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A Look Back: Slack at $30,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

And we ended the day with an incredible combo of the hottest app at that time (and one of the hottest ever), Slack, who likely was around $30m ARR or so … and hadn’t yet added a sales team! We started development in early 2004. Slack for Business? Can you get to $100 million without a sales team, do you think?

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Here’s What Investors Look for in SaaS Businesses

Baremetrics

Scalability Other Factors That Affect the Sales Multiple How to Make Your SaaS Business More Attractive and Valuable 1. Develop a Full Marketing Strategy 2. Churn Rate Churn rate basically defines the long-term trajectory of a business. To prepare your business for a sale, focus on making the transition as seamless as possible.