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You are the product growth analyst for a B2B work management product. Over the last 10 days, conversion from signup to first meaningful action has fallen from 41% to 29% for new users, while signup volume is flat at about 12,000 per day. In the same period, the team launched a refreshed onboarding flow, changed the default new user landing experience, and increased paid acquisition on mobile web. Leadership is concerned because this metric is the clearest early signal of whether new users reach value and become retained teams.
How would you investigate a sudden drop in conversion from signup to first meaningful action?
Activation is defined as the share of new signups who complete a meaningful value event within 7 days, such as creating a project or task and taking a collaboration-oriented step like assigning it, setting a due date, or inviting a teammate.