Tom Tunguz

APRIL 14, 2020

Sam Jacobs created the Revenue Collective , a group of more than 1700 sales professionals at some of the fastest-growing companies. With chapters across the US, Revenue Collective has broad reach within the sales community. Recently, Revenue Collective surveyed its members about the impact of coronavirus on businesses.

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SaaStr

MARCH 27, 2023

Capchase’s dataset is comprised of roughly half bootstrapped companies and half VC-backed companies, so there will be some differences in benchmarking from what you see from the VC firms. One, when you have really high gross margins, your cost base actually increases much slower than your revenue base. So how do they get there?

SaaS Payments 189

SaaS Payments Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 189

OPEXEngine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

In working with hundreds and hundreds of SaaS CFOs over the past 15 years, I’ve noticed that effective and strategic CFOs incorporate accurate benchmarking into the daily business of the company and especially into the budgeting and planning process. . Use Benchmarks At the Start of the Budgeting Process.

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Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Through these interactions, I’ve built up mental benchmarks for metrics on which I place extra emphasis. Q3 Revenue Relative to Consensus Estimates Now let’s dive in to the financial results of Q3 starting with revenue. Beating consensus revenue estimates is the first aspect of a successful quarter.

Cloud 177

Cloud Software Benchmarks Retention 177

OpenView Labs

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR). The value of your contracted subscriptions taking into account revenue added/lost from components such as new sales, renewals, upsells, churn, etc. ACV Ratio = Expense of marketing campaigns : Revenue from marketing campaigns. Revenue Churn = # MRR this month / # MRR lost from last month.

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Benchmarks Metrics Scale Sales Recruiting 71

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Net revenue retention (NRR) and gross revenue retention (GRR) are two important metrics. NRR and GRR are important secondary metrics for any SaaS enterprise that brings in money through a subscription revenue model. Connect Baremetrics to your revenue sources, and start seeing all of your revenue in a crystal-clear dashboard.

Payments 95

Payments Retention Revenue Payment Services 95

Clouded Judgement

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Through these interactions, I’ve built up mental benchmarks for metrics on which I place extra emphasis. We will see this show up in revenue figures in a quarter or two. Beating consensus revenue estimates is the first aspect of a successful quarter. net retention and CAC payback).

Cloud 169

Cloud Software Benchmarks Retention 169

OPEXEngine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The Value of Benchmarking. By tapping into this horde of data, a skilled SaaS CFO can create comparable company benchmarks to validate their reporting methodology, then use these to drive their annual planning process and evaluate business performance on several levels. Top-Down Planning: Using Benchmarks.

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Clouded Judgement

APRIL 12, 2023

Through these interactions, I’ve built up mental benchmarks for metrics on which I place extra emphasis. Beating consensus revenue estimates is the first aspect of a successful quarter. The formula to calculate this is: (Q4 ’22 revenue) / (Q4 ’21 revenue) - 1. net retention and CAC payback). .”

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Cloud Software Benchmarks Retention 161

Clouded Judgement

JUNE 20, 2023

Through these interactions, I’ve built up mental benchmarks for metrics on which I place extra emphasis. Beating consensus revenue estimates is the first aspect of a successful quarter. The formula to calculate this is: (Q1 ’23 revenue) / (Q1 ’22 revenue) - 1. net retention and CAC payback). .”

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Cloud Software Benchmarks Scale 161

Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

This is a very nuanced question, but benchmarks do provide some guidance for what is reasonable. The chart above shows the sales and marketing investment of publicly traded software companies at different revenue levels. Looking in the outer revenue ranges at $25M, $50M and $100M, that figure asymptotes to about 50%.

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OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 30, 2019

As you may have guessed from Firas’ background, we’re huge fans of OpenView, which recently published the 2019 Expansion SaaS Benchmarks Report and accompanying Expansion SaaS Benchmarks Data Explorer. Companyon’s SaaS Benchmarks Modeling Tool. Six SaaS Metrics’ Significance. By locating one of its metrics (e.g.,

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Benchmarks SaaS Metrics Retention 40

Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The main benefits of categorizing your SaaS company’s expenses are more accurate metrics and forecasts, and getting a better understanding of your company’s overall spending. Cost of Revenue Let’s start with your Cost of Revenue. This is a v2.0 The company grew their total spend from $390k/mo to $750k/mo during 2018.

