Using the CAC Payback Period example from earlier, and a gross margin of 70%, we now generate a CAC payback period of 19 months: 6 months longer than previously estimated, as a result of the COGS your MRR needs to cover. Aim to recover your CAC in < 12 months, otherwise your business...
but I find that the CAC Payback Period formula is powerful. It incorporates gross margin (the SaaS Magic Number does not) and quantifies it in months which is easy to understand. It can also cut through the noise of what appears to be great bookings growth but at the cost of over inve...
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Create a budget: Analyze your revenue, gross profit margin, customer acquisition costs, churn rate, and other relevant data. Use insights from the analysis to create a realistic budget that will cover your expenses for the next six months to a year. The budget should align with your financial...
We must understand the interactions between COGS headcount and gross margin profile. As we invest in COGS headcount, we may take a margin hit, but we want to see a path to solid gross margins. Please don’t show me a forecast where you go from 60% to 85% margins in one-year. ...
In terms of the business itself, SaaS software is still a very attractive business model in both the U.S. and the Chinese markets. Even during the stage of rapid growth, SaaS software remains a high-margin business. Business models with both high gross profit and fast expansion like this ...
The company targets exceeding 120% of the prior year’s revenue from last year’s cohort of customers. They have succeeded in this for 8 quarters in a row through upselling customers combined with retaining 97% – 98% of them. Because of its cloud approach, growing also has helped gross ...
GrowthGross MarginNet Dollar RetentionCAC Payback 201839.2%71.2%115%30.0 Months 201957.7%74.9%131%19.2 Months 202051.0%76.6%120%18.5 Months It’s Time to Get Back to Work (but Not Literally) How do operators translate the public markets to their $5M SaaS business, and how has COVID played ...