by Tom Lipscomb | Nov 12, 2019 | Customer Success
In the first two parts of the financial foundations series I wrote about Customer Lifetime Value (LTV), its importance to your company, and the critical role customer success plays in driving this metric. What we haven’t discussed yet is the costs associated with...
by Tom Lipscomb | Aug 19, 2019 | Customer Success
If you’re a Customer Success leader, Customer Lifetime Value (LTV) is one of the most important metrics for you to understand. With that said, there are some pretty “creative” ways that people define it, which for something this important, probably isn’t a good thing....
by Tom Lipscomb | Aug 6, 2019 | Customer Success
The Debate There are a lot of perspectives on what Customer Success is and when it began. As for when some people say that what we call Customer Success today has been around for decades. Others say that it was 15 years ago at Siebel, or at Vantage 20 years ago. So...
by Tom Lipscomb | Oct 30, 2018 | Customer Success
“Strategy Without Tactics is the Slowest Route to Victory… Tactics Without Strategy is the Noise Before Defeat.” – Sun Tzu Achieving the Ultimate LTV Review & Gain Consensus – What Are the Numbers Today: (Gross, Net, etc…) Define how they...
by Tom Lipscomb | Mar 30, 2018 | Customer Success
Only the Paranoid Survive In 1997, Andy Grove was Time Magazine’s “Man of the Year”. They called him, “The person most responsible for the amazing growth of semiconductors”. Why the accolade? In their first year, Intel’s revenue was $2,672. When Grove retired in...
