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5. Capital Efficiency
- Burn Multiple: a company’s Net Burn divided by its Net New ARR in a given period. For fast-growing SaaS companies, a Burn Multiple of less than one is amazing, but anything less than two ...
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2. Retention
- Dollar Retention / Net Revenue Retention (NRR): measures how much revenue a cohort is generating in each period relative to its original size.
- Logo Retention: measures the percent of customers that stay active (non-churned).
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3. Sales Efficiency / Unit Economics
- New Sales ARR vs S&M Expense: How much did S&M departments (all programs and personnel) spend vs how much New Sales ARR was added in the same period.
- CAC: divides S&M expense in the preceding period (month or quarter) by the number of new customers ...
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1. Growth
- MRR or ARR: For startups seeking a Series A funding round, the old benchmark used to be $1 million in ARR. But recently, the threshold has been around $500k ARR, as rounds get preempted and happen earlier.
- Compound Monthly Growth Rate (CMGR): For sta...
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4. Margins
- Gross Margin: reflects a company’s margin after subtracting the cost of goods sold (COGS) from revenue. In the long-term, SaaS companies should have a Gross Margin of at least 75%.
- LTV: is the cumulative gross profit contribution, net of CAC, of the ...
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6. Engagement
- DAU/MAU: A good metric for most SaaS startups is 40% DAU/MAU during non-holiday weekdays.
- DAU/WAU: A good metric for most SaaS startups is 60% DAU/WAU during non-holiday weekdays
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