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3 ways SaaS CFOs can prepare for hypergrowth in 2022

OPEXEngine

In recent years, the CFO role has evolved from being guardians of the compliance, accounting, F&PA, and forecasting functions to someone who can view and understand metrics to make data-driven decisions for scalable near and long-term strategy, As you plan for 2022, here are three things to help you prepare for hypergrowth.

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It’s Time to Raise Your Debt Facility: Execution Tactics for Founders

Andreessen Horowitz

The closing process typically takes about 4 weeks, which allows for legal documentation negotiation, account opening (if the lender is a bank), and the completion of all necessary compliance documents. It’s also important for companies to walk through their business model and demonstrate how they make money.

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Managing a Thin Balance Sheet: 4 Lessons Learned From Laika’s $2 Billion Acquisition with Laika Co-Founder & COO Eva Pittas and CFO Dicken Chaplin (Video)

SaaStr

Founded in 2019, Laika (an enterprise-ready compliance platform) closed a $50MM Series C by the summer of 2022. Eva Pittas (Co-founder and COO at Laika) and Dicken Chaplin (CFO at Laika) discuss the value a well-versed CFO brings to their business as well as a few key lessons they’ve learned along the way. Gross Retention.

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Create a Sales Plan That Actually Works (Tips + Template)

Sales Hacker

Lastly, a sales budget plan gives you a sales forecast for a given period based on factors that could impact revenue — like industry trends and entry to a new market segment. Similar to a traditional sales plan, they cover the staff, tools, marketing campaigns, and other resources needed to generate the target revenue.

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The Funnel is Dead. Long Live the Flywheel. With Hubspot CEO Brian Halligan (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

If you haven’t adopted one of these light touch business models, you are screwed, in my opinion. But in B2B, the train’s at the station ready to leave, and so you need to match your go to market by the way people buy. But a go to market advantage, business model advantage, that is much more sustainable.

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The Funnel is Dead. Long Live the Flywheel. With Hubspot CEO Brian Halligan (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

If you haven’t adopted one of these light touch business models, you are screwed, in my opinion. But in B2B, the train’s at the station ready to leave, and so you need to match your go to market by the way people buy. But a go to market advantage, business model advantage, that is much more sustainable.

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There are No Shortcuts: 5 Hard-Won Lessons from Zenefits CEO Jay Fulcher

OPEXEngine

A clever business model enabled the company to be “the fastest-growing software company on the planet,” he says. However, this model was unsustainable. Furthermore, the company grew so quickly that it struggled to keep pace with compliance and governance, which was dangerous in a regulated industry. Business Model.

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