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Retention Is the New Acquisition: What the Best Subscription Businesses Measure
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Daniel Whitmore
Partner, growth strategy, Maia Lafortezza
Daniel Whitmore leads the firm's growth practice, covering pricing, sales organization design, partnerships and customer retention. Before joining in 2020 he spent more than a decade in B2B software sales leadership, building and running teams across Europe and North America, and later advised private-equity-backed companies on go-to-market plans. He is based in the London office and writes on pricing, founder-led sales and retention.
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