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"Churn"

"Churn" means the rate at which customers cancel or stop paying, typically expressed as a percentage of total subscribers lost over a given period.

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How "Churn" shows up at work

Startup pitch decks mention it once, quietly, in a footnote. Every subsequent investor meeting is mostly about it. High churn means your product fixed a problem people had once.

Buzzword

Our churn spiked last quarter and we need to understand why.

Plain English

Our customers leaving spiked last quarter and we need to understand why.

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