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Cracking The Code: Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud.

Cracking the Code

Your caution in Law 6 about over-estimating the impact of SEM and other lead-generation activity is particularly astute. Many SaaS providers focus exclusively on narrowly-defined lead generation tactics, and they under-fund efforts to build market visibility. SaaS companies use different metrics to calculate renewals.

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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

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Business model viability, in the majority of startups, will come down to balancing two variables: Cost to Acquire Customers (CAC) The ability to monetize those customers, or LTV (which stands for Lifetime Value of a Customer) Successful web businesses have long understood these metrics as they have such an easy way to measure them.

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

Effectively measuring and understanding your CAC and CLTV metrics are key to future success. Bessemer SaaS Law #1: Your key monthly business metrics are: CMRR (Committed Monthly Recurring Revenue), Churn, and Cash flow - “Bookings” is for suckers. Brian, Paglo www.paglo.com. Great list! Great list! Philippe Botteri.