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

Andreessen Horowitz

For early stage companies, lenders are mostly underwriting based on existing investor support; with later-stage companies, they are underwriting to enterprise value and are more focused on company KPIs, churn, and related metrics. For corporate debt, normal venture counsel (e.g., Cooley, Goodwin, Gunderson Dettmer, or Wilson, etc.)

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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. Are customers churning? Looking back on its explosive growth, however, the company realized just how badly it needed the valuable services of a Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Looking back vs. looking forward. Customer Health.

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How to Optimize Customer Retention for B2B Enterprises

Totango

How can you help accounting keep payments on track, monitor contract compliance, and track licenses? Is there a way to help marketing segment customers for case studies or reference testimonials? Talk to or survey your teams and learn how you can better support each division.

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The Fintech SaaS growing competitive landscape

Panintelligence

Missing the mark on this can lead to customer churn as they look elsewhere for all-in-one solutions. This disconnect is evident in the lack of tailored solutions for niche markets, particularly in areas like financial inclusion. Ensuring the security of financial data is not just a compliance issue but a cornerstone of customer trust.

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