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5 Interesting Learnings from MongoDB at $1.5 Billion in ARR

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These days many are relying on upselling their existing base and raising prices to keep top line growth growing. High NRR is magical, but NRR as a metric isn’t a GAAP metric. But it leans in big with a sales-driven motion of big customers as their accounts scale. #7. Efficiency is a complicated metric.

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

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And when you have partial utility-based pricing like MongoDB does, you see the impact fast. Upselling your existing base and raising prices to keep top-line growth growing isn’t adding real long-term value. High NRR is magical, but NRR as a metric isn’t a GAAP metric. But last quarter saw a bounce back. Revenue growth.

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