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The Remaining Performance Obligation (RPO) SaaS Metric

OPEXEngine

This SaaS metric is defined as the sum of Deferred Revenue and Backlog. Deferred Revenue for SaaS companies is the contractual obligation to deliver the SaaS product for the period invoiced. Thus, RPO equals the sum of Deferred Revenue and Backlog. Now, let’s take a look at an example.

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What Is Working Capital?

Baremetrics

Baremetrics makes it easy to collect and visualize all of your sales data so that you always know how much cash you have on hand, which clients have paid, and who you still owe services to. Check out what the MRR dashboard looks like right here: Baremetrics can monitor your SaaS quick ratio. Many SaaS businesses have zero inventory.

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The top 5 subscription payment services: how to choose the best

ProfitWell

Scheduled payments, aka recurring billing. Scheduled payments have become a core form of revenue collection. Of course, recurring payments vary depending on the business. As the subscription universe continues to expand, you can expect to see even more subscription payment plans. What are subscription payments?

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SaaS Financial Audits: 5 Tips for a SaaS Company's Financial Audit

ProfitWell

Unfortunately for SaaS companies, bookkeeping is hectic and is often plagued by such inconsistencies and mistakes. Why SaaS financial audits prove different. SaaS companies run on a dynamically different business model compared to traditional companies. Long-term payment structures. What is a financial audit?

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The SaaS Financial Model You’ll Actually Update (Updated 2019)

Baremetrics

Since the original version of this post from early 2017, we’ve worked with many more SaaS companies and a common theme has been moving companies from a starter template to a more robust financial model. This model allowed me to work with dozens of SaaS startups using spreadsheets, while we built our financial modeling software Flightpath.

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Are You Counting Payments as Renewals?

Kellblog

Enterprise SaaS has drifted to a model where many, if not most, companies do multi-year contracts on annual payment terms. Most enterprise SaaS products are high-consideration purchases. Most SaaS vendors will jump at the opportunity to lock in a longer subscription term. How did we get here?

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Revenue Realization vs Revenue Recognition: Explained for SaaS Businesses

OPEXEngine

Revenue realization and revenue recognition are two different events that impact your ability to accurately forecast and reflect on the true earnings in a period. Definition Of Revenue. Before we go any further, let us look at the concept of revenue. Effectively, the revenue is deferred and not yet realized.