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Merchant Services Startup DevOps as a Service SaaS 90

Sales Hacker

JULY 18, 2019

Sales forecasting… Did you just shudder? You’ll learn: Rules for an accurate sales forecast. Key data for sales forecasting. Step 3: forecast sales (with a future pipeline calculator). Getting to an Accurate Sales Forecast. Accurate sales forecasting is part art but mostly science. Forecast Categories.

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Forecasting Sales Outsourced Development Technical Review 68

Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Through these interactions, I’ve built up mental benchmarks for metrics on which I place extra emphasis. Beating consensus revenue estimates is the first aspect of a successful quarter. The formula to calculate this is: (Q3 ’22 revenue) / (Q3 ’21 revenue) - 1. net retention and CAC payback).

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Cloud Software Review Software Benchmarks 130

Baremetrics

AUGUST 6, 2021

Forecasting MRR Movements Churned Subscriptions or Cancellation Insights Trials Customer Profiles and People Insights Benchmarking Segmentation Financial Reports with Baremetrics Baremetrics Provides Smarter Financial Reporting Forecasting In-Depth Reporting Trial Insights Enhanced Customer Profiles See Your First Report Today.

Payment Services 98

Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments Payment Methods 98

ChurnZero

JUNE 9, 2023

Good sales teams typically get the budget, headcount and tools they desire because the function is tied to revenue. Annual recurring revenue (ARR) ARR is the aggregate value of contracts that renew yearly. A healthy benchmark is a 95% renewal rate in a given period. A healthy benchmark is 100% NRR or greater.

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Finance Metrics Customer Success Headcount 98

Kellblog

JUNE 17, 2023

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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Scale Sales Benchmarks Metrics 104

Stax

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

So, of course when it came to revenue-driving activities, Ford knew that success in marketing—and business—wasn’t about how much your marketing spend is, but how efficiently you spend it. Enter the SaaS Magic Number, which measures the return on sales and marketing spend in generating new subscription revenue.

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SaaS Payments Payments Payment Services Stax 88

Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

This week we'll get back to basics with recurring revenue. Recurring revenue is the heart of every subscription business, and a key reason for the explosion of SaaS as a business model in recent years. Put simply, recurring revenue is any of your company’s revenue that’s highly likely to continue in the future.

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OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 7, 2019

You need to have a grip on your monthly burn rate, cash out date, number of months of runway and whether your burn rate is appropriate given your revenue and growth rate. To help out, we crunched the burn rate figures from OpenView’s 2019 Expansion SaaS Benchmarks study. The post 2019 Benchmarks: Are You Burning Too Much Cash?

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Kellblog

OCTOBER 30, 2022

One of my new benchmarking themes is that people need to pay more attention to matching their benchmarks with their aspirations. Forecast 2022 ARR growth of 36%, so they’re planning to accelerate. Sales and marketing (S&M) expense of 40% of revenues. Everyone’s an optimist.

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ProfitWell

JUNE 18, 2019

Revenue run rate—sometimes called annual run rate—lets you estimate how much revenue you might expect from your SaaS company throughout the next year. Run rate is simple to calculate, making it quite popular among founders for revenue projections. But there are certain situations where revenue run rate can be useful.

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Revenue Forecasting Benchmarks Churn 47

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 9, 2021

In addition, Stripe’s analytics side can be lacking the needed depth for SaaS businesses that rely on recurring revenue. Baremetrics monitors subscription revenue for businesses that bring in revenue through subscription-based services. What is Stripe? Stripe is a fully integrated suite of payment products.

