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Cyber Weekend Benchmarking Data: 2024 SaaS and Software Holiday Spend Report

FastSpring

It’s almost time again for Cyber Weekend, and November sales spikes aren’t just for holiday gifts and physical goods — SaaS and software companies also benefit from this annual increase in sales. trends in year-end SaaS and software sales data. trends in year-end SaaS and software sales data. dollars for simplicity’s sake.

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A closer look at the 6 things to pre-empt 90% of Due Diligence

The Angel VC

Since last week's post about 6-7 things to pre-empt 90% of Due Diligence was liked/shared/retweeted quite a bit, I'd like to follow up with some additional details on what exactly SaaS Series A/B investors will look for when you supply them with the data and material that I've mentioned.

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Breaking Into Asia? Benchmarking Data and Insights on SaaS Subscriptions in Asia

FastSpring

When you’re expanding your software business into new regions, industry benchmarking data can help you make better strategic decisions by answering important questions about business in the region. If you’re selling software at the same price into both the U.S. This means that, for example, for every 100 U.S.

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A16Z: The Median Enterprise AI Startup now Hits $2.1M ARR by Month 12

SaaStr

What “Working” Means in the Era of AI Apps: The New Enterprise Benchmarks That Matter One of the most common refrains in the generative AI era is that “startups are growing faster than ever” — often with fewer resources. ARR by month 12 — more than double the old “best in class” benchmark of $1M.

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The Software Industry's Productivity Boom: Analyzing Revenue per Employee Trends

Tom Tunguz

Recently, I was on the HR Heretics podcast and we talked about the increasing efficiency of software companies (in addition to other topics including the implications of AI for executives, how to diligence a candidate, & what board members expect of their people leaders). Compare that to the benchmarks in 2013!

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Klaviyo: Benchmarking the S-1 Data

Clouded Judgement

This is the first S-1 we’ve seen in almost 2 years from a software company! There’s a lot of info to digest, so in the sections below I’ll try and pull out the relevant financial information and benchmark it against current cloud businesses. Klaviyo filed their initial S1 statement today. ” “Data Layer.

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4 Things Most Founders Get Wrong About Marketing with Dave Kellogg

SaaStr

The marketing session is often “career-ending” for CMOs – The quarterly marketing review tends to run overtime, spark intense debates, and is the most dreaded session for many CEOs who aren’t marketing natives. The “five-five” CMO who excels at everything is a unicorn.