OPEXEngine

MAY 18, 2021

SaaS metrics are viewed differently at different stages of growth and for different sales models, primarily whether a company is selling into an SMB or enterprise marketplace. When calculating this metric, it is important to only use contracted recurring revenue and not one-time payments from services or any other one-time payment. .

SaaS Payments 98

SaaS Payments Metrics Payments Payment Services 98

OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

SMB customers will want high-touch sales engagement and service delivery but SMM SaaS companies will likely not have the budget necessary to justify providing this level of sales support. Being “stuck in the middle” drives SMM SaaS companies to invest in one of two strategies. eCommerce Marketplaces. Direct Sales.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 52

Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

5 Reasons I Hate the Rule of 40 by Mikael Johnsson, SaaS Nordic While not necessarily completely useless, I would strongly argue that R40 is a metric applicable to the world of PE and public markets investing and is not a good metric for assessing the quality of venture-stage companies. Because this drives investment decisions.

Scale 52

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring SaaS 52

SaaStr

JULY 26, 2019

How does this make Eric change the way he approaches benchmarking, capital allocation, and growth? She likes to invest across consumer, B2B saas, and technology infrastructure companies at the earliest stages. She likes to invest across consumer, B2B saas, and technology infrastructure companies at the earliest stages.

Sales Hiring 149

Sales Hiring Scale SaaS Payments Payment Services 149

SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

We’ve got everything from self-service all the way up to the enterprise. So how we accomplish something at the enterprise level in a one to few or a one-to-one or a one to few is very different to how you would accomplish it in a self service model. We are still heavily oriented to SMB and to entrepreneurs.

Payment Methods 205

Payment Methods Merchant Services Scale Payments 205

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The best products, services, and ideas are nothing without a way to turn them into currency, and sellers are a big part of making commerce happen. Invest in your development internally and externally. Invest in your cross-functional partners. Anne is a principal analyst in the Sales Operations Research Service at Forrester.

Scale 130

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 130