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Startup Metrics

TechEmpower SaaS

One way to approach that last question is to use this simple model: Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) How will your business reach prospects? Look at different customer acquisition channels, how they are converting, and the expected lifetime value of customers acquired through those channels. What does the business do?

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5 Reasons Salesforce Was Smart to Buy Slack

SaaStr

What a next level acquisition! Salesforce is good at mega-acquisitions. They know how to take an established brand and grow it faster, and build or expand a new core offering around it. But Slack is past $1B in annual revenues with a dominant brand and very high net revenue retention (120%+).

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11 Key SaaS Roles and Responsibilities in 2023

User Pilot

Customer Onboarding Specialist: Responsible for helping new customers get up and running with the company’s products. Revenue growth rate : This measures the rate at which the company’s revenue is growing over a specific period. A higher revenue growth rate generally indicates positive business performance.

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The Founder’s Guide to Developer-led Growth with WorkOS (Video)

SaaStr

Well, in the past several years, there’s been a tremendous number of companies that have built specifically for developers and use this as a way to get into these new markets, to displace incumbents and disrupt the competition. You have the opportunity to upsell new features and capabilities to them. The contract size grows.

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GitLab’s Hila Qu on What B2B Companies Can Learn About Growth from B2C

OpenView Labs

In conversation with Blake Bartlett , she walked us through how B2C and B2B growth strategies compare across each phase of the customer journey from acquisition to retention and expansion. B2B growth, on the other hand, tends to focus more on revenue—ARR, and so forth. Acquisition. Defining Growth . Hila explains.

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The B2B Marketplace Funding Napkin 2021

Point Nine Land

So if you’re a US-based startup, you might be able to shoot slightly higher ;) Unlike SaaS companies which have been around for years, B2B marketplaces are a relatively new category and not many investors have invested in them yet. In general, European rounds tend to be slightly smaller and valuations slightly lower than they are in the US.

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It’s Wise to Question the Big Assumption about Consumption Pricing

OPEXEngine

It’s the kind of notoriety that is leading to a wave of consumption pricing for new software companies and causing established companies to consider whether they too should switch to a usage-based model. It can encourage retention, as customers feel they can control their costs by managing their use.

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