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Preparing for a Capital Raise: What Investors Want to See In the second segment of the “Preparing for a Capital Raise” webinar, PlusPoint CEO Kari Minton dives into what investors want to see, covering: trended financials GAAP vs. cash historical trends financial presentations what a SaaS P&L should look like   This is the secondRead more

Preparing for a Capital Raise: Funding Types and Stages PlusPoint CEO Kari Minton recently participated in a webinar on “Preparing for a Capital Raise: Benchmarking and Accounting Best Practices“. Watch co-presenter Rob Belcher, Managing Director with SaaS Capital, kick it off in this short video segment, as he explains the different types of funding andRead more

The Optimal Use of Debt in a SaaS Business A Guest Post by: Todd Gardner SaaS Advisor Ltd. Todd is an innovative advisor to SaaS companies on growth strategies. Until a few years ago when the SaaS lending space really took off, there were very few options for a SaaS company to fund its growthRead more

How Much Debt is Too Much Debt for a SaaS Company? A Guest Post by: Todd Gardner, SaaS Advisor Ltd. Todd is an innovative advisor to SaaS companies on growth strategies Debt is a great way to fund a SaaS company — it allows shareholders to maintain their ownership position yet still fund their growthRead more

Churn – Measurable, Understandable, and Yes, Manageable Let’s dive a little deeper into understanding your Revenue Retention metric’s behavior. I called Net Retention the most important metric for ensuring medium and long-term SaaS business health in my last post.  Putting this powerful metric to use requires understanding the opportunities and challenges present in each ofRead more

Net Retention: The Most Important Metric For Ensuring Medium and Long-Term SaaS Business Health In my last post, I talked about understanding the ‘behavior’ or characteristics of your SaaS company’s revenue and the importance of analyzing each element. Understanding and analyzing your revenue elements focuses on those elements that present the most opportunity and challengesRead more

Metrics in a SaaS Environment by Mike Temple SaaS Is a Unique Animal Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) businesses are incredibly simple in most of their elements. There’s no inventory, no supply chain, no bills of materials, no labor and overhead allocation, and comparatively low capital budgets. However, SaaS businesses are unique and complex in two critical areas:Read more