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3 ways SaaS CFOs can prepare for hypergrowth in 2022

OPEXEngine

In recent years, the CFO role has evolved from being guardians of the compliance, accounting, F&PA, and forecasting functions to someone who can view and understand metrics to make data-driven decisions for scalable near and long-term strategy, As you plan for 2022, here are three things to help you prepare for hypergrowth.

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The Defining Characteristics of Successful SMB SaaS Startups

Tom Tunguz

Encouragingly, the market size for enterprise software is roughly equal to the market size for the SMB market: about 57M potential seats in each. Of course, the true number depends on the market segment: sales, HR, payroll, expense management, etc.

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

Andreessen Horowitz

Ideally, lenders look for 12+ months of starting cash runway prior to need for debt, but that can vary on a case-by-case basis depending on factors such as debt size, lender risk tolerance, capital invested to date, and the scale/growth of the business. For corporate debt, normal venture counsel (e.g.,

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Successful SMB SaaS Companies Have a 2 Step Value Proposition

Tom Tunguz

Encouragingly, the market size for enterprise software is roughly equal to the market size for the SMB market: about 57M potential seats in each. Of course, the true number depends on the market segment: sales, HR, payroll, expense management, etc. But these two markets require very different approaches.

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The Funnel is Dead. Long Live the Flywheel. With Hubspot CEO Brian Halligan (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

It just doesn’t work as a metaphor anymore to describe how people really buy and describe how modern organizations really scale. It’s got to scale on the back end. Then we both became savvy to this idea of market segmentation. They want to establish certain compliance things in place. Hilarie K.:

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The Funnel is Dead. Long Live the Flywheel. With Hubspot CEO Brian Halligan (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

It just doesn’t work as a metaphor anymore to describe how people really buy and describe how modern organizations really scale. It’s got to scale on the back end. Then we both became savvy to this idea of market segmentation. They want to establish certain compliance things in place. Hilarie K.:

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There are No Shortcuts: 5 Hard-Won Lessons from Zenefits CEO Jay Fulcher

OPEXEngine

Furthermore, the company grew so quickly that it struggled to keep pace with compliance and governance, which was dangerous in a regulated industry. At Underscore VC, we call this your Minimum Viable Segment (MVS)—a focused market segment of potential customers that have the same needs—and a lot of entrepreneurs struggle with it.

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