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Diary Study

DE: Tagebuchstudie

Longitudinal research capturing behaviors over time.

Product & Growth

Differentiated Proof

DE: Differenziertes Proof

Unique evidence supporting your claims (data, case studies).

Market & Strategy

Differentiation

DE: Differenzierung

Attributes that make an offering meaningfully distinct.

Market & Strategy

Differentiation Pillars

DE: Differenzierungssäulen

Three to five pillars that communicate why you win.

Market & Strategy

Dilution

DE: Verwässerung

Decrease in existing owners’ percentage ownership when new shares are issued.

Financing & Investors Source ↗

Discount Rate (Pricing)

DE: Rabattquote

Average discount granted vs. list price.

Metrics

Discount Rate (SAFE/Note)

DE: Rabatt (SAFE/Note)

Percentage discount on conversion price for early investors.

Financing & Investors Synonyms: discount

Discovery Call

DE: Discovery-Call

Initial conversation to explore needs, fit, and next steps.

Market & Strategy

Discovery Interview

DE: Discovery-Interview

Structured conversation to uncover user needs and jobs.

Product & Growth

Discovery Sprint

DE: Discovery-Sprint

Short time-box to explore problem/solution space.

Product & Growth

Disruption

DE: Disruption

Innovation that radically alters markets by displacing incumbents.

Market & Strategy Source ↗

Distributed Tracing

DE: Verteiltes Tracing

Tracking requests across services for performance and debugging.

Technology & Platforms

Documentation-Driven

DE: Dokumentationsgetrieben

Culture that codifies processes and decisions in docs.

Culture & Buzzwords

Dogfooding

DE: Dogfooding

Using your own product internally to validate and improve it.

Culture & Buzzwords Synonyms: eat your own dog food Source ↗

Dollar-Based Retention

DE: Dollarbasierte Bindung

Retention measured on revenue basis rather than customer count.

Metrics

DORA Metrics

DE: DORA-Metriken

Set of four DevOps performance metrics (freq, lead time, failure, recovery).

Metrics Source ↗

Dotted-Line Reporting

DE: Gestrichelte Berichtslinie

Secondary reporting relationship used in matrix structures.

Organization & Leadership

Double-Trigger Acceleration

DE: Doppel-Trigger-Beschleunigung

Options vest on change of control and subsequent termination.

Financing & Investors

Down Round

DE: Down-Runde

Financing round at a lower valuation than the previous priced round.

Financing & Investors Source ↗

Downgraded MRR

DE: Herabgestuftes MRR

Recurring revenue lost due to plan downgrades.

Metrics

DPI

DE: DPI

Distributions to paid-in; realized multiple returned to LPs.

Financing & Investors

Drag Exercise Notice

DE: Drag-Ausübungsmitteilung

Formal notice to shareholders that a drag-along is being executed.

Financing & Investors

Drag Period

DE: Drag-Periode

Time during which drag-along can be exercised.

Financing & Investors

Drag Threshold

DE: Drag-Schwelle

Minimum share percentage required to force a drag-along sale.

Financing & Investors

Drag-Along

DE: Mitziehpflicht

Provision allowing majority shareholders to force minority to join a sale.

Financing & Investors Source ↗