The Angel VC

MARCH 23, 2016

If you have a SaaS startup with a higher-touch sales model where revenue growth is largely driven by sales headcount, the plan needs to be modified accordingly. The "Revenues" line shows your end-of-month MRR for the respective month. Revenues" tab The model assumes that you have three pricing tiers.

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Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

JULY 24, 2018

It’s a simple calculation to help you quickly and easily understand the health of a SaaS business. The rule states that a businesses annual revenue growth rate, plus its profit should equal 40%. To manage discounting effectively you need some guiding principles and a process in place. Retention trumps acquisition.

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The Angel VC

MARCH 22, 2012

If you have a SaaS startup with a higher-touch sales model where revenue growth is largely driven by sales headcount, the plan needs to be modified accordingly. For non-SaaS business models the template needs to be modified more heavily or may not be useful at all, other than that it shows my way of thinking around business planning.

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Outseta

JANUARY 20, 2020

What started as Dimitris (now my Co-founder at Outseta ) writing a few lines of code to collect rent payments from tenants he had living in a duplex in Providence, Rhode Island, turned into something worth hundreds of millions of dollars 15 years later. The business was structured as an LLC. How the hell does that happen?

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SaaSX

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

In the simplest terms, capital efficiency means growing profitably , without overinvesting to land customers and drive revenue. The rule of 40 states that at scale, a company’s revenue growth rate plus its profit margin should be at least 40. Revenue per Employee. That’s a revenue treadmill.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 15, 2023

Related guide for founders: Using Sales Conversations to Find Product-Market-Fit Drive sales and revenue This is simple. When you combine the founder’s willingness to go the extra mile with this awareness of customer pain points, sales magic happens — and revenue follows. Keep the costs down Headcount is expensive.

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The SaaS Garage

JULY 28, 2021

as Twilio served the communications market and Stripe the payments space, Contentful wants to handle the world’s digital content. Because Tiger didn’t invest in a $175 million round at a new, higher price for Contentful on the back of mediocre results. Pull out your pencils and come up with your own revenue guesses based on that.

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ProfitWell

MARCH 3, 2020

We invest in business software companies as they’re scaling through the awkward teenage years of that expansion stage—but they’ve found product-market fit, they’ve found some customers, they’ve got a great product, and they’re really ready to 10x their customer base in their teens. And with SurveyMonkey it’s 43% vs. 16%. See you there.

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SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2020

So I think that is somewhat of a good news in this in that SaaS businesses are sticky. And so while the churn I don’t want to minimize it, stable base of revenue should be able to maintain that through the year. How do we make them feel part of the team and integrate them? Companies tend to stick around.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 30, 2022

This is especially important for small teams, where you need to operate at a scale far beyond your headcount (without burning out your team by working around the clock). Does it have flexible pricing? Ensure the tools you use integrate together. Can it integrate with the tools we use every day? The benefits?

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ChurnZero

MARCH 22, 2019

Did you know: For every 1% increase in revenue retention, a SaaS company’s valuation increases by 12% after five years? It’s especially great if you get payment up front and then know that customer is profitable from that point on. . So, it all depends on your business and how you decide to structure your team.

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