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5 Interesting Learnings from MongoDB at $1.5 Billion in ARR

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I like this chart a lot showing both the awesome power of high NRR, and also how you have to invest in customers that scale with you over time. But it leans in big with a sales-driven motion of big customers as their accounts scale. #7. Go long, invest long. Efficiency is a complicated metric. Keep them happy.

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MongoDB at $1.5B in Revenue — An Epic Growth Story

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This chart shows the awesome power of high NRR and how you have to invest in customers that scale with you over time. #3 As you build up a great sales team, they’ll get better at getting revenue up front, and that’s great up to a point. after two years, so they can lean in and invest in that knowledge. #6 And it worked!

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