GLOSSARY

In the land of startups, scale-ups and Venture Capitalism, jargon and abbreviations are absolutely everywhere. Use this startup glossary of terms to search 101+ definitions every startup founder should know.

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Referral Marketing
Referral marketing is a marketing tactic that makes use of recommendations and word of mouth to grow a business's customer base through the networks of its existing customers.

Reinforcement Learning
A training method where AI improves through rewards and penalties.

Retargeting
A digital advertising strategy that targets users who previously interacted with a brand.

Retention Rate
The percentage of customers who continue using a product or service over time.

Retrieval-Augmented Generation
A technique where AI retrieves external information to enhance responses.

ROI (Return on Investment)
A metric evaluating the profitability of a marketing campaign or investment.

Run Rate
How the financial performance of a company, in terms of revenue, would look if the current results are extrapolated over a longer period of time.

Runway
Rate at which a company spends cash reserves to cover expenses, expressed monthly or weekly. (See also Burn Rate)