LTV to CAC
10 statements across 10 episodes · 7 bullish · 0 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Aug 25, 2016 by John Lee · across every show →
Everything said about LTV to CAC, oldest first
Aug 25, 2016 neutral
Lee: SaaS LTV-to-CAC converges to 3x-4x as companies scale
“What you find as companies mature is that you get diminishing marginal returns, which means that, you know, as you add more customers or your rate of new customer growth increases then the cost to acquire also increases as well. So we see convergence. Of LTV t…”
Sep 23, 2016 bullish
May 29, 2017 positive
Dec 16, 2017 neutral
Jun 8, 2018 positive
Jun 26, 2018 positive
Nov 14, 2018 positive
Nov 25, 2018 positive
Mar 27, 2021 positive
Jun 20, 2023
Kalyanaraman: Early validation stage startups should achieve 8 to 10 LTV to CAC
“Look, if you are in the validation stage, in my humble opinion, it's totally okay to have an LTV to CAC of eight or 10. You better have that LTV to CAC, because you're still selling through founders. You're still trying to create that repeatable sales motion.”