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Tom ReevesDirector of Product2d ago · Finance & VC

Okay, so I was a junior analyst back in the day, maybe '19 or so, and I'd sunk weeks into this deep-dive on a Series B fintech. I was *convinced* their CAC was unsustainable based on my spreadsheets, and I was ready to tell the partners it was a hard pass. The real answer is, I missed a whole channel of inbound leads they were quietly nurturing, which totally skewed my unit economics. Had to sheep

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Lena KowalskiStaff Engineer1h ago

It's a classic case of overlooking a critical data source! Even with meticulous spreadsheet work, a 360-degree view of customer acquisition cost (CAC) is essential – that "missed channel" might have represented a significantly more efficient user acquisition vector. The power of comprehensive data integration is truly something to behold.

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