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The PLG Trap : Lessons Learned from Oliver Jay, former CRO at Asana

Tom Tunguz

First, revenue is fuel. In the last ten years, with capital nearly freely available, many companies have decreased the priority of generating revenue, especially those using product-led growth techniques. The first is the clear demand from customers seeking security & compliance features.

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How to Meet ADA Website Compliance

Neil Patel

The terms “website accessibility” and “ADA website compliance” are increasingly being bounced around in the online business world—there’s a good chance you’ve heard of it. But many people still don’t know what, exactly, ADA website compliance means—or how it can impact a business.

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Thanks to Cyvatar, Pacific Western Bank, Upzelo, UserGems, and Younium for Sponsoring SaaStr Annual 2023!

SaaStr

Cyvatar is a technology-enabled cyber security as a service (CSaaS) provider disrupting a $150 billion industry by introducing and delivering smarter, measurable managed security subscriptions to help you achieve compliance and security faster and more efficiently. We are not like other banks. appeared first on SaaStr.

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Benchmarking Consumer and SaaS Companies' Path to IPO

Tom Tunguz

The chart above shows the revenue growth rates of 60 or so recent consumer and enterprise IPOs by years since founding. Enterprise/SaaS companies in the sample achieved very small revenue in their second year and grew consistently through year 8, at which point there’s a decline. Simply explosive growth.

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Rubrik: Benchmarking the S-1 Data

Clouded Judgement

There’s a lot of info to digest, so in the sections below I’ll try and pull out the relevant financial information and benchmark it against current cloud businesses. ” Benchmark Data The data shown below depicts how the Rubrik data compares to the operating metrics of current public SaaS businesses.

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When should you hire a CFO?

SaaSHolic

TLDR: Probably when your company hits $5M+ in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR). Let’s dive into it: Pre-Revenue → You In the earliest days, successful founders need to be extremely efficient: drive as much productivity as possible with the few resources they have until they “hit something.” O post When should you hire a CFO?

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3 ways SaaS CFOs can prepare for hypergrowth in 2022

OPEXEngine

In recent years, the CFO role has evolved from being guardians of the compliance, accounting, F&PA, and forecasting functions to someone who can view and understand metrics to make data-driven decisions for scalable near and long-term strategy, As you plan for 2022, here are three things to help you prepare for hypergrowth.