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Building Resilience Through Efficient Scaling In 2023 with ICONIQ Growth General Partner, Doug Pepper, and General Partner and Head of Analytics, Christine Edmonds (Video)

SaaStr

Many of them said headcount management and spend were common levers they pulled, given the immediate and significant impact they have on spend. Companies are giving price breaks this year to reduce churn and increase retention, with the caveat that it might go up next year. Incentives for multi-year contracts are another tactic.

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Customer Success and finance: 8 metrics to build closer alignment

ChurnZero

Good sales teams typically get the budget, headcount and tools they desire because the function is tied to revenue. As a result, CS teams often have to work harder to make the case for headcount, technology and even product requests on behalf of customers. How can CS leaders address this challenge?

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8 Finance Mistakes Growing SaaS Businesses Make and How to Fix Them

SaaSX

This INCLUDES headcount-related expenses. If you are utilizing Gusto or a similar payroll tool, your headcount expenses are likely coming into your P&L as one (or maybe two) line item(s). these figures are going to be WRONG because you haven’t properly accounted for your headcount costs in Sales & Marketing.

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How to Present an Operating Plan to your Board

Kellblog

One year of forecast. This year that’s your 2022 forecast, which is your first through third quarter actuals combined with your fourth-quarter forecast. The next block focuses on retention rates: Net dollar retention = current ARR from year-ago cohort / year-ago ARR from year-ago cohort. So, present context.

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The New Economics Of Customer Success: Showcasing The ROI Of Customer Success To Your CFO

Valuize Consulting

For example, in Sales, you can take your Annual Revenue Target, divide it by the Projected Revenue Attainment Per Headcount (factoring in some ramp time) and out comes a Headcount projection. CFOs are always going to ask their CCOs to think about costs and retention. What are your CSM ratios? How are you scaling your team ?

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Benchmarking and Budgeting Go Hand in Hand

OPEXEngine

Take this example of working with Sales on how many account executives to add in the upcoming year: “Our current sales headcount is 30% higher than the sales headcount benchmark for SaaS companies our size and growth rate, and our ARR per sales rep is 30% lower than the benchmark.

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The Blueprint To Building An Iron-Clad Business Case For Your Customer Success Scale Strategy

Valuize Consulting

Without buy-in from your C-Suite and cooperation from your entire organizational ecosystem, your organization’s ability to scale customer engagement, maximize customer value across your customer segments and drive best-in-class Net Dollar Retention (NDR) is on the line. . Determine Coverage & Forecast Growth For Your Scale Strategy.

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