Benchmarks, unit economics and honest goal-setting — the judgment behind the numbers, written for founders without a CFO.

Why You Can't Compare CAC Across Verticals

A revenue target is not a plan. "$1.2M this year" is a sentence, not a strategy — and most founders find that out the hard way, three quarters in, when the number stops moving no matter how hard the team pushes.

A single CAC number can't tell you if you're healthy — it has to be read against your stage and your category. Here's the range that actually applies to you.

It isn't one — not because the math is wrong, but because of what the spreadsheet can't do: tell you whether the numbers you typed in are actually true.

Here's how to actually check.

Ranked using real reader reviews from Amazon, Reddit, and leading marketing publications

You don't need a perfect attribution model. You need a defensible one-pager that speaks Finance. Build it in four moves

Here's the uncomfortable part. Most teams think they can prove ROI — and can't

The pressure on marketing budgets is structural, not personal. Three forces are squeezing at once

Conversion, churn, LTV/CAC — the handful of ranges from real companies you should compare yourself against before you trust your own plan.