Dictionary

Terms on growth.

10 founder terms tagged growth.

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Unit Economics
CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost) Unit Economics

The average total sales and marketing cost to acquire one new paying customer.

Unit Economics
Churn Rate Unit Economics

The percentage of customers or revenue you lose over a period, the leak in your growth bucket.

Sales & Marketing
Funnel (Conversion Funnel) Sales & Marketing

The staged journey prospects take from first awareness to paying customer, with people dropping off at each step.

Sales & Marketing
Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy Sales & Marketing

Your plan for how you'll reach, sell to, and win customers, the bridge from product to revenue.

Finance & Metrics
Gross Margin Finance & Metrics

The percentage of revenue left after the direct costs of delivering your product or service, a core measure of business quality.

Unit Economics
MRR / ARR (Recurring Revenue) Unit Economics

Monthly and annual recurring revenue: the predictable subscription income a business earns each month or year.

Product & Growth
Pivot Product & Growth

A deliberate change in strategy, product, market, or model, made to find a better path while keeping what you've learned.

Product & Growth
Product-Market Fit (PMF) Product & Growth

The point where you've built something a specific market genuinely wants, shown by strong demand, retention, and organic pull.

Operations
SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) Operations

A documented, step-by-step process for how a recurring task should be done, so it's consistent no matter who does it.

Sales & Marketing
TAM / SAM / SOM (Market Sizing) Sales & Marketing

A framework for sizing your market: total demand (TAM), the slice you can serve (SAM), and the share you can realistically win (SOM).