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Which Revenue Metrics Should a Founder Track?
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Direct answer
Track inquiries captured by source, time to first response, qualification rate, quote-to-close rate by segment, open quote value and average age, revenue by service line, and repeat or reactivation revenue. Together these describe the health of the system rather than the activity of the team.
Key takeaways
- Seven metrics is usually enough.
- Prefer stage movement over activity counts.
- Segment every conversion figure.
- Review at a fixed cadence or the metrics decay.
Why these seven
Each corresponds to a stage where revenue is commonly lost, so movement in any one of them points to a specific part of the system rather than to general performance.
Cadence matters
Weekly for capture, response and open quotes; monthly for conversion and revenue mix. Metrics reviewed only quarterly cannot change behaviour within the quarter.
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