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SaaS Churn: Myths, Benchmarks, and Strategies to Retain More Revenue

FastSpring

And in part three, we’ll conclude with a set of definitions you can use when talking about churn with others — and some additional resources. Part I: SaaS Churn Benchmarks Part II: 5 Proven Strategies for Reducing SaaS Churn Part III: Churn Definitions and Additional Resources. Look for Red Flag Metrics. Table of Contents.

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The Stages Of A SaaS Company: When To Scale For Success

Chargify

Establishing relationships with advisors and/or mentors. Establishing/implementing metrics and analytics**. We should note that utilizing Sean Ellis’s product/market fit survey, NPS (net promoter score), and activation and retention rates are important elements of implementing metrics and analytics. Finding channel/market fit.

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End of Year Software Discounts: Savvy Cost Saving or Short-Sighted Business Move?

Sales Hacker

For example, in the reference above, Apple doesn’t technically discount their technology on Cyber Monday. For example, Peter Kazanjy , Cofounder of Atrium HQ , suggests saving on commodities but splurging when there’s a superior differentiated solution. A vendor may say “Oh yes, we have at-a-glance metrics also.”

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Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot: From Day 0 to IPO. What Went to Plan. What Most Certainly Didn’t (Video, Podcast + Transcript)

SaaStr

Co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah shared with us how they got there — and the top mistakes they made — just 3 quarters after their IPO. We have someone that probably 98 percent of you know virtually or socially in some sense, Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO of HubSpot. But of course, it wasn’t always quite that big!

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What is flat rate pricing? Examples, definition, pros and cons

ProfitWell

“The problem with per-seat pricing is that it by definition makes your biggest customers your best customers. And from that flows decisions about what and who to spend time on,” says David Heinemeier Hansson , co-founder and CTO of Basecamp. “[My With money comes influence, if not outright power. The short answer is no.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Lucidchart and Wrike — February 28, 2020

SaaStr

I started my training on the technical side, thinking I wanted to be a scientist or engineer, in particular, thinking I wanted to do research. He had worked as a CTO at a startup when he dropped out of school. Karl Sun: Yeah, I think you definitely want to bring them into the process. Karl Sun: Oh, that’s a great question.

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How to Close the Enterprise When You’re Just a Startup (Summit Replay)

Sales Hacker

Somebody may have a title, they may have a CTO, CEO, co-founder, or whatever. Could somebody come in and help with a technical conversation? And we talk about two metrics, average value per meeting — what is your average value per meeting? Again, I am a cofounder at Kronologic, we are a calendar monetization engine.