SaaS Metrics School

Episode 200 – The Ultimate SaaS Metrics Checklist for Your Business

In episode #200, it’s fitting for episode 200 that I share my 5 Pillar SaaS Metrics Framework. It acs as your guide and roadmap to calculating the correct SaaS metrics for the right stage of your business.

- Pillar 1 – growth

- Pillar 2 – retention

- Pillar 3 – margins

- Pillar 4 – financial profile

- Pillar 5 - efficiency

Grab my framework here: https://www.thesaasacademy.com/pl/2148255133

Join my SaaS metrics training here: https://www.thesaasacademy.com/SMF-live-just-the-facts

In episode #199, I address the tricky question of what is ARR. There are many revenue streams in SaaS and we have to be careful how add up our ARR.

- SaaS revenue streams

- What is ARR?

- Subscription to consumption

SaaS metrics course begins July 9th: https://www.thesaasacademy.com/SMF-live-just-the-facts

In episode #198, I address what you need if you are early-stage and want to exit. I just gave a coaching call on this to someone prepping a smaller SaaS company for sale.

- Accounting

- SaaS P&L

- MRR schedule

SaaS metrics course launches July 9th

SaaS CFO templates course

Episode 197 – Your MRR Schedule is Worth its Weight in Gold

In episode #197, I address due diligence and your MRR schedule. Your MRR schedule will ALWAYS be requested in due diligence.

- What is an MRR schedule?

- How do you create an MRR schedule?

- MRR schedules are gold

- SaaS metrics course

SaaS Metrics course launches July 9th

SaaS CFO templates course

In episode #196, I address the foundation of CAC in this four-part series. Today, let’s talk PLG and SLG. And segmenting your CAC.

- SLG and PLG impact on CAC

- Don’t forget to segment your CAC

The foundation of CAC blog post.

In episode #195, I address the foundation of CAC in this four-part series. Today, about the metrics that use CAC as an input. And what’s your prize?

- CAC feeds these metrics

- What’s your prize? Very important to define

Learn more about CAC here!

In episode #194, I address the foundation of CAC in this four-part series. Today, let’s talk data sources. Where do we source CAC data?

- SaaS P&L

- Bookings data or your MRR schedule

Foundation of CAC blog post.

In episode #193, I address the foundation of CAC in this four-part series. Today, let’s define CAC. It’s not as obvious as it seems.

- Begins with your general ledger and your SaaS P&L

- Gross CAC, customer acquisition cost

Blog post on CAC: https://www.thesaascfo.com/the-foundation-of-customer-acquisition-costs-cac/

In episode #192, I address the relevant SaaS metrics when hitting the big $10M ARR milestone. If you are a founder who is still far away from 10M, it’s good to understand what you’ll need at that point.

- Do SaaS metrics matter?

- What financial metrics do I need?

- The 4 key finance data sources

Grab my 5 Pillar Framework here: https://www.thesaasacademy.com/pl/2148255133

In episode #191, I address the data that is worth its weight in gold. You will always be asked for this data when buyers are evaluating your SaaS business.

- The golden data

- Where do you source this data?

Grab my resource to create your MRR schedule here: https://www.thesaasacademy.com/pl/2148292708