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Founded in 2019, Laika (an enterprise-ready compliance platform) closed a $50MM Series C by the summer of 2022. Fundamental metrics (like ARR, CAC Payback, or Burn Rate) will never stop being important; they’re industry standards for a reason. Are you filling the top of the funnel cost-effectively? Marketing Lead Gen.

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Sales reps will be able to call their smartphone contacts directly from the CRM platform, which is optimized for all devices. Really Simple Systems lets you track the metrics you need and provides a really generous amount of CRM functionality that’s super helpful for sales teams. 4 – Flowlu — Best For SMB Finance.