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Q2 compared to Q1:  What are the trends for SaaS?

OPEXEngine

Reviewing 2020 is a necessary basis for any planning process, as most plans build off the current year. Then, Q2 was when most companies felt the initial real impact of economic and spending changes due to the pandemic, and everyone went remote. Q3 is, for many US tech companies, when we started experiencing the “new normal.”

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How to Present an Operating Plan to your Board

Kellblog

One year of forecast. This year that’s your 2022 forecast, which is your first through third quarter actuals combined with your fourth-quarter forecast. While technically the board is only approving the proposed 2023 operating plan, that plan has a 2024 and 2025 model attached to it. So, present context.

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Interpreting The Insight 2023 Sales KPI Report

Kellblog

Those who find SaaS benchmark reports as impenetrable as James Joyce. While some SaaS benchmarks include a broad mix of VC-backed, founder bootstrapped, and PE-owned SaaS companies, SaaS benchmarks produced by VC firms generally include only those firms who tried to raise VC — i.e., the moonshots or at least wannabe moonshots.

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Kellblog Predictions for 2024

Kellblog

As per my custom, let’s review my 2023 predictions before presenting those for 2024. 2023 Predictions Review 1. New technology (e.g., Per LinkedIn , headcount is up 240% over the past two years. What’s a technology consumer to do? Please remember that I do these for fun and fun alone. Hook ) will help. Partial hit.

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Customer Success Capacity Planning and Budget Guide

ChurnZero

As a Customer Success leader, do you get anxious at the thought of asking your CFO or CEO for additional headcount? Using these models, you too can learn how to go toe-to-toe with your Finance team by presenting trade-offs to get the headcount you need. In this article, we cover: Budgeting Benchmarks: Do They Cause More Harm than Good?