The Magic Number for Any Successful Education Technology Acquisition
That number refers to customer retention rate, and Bencivenga said he’s called off potential acquisitions when a company’s performance in this department isn’t up to snuff. Retention, he says, is “the one thing that could always go haywire in an acquisition.” For him, companies need to clear the bar of 90 percent customer retention in order to be suitable acquisition candidates.
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