Cutting R&D to Grow GTM Spend : Is it Happening Across Software Companies?
Software companies spend more on R&D (research & development) & less on Sales & Marketing (S&M) as a per cent of revenue today than six years ago.
CFOs to combat downturn with more automation
CFOs should think about automation as an “additional teammate” in their financial departments as they look to push digital transformation initiatives forward in the new year.
Correct cohorts lead to Performance Benchmarks
In an increasingly data-driven world, a surplus of conventional wisdom and “generally accepted benchmarks” constantly bombard SaaS company executives. When performance benchmarks are used correctly, there is a tremendous value creation opportunity which starts and ends with precision cohorts.
Predictive Revenue Forecasting Possible with Usage-Based Pricing
Usage-based pricing is good for the customer but makes predicting revenue difficult. CROs & CFOs are challenged w/ predicting how much revenue is expected and when it will be realized. This guest post from revVana explains a simple approach to improving your revenue forecasting.
Five Pillars of PLG with Carilu Dietrich
During October, Tomasz Tunguz held Office Hours hosting Carilu Dietrich, marketer and advisor at Atlassian to discuss how to successfully run a PLG program. Dietrich shared the 5 pillars in this guest post from Tomasz Tunguz.
SaaS “Industry-Centric” Business Models
Both the Customer-Centric and Industry-Centric classifications provide valuable frameworks for evaluating SaaS companies. The CFO’s role is to provide operational and financial insight to the management teams and translate business performance into reporting for investors. Therefore, the CFO must understand both frameworks to succeed as a SaaS CFO.
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