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

Cracking the Code

Keep up the blogging and web casts and we will keep listening and growing. Bessemer SaaS Law #1: Your key monthly business metrics are: CMRR (Committed Monthly Recurring Revenue), Churn, and Cash flow - “Bookings” is for suckers. We bill on an annual basis for half of our service and were willing to give up to 0.5