Channel Churn Rate Early Stage Sales 
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 19, 2013
The era of VCs investing in successful consumer Internet startups such as eBay led to a belief system that seemed to permeate many enterprise software startups that hiring sales or implementation people was a bad thing. But the “no sales people” mantra isn’t what I’m here to take on. .”
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 26, 2016
profitable and companies like Amazon who chose to focus on growth > profitability were not losing money on each book sale (ie they were gross margin positive). When I publicly Tweeted that all companies should be gross margin positive many people pointed out that Amazon wasn’t profitable for many years. Gross margin positive !=
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VC Cafe
NOVEMBER 2, 2019
One question that keeps coming up when speaking with early stage entrepreneurs when it comes to funding, is what metrics the company needs to hit to raise seed/series A/B etc: What’s a good conversion rate? Is my churn rate below the category average? What should our MRR growth be?
Cracking the Code
DECEMBER 11, 2015
(You can read the full story here ) #8 Engine Developing a scalable sales and marketing engine is a key element of success for SaaS companies. Here are a few typical models and some of the points I would find interesting to highlight: Enterprise sales (e.g., content development) to generate inbound interest.
David Teten
DECEMBER 3, 2019
A tool like Quuu identifies relevant, shareable content to keep your social media channels active. . I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda.
maplebutter.com
JANUARY 8, 2013
Do that – nothing else but one product / company / focus and get to $1M in sales with atleast $15% net profit. I also like to get a sale $$$ ASAP. When it comes to early stage investing – it’s all gut. We’re a mobile development firm looking to increase new client sales. Once you’ve done that – then.
Cracking the Code
OCTOBER 10, 2008
Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Posted by Philippe Botteri.
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