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SaaS FP&A – Are You Up to the Challenge?

OPEXEngine

When you filter the same group of companies but adding revenue growth over 50%, the median number of Finance execs rises over 70% to 12 in Finance. When he came out, the first thing he asked me was, how do you define a Sales Qualified Lead (SQL)? Clearly, the Board had been discussing conversion rates and the Marketing/Sales funnel.

Finance 40
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SaaStr Podcast #403 with Loom VP of Sales Sam Taylor

SaaStr

Does Sam agree that the founder is the one who has to create the sales playbook? When is the right time to hire the first sales rep? Should you hire 2 at a time? What does one look for in their first sales hire? Does it have to be tied to a number related to revenue?

Scale 172
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Product-Led Growth (PLG) For Startups

Mucker Capital

Obviously if you target enterprise customers, you usually have a very large ACV (Annual Contract Value) and the product usually is complex. We talk about using the product complexity, your target customer size, your contract value, and whether there's individual use case–those four things--to help you decide if PLG is a fit.

Startup 52