast | The Basics of Growth 1 -- User Acquisition

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