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I Grew From Zero to $1,000 MRR in 94 Days: Here’s How I Did It
Updated April 23, 2026The monthly recurring revenue (MRR) of my MarTech startup Friendly recently has exceeded $1,000 – just 94 days after its launch. But it took me more than
How to Create Cancellation Surveys That Get a Response
Updated November 02, 2026What’s the first thing you do after a customer cancels their account?If you answered “send a cancellation survey to find out why”, you win!Unfortunately,
5 Ways to Prevent Involuntary Churn in SaaS
Updated November 02, 202620-40% of subscription churn is involuntary. The complete guide to identifying, measuring, and reducing it — with May 2026 Recover benchmark data (119 SaaS companies).
5 Winback Email Examples SaaS Customers Can’t Resist (Plus, Templates)
Updated October 16, 2026These winback email examples and templates can help you ensure that your current customers stay. Visit today to build a winback strategy that works!
SaaS Customer Onboarding: A Simple (But Detailed) Guide
Updated August 23, 2026If you screw up your customer’s experience early on in their subscription, it’s hard to convince them to keep paying month after month. And since SaaS and
9 Onboarding Email Templates to Engage New Users
Updated October 16, 2026Onboarding emails are make-or-break for SaaS companies looking to acquire customers long-term. These nine onboarding email templates can help you do just that.
8 Free Trial Email Templates to Copy/Paste for Higher Conversions
Updated November 02, 2026Free trial emails turn trial users into paying customers. Use these 8 free trial email templates, from welcome to last-chance offers, plus best practices.
7 Tips to Write Engaging Onboarding Welcome Emails (+ Examples)
Updated November 02, 2026An onboarding welcome email helps set your new customer up for success. Learn how to write engaging welcome emails by checking out these seven simple tips.
How Canny Bootstrapped to $800K ARR
Updated April 23, 2026Canny is a bootstrapped, remote-working, profitable team of seven. In the last month, we hit $800K in annual recurring revenue. A lot of how our
How to Write Effective Dunning Emails (With Examples)
Updated October 16, 2026Dunning email templates, optimal cadence (7 emails over 30 days), and SMS strategy — the system behind about $1.24M recovered by a 119-company Recover sample in May 2026.
3 Customer Retention Metrics to Measure for Growth
Updated October 13, 2026To boost growth, start with retention.With saturated markets and well funded newbies popping up, competition is fierce. But retention is key to long
How to Use Cohort Analysis to Reduce Churn & Improve Retention
Updated October 16, 2026I’ve read a bunch of articles about cohort analysis. And to be honest, most of them are boring, unnecessarily technical and not actionable. You shouldn’t
How a Subscription Video Service Uses Data + Smart Marketing to Retain Customers
Updated April 23, 2026Being a Subscription Video On Demand (SVoD) service, subscribers are the lifeblood of our business. And as we are still, very much, the new kid on the
How a Social Media Software Company Retains Customers by Building Relationships
Updated April 23, 2026In a technology driven world, where it feels like consumers are always looking for the next best service or software to jump ship to, reducing churn can
How to Perform a Churn Analysis in 3 Simple Steps
Updated October 07, 2026A churn analysis can help you understand which customers are churning, why they're doing so, and how to fix it. Learn how to calculate customer churn here.
7 Proven Strategies to Reduce Churn (With Real Examples)
Updated November 02, 20267 founder-tested strategies for reducing SaaS churn — covering both voluntary churn and the involuntary lever 20-40% of subscription churn comes from.
We sold Intros for $100,000: Turning a product failure into a business success
Updated April 23, 2026In 2018 we launched a product called Baremetrics Intros, which essentially helped companies and investors find each other based on their actual data
The 14 Customer Retention Strategies You’ll Wish You’d Have Implemented A Year Ago
Updated November 02, 2026Why are customers canceling? How do you reduce churn? Use these strategies to become more indispensable, improve retention, and build a healthier business.
How to Instill a Growth Mindset in Your Company
Updated April 23, 2026Growth hacking. Growth marketing. Whatever you call it, growth is a key goal for businesses. Some might even say it is the sole aim for most businesses.
I almost sold Baremetrics for $5m
Updated April 23, 2026tl;dr In the past 6 months I turned down multiple $3-5m offers and failed to close a $5m sale. In the past six years of Baremetrics' existence, I've
Saving you millions of dollars: asset sale vs stock sale
Updated April 23, 2026Earlier this year I failed to sell Baremetrics for $5m. But I learned a heaping pile of things from that and one of the biggest things I learned about was
5 things I learned failing to sell Baremetrics for $5m
Updated August 24, 2026I failed to sell Baremetrics for $5m. While failure is 100% a part of success, it's only useful if you learn something. So, here are some of the things I
The Four Components Of Every Growth Strategy
Updated October 16, 2026Contrary to what's pushed in the tech echo chamber, growth is not just about acquisition or optimization. How do you be more strategic about driving growth?
11 Frameworks for Product Innovation
Updated October 16, 2026Who doesn't want to be innovative? If you asked a room full of CTOs… not a single hand would go up. But what is product innovation in the first place? The
Customer Research: A Guide To The Ultimate Startup Cheat Code
Updated August 23, 2026Looking to build a product people love, sell it the way your customers prefer, and grow your business? You need to invest in customer research.