Early Warning Signals

Six churn archetypes and their leading indicators.

01
Value not realised
User never reached the first "aha" moment during onboarding.
Time-to-first-value > 72 hrs
02
Wrong ICP
Signed up but doesn't match ideal customer profile.
Low feature adoption score
03
Competitor switch
Evaluating alternative solutions. Competitor in pipeline.
Support tickets spike
04
Budget cut
External economic pressure. Frozen or reduced spend.
Login frequency drop-off
05
Champion left
Internal sponsor departed. No handoff to successor.
Champion email change
06
Feature gap
Missing capability. Build vs. buy decision failed.
Feature request churn rate