Vidyard targets an 18-month customer acquisition cost payback period
Michael Litt · EP 414: $70M Raised, $30k ACV, SaaS Success VidYard · Sep 11, 2016 · at 11:05
Vidyard co-founder and CEO Michael Litt details the company's customer acquisition cost payback metrics.
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“So our target payback, and again, we're kind of in a growth phase is a year and a half.”
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