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SaaS Company Benchmarking: Leveraging Metrics for Performance Insights

OPEXEngine

My experience reinforces the fact that SaaS business model variants and approaches to measuring performance via metrics are still very much undefined. For example, you can access Sales headcount data for Account Executives, Sales Development Reps/Business Development Reps and Renewal Reps along with compensation data.

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How To Structure Your Sales Organization For Maximum Efficiency

Sales Hacker

Traditional Sales Organizations – Growth of headcount in sales was structured around revenue per individual contributor (IC). The model used a waterfall-like model that ramps up over the course of a year, in which an individual contributor brings in $2M/IC per year. PODs should operate between 80-120% of quota.

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Mental Models to Help You Grow

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

Put simply, enduring companies have moats which defend their business model - they are a competitive advantage. There are many examples of businesses with moats and they’re characterised as being difficult to replicate (which is why they’re desirable) - below are several examples: Moat. Operational efficiency.