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Samsara S-1: How 7 Key Benchmarks Stack Up

Tom Tunguz

Founded by Sanjit Biswas, former CEO at Meraki and John Bicket former CTO at Meraki[link] Samsara builds software to manage physical operations: truck fleets, mining, food & beverage, oil & gas. Sales Efficiency. -. But these contracts produce compelling economics. Revenue, $M. Revenue Growth. -. Gross Margin.

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How to Think of R&D Spend

Andreessen Horowitz

Most growth-stage CEOs I work with know how to tell if they’re efficiently allocating capital in every part of their budget with one glaring exception: research and development (R&D). We pulled benchmarks for R&D spend from private and public companies in application, infrastructure and security, and consumer internet.

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How to Categorize Expenses in a SaaS Startup v2.0

Baremetrics

Here’s an overview of the series: Part 1: How to Categorize Expenses in a SaaS Startup v2.0 Even without any breakdowns, obviously the CEO was fully aware of the company’s increased spending in sales and marketing. Even without any breakdowns, obviously the CEO was fully aware of the company’s increased spending in sales and marketing.

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2020 SaaS C-Suite Evolving to Support Product and Customer Lifecycle Management

OPEXEngine

A Couple SaaS Generations Ago… Traditional software companies managed sales, product development, finance and HR in siloed organizations by function. Separate Sales, Marketing, R&D, Accounting/Finance organizations were headed by a senior executive. The CRO leads Sales, Marketing, and Operations, plus often Customer Success.

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Annual Plans Reduce Churn Dramatically, Data Finds

ProfitWell

On this episode of the ProfitWell Report, Brendan Schwartz , Co-Founder and CTO at Wistia , wants to know what proportion of paid plans should be annual versus monthly. The beauty of the subscription model is that for the first time in the history of business, relationships are baked directly into how you make money. Click to enlarge.

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SaaS FP&A – Are You Up to the Challenge?

OPEXEngine

Over the past decade benchmarking software and SaaS companies , I’ve had the chance at OPEXEngine to work with hundreds of amazing Finance execs who work incredibly hard at getting the right data to support their company’s goals. SaaS Finance Benchmarks. Ability to accurately benchmark key metrics against peers and market leaders.

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Making the jump from Customer Success to CEO with FranConnect’s Gabby Wong

ChurnZero

More and more people are hiring leaders, not for past experience, but for capability and capacity. We hire a third-party firm. We also measure NPS, and we benchmark that across all acquisitions. Q: Based on your acquisition experience, are for-sale businesses focusing on the customer and NPS?