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Benchmarking WorkDay's S-1 - How 7 Key SaaS Metrics Stack Up

Tom Tunguz

In 2009 and 2010, the company recognized more revenue from services than subscription. In 2011, the year of the IPO, services still accounted for 33% of revenues. Over time, subscription revenue will continue to increase compared to services revenue. Services revenue isn’t a money-maker.

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Are You Counting Payments as Renewals?

Kellblog

Most SaaS vendors will jump at the opportunity to lock in a longer subscription term. Most investors believe you could better maximize ARR by simply raising more capital and sticking with annual payments. It can lead to large long-term deferred revenues which can hinder certain M&A discussions.

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The Best SaaS Blog Posts and Resources Library

Chart Mogul

Guide to SaaS Revenue Recognition and Deferred Revenue in SaaS by Ben Murray, The SaaS CFO SaaS revenue recognition is an ongoing priority for SaaS accounting teams. Software subscriptions are the life of every SaaS business and must be accounted for properly in your general ledger.

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Building a Roadmap for Early-Stage SaaS Growth [Webinar]

SaaSOptics

We were born and raised and bred serving the needs of early stage emerging and growth SaaS and subscription based businesses. Exclusively, we have a modern financial platform for early stage and growth subscription businesses and really focusing on three major pain areas of these businesses. Tim McCormick: 00:06:56

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Building a Roadmap for Early-Stage SaaS Growth [Webinar]

SaaSOptics

We were born and raised and bred serving the needs of early stage emerging and growth SaaS and subscription based businesses. Exclusively, we have a modern financial platform for early stage and growth subscription businesses and really focusing on three major pain areas of these businesses. Tim McCormick: 00:06:56

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Building a Roadmap for Early-Stage SaaS Growth [Webinar]

SaaSOptics

We were born and raised and bred serving the needs of early stage emerging and growth SaaS and subscription based businesses. Exclusively, we have a modern financial platform for early stage and growth subscription businesses and really focusing on three major pain areas of these businesses. Tim McCormick: 00:06:56. Excellent, great.

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