Evan Liang, co-founder and CEO of LeanData, discusses customer retention and churn dynamics across customer tiers with Nathan Latka.
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“Local churn annually is probably kind of in the kind of 10, I mean, 15% a year range, primarily on the mid-market and S&P side.”
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