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How to Categorize Expenses in a SaaS Startup v2.0

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Benefits of using Expense Categories in SaaS The main expense categories for any SaaS company are: Cost of Revenue Research & Development Sales & Marketing General & Admin These four categories are the standard for describing costs and expenses of any SaaS company from Salesforce to Zoom to your startup.

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SaaStr’s Podcast “Best Of Guide” Our Top 10 Podcasts of All Time

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They have funding from some of the best in the business including the likes of Benchmark, Sequoia, Redpoint and Marc Benioff, just to name a few. About the episode: Steve Newman is the Founder & CEO @ Scalyr, the startup that helps your DevOps team solve more problems in less time with log monitoring and analysis in seconds.

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How to categorize expenses in a SaaS startup

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The main accounts are: Cost of Revenue. Cost of Revenue. First, let’s look at setting up your Cost of Revenue (sometimes called Cost of Sales, or Cost of Goods Sold ). This is where you record all of the costs that go to providing your service, such as hosting and customer support payroll. Sales & Marketing.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with PagerDuty and Gusto — April 17, 2020

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Does it have to be tied to a number directly tied to revenue? So more than ever, companies need our services. We’ll be benchmarking that and then we’ll iterate on our plan for May. He said that all marketing activities have to be tied and held accountable to a number directly tied to revenue.

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