Payment Services 98

Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 98

Baremetrics

APRIL 21, 2021

As a SaaS business, you’re competing not only for loyal customers and recurring revenue , but also for the attention of investors and major software companies who may want to purchase your product. Baremetrics can help you improve your SaaS finance model thanks to our robust forecasting capabilities in Flightpath. Table of Contents.

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Finance Scale SaaS Forecasting 98

yoursales

JUNE 23, 2023

In order to put CRMs to the test as objectively as possible, our CRM testing methodology will benchmark their performance against each of the top 5 problems from the Top 5 Problems Sales Leaders Want CRM to Solve: Storing and organizing customer data , voted on by 59,9% of responders. Forecasting sales , voted on by 57,3% of responders.

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Baremetrics

MARCH 31, 2021

But they’re necessary to understand where your revenue comes from. 1 2 Leverage Control Center and Smart Dashboards 3 Use People Insights and Segmentation 4 Track Augmentation and Forecasting 5 Set Benchmarks and Gain Trial Insights 6 Communicate Through Slack 7 Track and measure your community's growth. Why spend $5.5

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Social Media Marketing Forecasting Benchmarks 85

Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Marketing analytics tools for subscription-based companies can be hard to navigate, but they’re necessary to understand where your revenue comes from. You can perform complex data comparisons, find trends, create goals, and forecast performance. Forecast cash flow and predict changes in customer traffic before they happen.

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Marketing Social Media Forecasting Benchmarks 87

ChurnZero

JANUARY 11, 2024

In other words, we asked more complicated and probing questions in each subsequent year to reveal better benchmarks. businesses braced for a recession that some economists had forecasted but never materialized. of revenue. of revenue. of revenue. 2023 customer success budgets Economic context: U.S.

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Headcount SaaS Leadership Benchmarks 52

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Connect Baremetrics to your revenue sources and start seeing all of your revenue on a crystal-clear dashboard. You can even see your customer segmentation , deeper insights about who your customers are , forecast into the future, and use automated tools to recover failed payments. Just check out this demo account here.

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Payments Payment Solutions SaaS Payments PayPal 94

Outseta

AUGUST 23, 2017

By Geoff Roberts 15 min read Forecasts, budgets, and performance targets; these activities have long been seen by business people as critical activities in the operation of companies of almost any size. Simply put, activities like budgeting and forecasting are not compatible with self management.

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User Pilot

JULY 13, 2023

Different types of company growth include: Industry growth assesses your company’s performance by benchmarking against the industry average. Customer lifetime value (CLV) determines the total revenue a customer generates throughout the relationship. Here, n represents the number of years considered for the growth calculation.

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Metrics Customer Lifetime Value Benchmarks Churn 98

ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Revenue is good. Lots of revenue is great. Optimized revenue is better. Because the world of e-commerce is so restless, as soon as your company finds itself bringing in steady revenue, the first question anyone will be asking is: How can we make this performance even better ? What is revenue optimization?

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OpenView Labs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

This week we released our third annual Expansion SaaS Benchmarks report. But benchmarks alone are not enough. We’ve got to make the leap from benchmarks to action. Here’s our advice on how to use the benchmark data to grow even faster in 2020. Ramp time: How long does it take for new sales reps to get productive?

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Benchmarks Underperforming Technical Team Scale SaaS 41

User Pilot

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Net monthly recurring revenue (MRR) growth enables you to calculate the change in your company’s recurring revenue on a month-to-month basis. As we will see in this article, there are several key factors that affect monthly revenue. A similar concept is ARR, annual recurring revenue.

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Metrics Customer Lifetime Value Churn Retention 105

Sales Hacker

MAY 3, 2018

As we embarked on our 2018 Business Performance Benchmark Study , our goal had not changed from 2017. When revenue considerations that are top of mind for executives and managers, this study dives into ways sales performance is likely to be challenging or can be improved. 1) Webinar on Accelerating Revenue Performance.

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Kellblog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

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. The first block is revenue, optionally split by subscription vs. services. Rule of 40 score = revenue growth rate + free cashflow margin. 2024 and 2025).

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