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What is Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) in SaaS?
Learn best practices for calculating SaaS ARR, the annual recurring revenue in subscription-based businesses, and see how it's used to measure growth and success.
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SaaS EBITDA Margins and The Rule of 40
What is a good EBITDA margin for a SaaS startup, and what does the Rule of 40 tell you about your business? Get the answers here.
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SaaS Gross Margin Benchmarks and How to Increase Yours
What's a good gross margin for SaaS startups? Compare yours to SaaS industry benchmarks and learn how to increase your profit margin.
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Gross Margin vs. Net Margin: Two Startup Profitability Calculations
How are gross profit margin and net profit margin different? Learn how to calculate each of them and why healthy margins are important.
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Tech Startup Survival Guide: Raising Cash When Funding Dries Up
Lighter Capital’s step-by-step survival guide helps tech startups navigate cash flow and funding to keep growing in a shaky economy.
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5 Ways to Reduce Customer Churn for Your SaaS Startup
Customer churn is a key metric for assessing the health of a SaaS business. Theses strategies can help you reduce and minimize churn.
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How to Calculate SaaS Customer Churn Rate
Calculate your customer churn rate (CCR) to understand if your customers are happy and you're meeting their needs. We show you how.
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How To Calculate and Manage Your Startup’s Burn Rate
Your burn rate, or how fast you spend your cash, requires a balanced approach to risk. Here's how to calculate your burn rate and manage it.
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What is Total Addressable Market (TAM) and How to Calculate It
Total Addressable Market (TAM) is an excellent metric to look at when trying to gauge your startup’s growth potential. Here's how to use it.
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How to Minimize Your SaaS Startup's Customer Concentration Risk
Guide your SaaS startup from idea to product-market fit to revenue growth, while minimizing your customer concentration risk.
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What Is Market Penetration Strategy? (Definition and Examples)
Is your SaaS startup is looking for low-risk business growth strategies? Consider a market penetration strategy to drive more revenue.
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SaaS Customer Lifetime Value (LTV) Explained
Customer lifetime value (CLV) can tell you a lot about your SaaS business. Learn how to calculate and analyze this important metric.
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What Is Unit Economics in SaaS?
Taking a unit economics approach helps you steer your SaaS company in the right direction, with a focus on driving profit and growth.
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A Quick Guide to Enterprise Sales for SaaS Startups
For SaaS startups, the question is should be targeting enterprises or not? Learn the risks, rewards, and what's necessary for success.
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What Is Lead Velocity Rate (LVR) and How to Calculate Velocity
The world of SaaS metrics is complex — you could spend every day measuring a different metric and quickly become overwhelmed with data...
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SaaS LTV to CAC Ratio Explained
The LTV to CAC Ratio shows how efficiently you're spending money to acquire and retain customers. Learn to calculate this key SaaS metric.
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What is a Product Innovation Strategy? (Definition and Examples)
Your startup is humming along nicely. You’ve established your positioning and product market fit, have a happy and growing customer base,...
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What is TTV (Time to Value) in SaaS?
If your business has a SaaS model, you’ll know all too well that the customer journey between the initial point of subscription to...
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What is Product Development Strategy (Definition and Examples)
At a certain point in your business, a growth plateau will be reached. This may happen due to changing market trends, new competitors, or...
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How to Easily Forecast Recurring Revenue Using Clockwork
Clockwork made a solution for forecasting and modeling recurring revenue. Startup founders will want to see how easy it is!
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