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Money, Pricing & Model

Unit economics & modeling

Know what a customer costs and earns.

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How do I estimate LTV when I have only three months of data and no idea what my real churn or retention curve is yet? With three months of data you cannot compute a trustworthy LTV, so stop trying to project lifetime and instead track a shorter window you can actua... Advanced 3 resources → How do I model unit economics for a marketplace where I have to acquire both supply and demand? A marketplace has two CACs (one for each side) and its economics only work when the take rate on transactions eventually covers both, so you must m... Advanced 3 resources →

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