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The Fall of the Metric Monolith with Battery Ventures Principal Brandon Gleklen (Video)

SaaStr

The shift to using SaaS metrics as a common language led to a common definition of what a great cloud business should look like. The answer is no –– companies that do fit the metric monolith are still excellent, and these indicators remain helpful for leadership and investors. as a common language to analyze a cloud business.

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The Top 10 Important Finance Mistakes First Time Founders Make

SaaStr

I swear I’ve heard as many different definitions of “bookings” as there are flavors of ice cream. Let’s say you receive a contract from a customer that outlines they will pay you $100 for the monthly subscription with an invoice of terms Net 30. Always, my first questions is, “What’s your revenue?”

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Three chief customer officer job descriptions we love

ChurnZero

The role of the chief customer officer has become an essential function in subscription-based business models such as software-as-a-service (SaaS), where customer retention is paramount and requires executive-level leadership. SaaS businesses, meanwhile, benefit from predictable streams of recurring revenue.

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What is a chief customer officer?

ChurnZero

Definition of a chief customer officer. They often provide unifying leadership to different areas of your business that are involved in customer contact. It’s not just about making the first sale and calling it a day; it’s about developing relationships that promote subscription renewals and upgrades.

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ChurnZero earns spot on G2’s 2022 Best Software Awards

ChurnZero

ChurnZero earned a leadership spot specifically due to its powerful client onboarding capabilities that provide Customer Success managers the ability to guide their customers through onboarding, product adoption, renewals, and advocacy successfully, and give 100% visibility into the entire process. About the G2 Best Software Awards.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Chargebee and Glassdoor — November 1, 2019

SaaStr

As for Krish, under Krish’s leadership the team has grown to over 300 people and over 5,000 clients making it one of the next generation in truly global SaaS businesses started in India. Is something very important because when we think about simplicity, you don’t want to present an invoice every time they want additional help.

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Edmond Lau and Jean Hsu on engineering more leaders and better working relationships

Intercom, Inc.

But as Jean and Edmond will now tell you, following years of engineering leadership at Quip, Quora, Medium and more, that simply isn’t the case. They’ve now started a company together, Co Leadership , to help pave the road for engineers to become leaders. Leadership is a mindset, not a title. Louis: How do you define leadership?