LTV to CAC
Lifetime value over customer acquisition cost: the gross margin a customer contributes over its life against what it cost to win. Three times is the conventional floor for a healthy subscription business. The ratio is only as honest as the lifetime, and dividing margin by a very low churn rate produces a customer that lives for decades; a fixed horizon is the guard.
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