The Revenue Formula

The Revenue Formula

By Toni Hohlbein & Raul PorojanBusinessManagement
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The Revenue Formula episodes

  • Become unfireable

    What does it take to become unfireable as a revenue leader?

    We boiled it down to three things you should do (besides just hitting target)

    • (00:00) - Introduction
  • (02:27) - Who's usually at risk?
  • (05:48) - Are some roles more vulnerable?
  • (08:47) - What are the table stakes?
  • (10:12) - Keep a pulse on these 3 daily
  • (10:45) - How's this quarter looking?
  • (15:29) - And what about.. next quarter?
  • (20:31) - And what if both quarters aren't great?
  • (22:06) - And focus on the full year
  • 34 min
  • From marketing plan to revenue plan (with Chris Walker, CEO at Refine Labs)

    It's time to rethink marketing planning. It needs to factor in revenue and not drown sales in dead-end leads.

    Together with Chris Walker, we talked about the problems with planning and how to apply a business mindset to marketing planning.

    • (00:00) - Introduction
  • (04:07) - Planning in reverse
  • (05:34) - The first step - where do you capture demand?
  • (07:50) - Second step - Creating net new demand
  • (09:44) - Serial planning vs overall view
  • (14:06) - The hidden cost of waste
  • (15:40) - What $42 million in spend teaches us
  • (17:40) - Why we're still inefficient with leads
  • (23:33) - Optimal resource allocation
  • (28:13) - Growth goals drive wrong behaviours
  • (32:36) - What do you do about the delta?
  • (37:14) - RevOps is perfectly positioned

  • You can find Chris on LinkedIn or checkout Refine Labs here.
    50 min
  • The trillion dollar problem: Revenue Leakage

    Every year roughly $2 trillion goes away unnoticed for companies. It's called revenue leakage.


    In this episode, we dive deeper into this massive opportunity:

    • (00:00) - Introduction
  • (02:38) - Revenue Leakage.. Cool... But what is it?
  • (04:32) - How big of a problem is revenue leakage?
  • (06:55) - Examples of revenue leakage
  • (10:24) - How do you prevent Revenue Leakage?
  • (11:49) - Time leakage
  • (14:50) - Revenue leakage from cost
  • (19:57) - The full revenue engine
  • (22:49) - What now?

  • Sources
    • 1-5% of EBITDA flows unnoticed - E&Y
    • Sales & marketing efforts could be wasting $2 trillion - BCG
    • 14.9% revenue leakage - Clari/Forrester
    35 min
  • Why performance is down & what to do (With Jacco van der Kooij)

    You've seen the research, maybe the problems. Performance is down across the board.

    In this episode, we talk with Jacco van der Kooij from Winning By Design about where we're coming from, what's change - and how to solve performance going forward.

    • (00:00) - Introduction
  • (02:18) - Where is SaaS today?
  • (05:13) - Who do we blame?
  • (07:48) - Then everything got worse
  • (15:10) - Abusing PLG
  • (18:50) - What are we dealing with?
  • (21:51) - So.. What's changed?
  • (23:26) - Nothing has changed
  • (26:10) - Underperformance comes down to this
  • (30:27) - If you want to run a good revenue organization, do this
  • (35:42) - But.. We need to make an impact this quarter
  • (43:56) - To make an impact now.. do this
  • (49:31) - Wrapping up: The new game we're entering

  • Research paper mentioned: Solving underperformance: How to lift up the 40%
    For more, check out WbD research here or their YouTube channel.
    53 min
  • RevOps aren't system admins

    Revenue Operations should do more than service commercial teams. Yet most struggle to articulate what strategic revops looks like.

    That's exactly what we cover in this episode - how to become an advisor and actively help grow revenue, rather than just doing salesforce validation rules..

    In the episode, we cover:

    • (00:00) - Introduction
  • (01:57) - Don't get blinded by software
  • (05:31) - Everyone struggles with articulating strategy
  • (07:30) - Start monitoring
  • (09:56) - 3 Thing RevOps should care about
  • (15:06) - Identifying and mitigating risks
  • (18:53) - Define the operating cadence
  • (23:41) - Revenue planning

  • Interested in checking out Growblocks? Take a look here.
    32 min
  • Special: What you need to know about brand (With Udi Ledergor)

    Everyone agrees brand is important, but struggle to articulate why or even how to manage it.

    That's why we brought on Udi Ledergor from Gong to share his insights from building the gong brand.

    We get into:

    • (00:00) - Introduction
  • (02:29) - Why brands don't invest in branding
  • (03:37) - What does brand even mean?
  • (06:14) - Why even consider brand?
  • (09:36) - Creating a category
  • (15:48) - Brand at the early stages
  • (18:37) - Investing in big brand bets
  • (30:25) - How to handle budget and brand
  • (35:01) - What are the signals to pay attention to?
  • (37:44) - It's not enough to say "the CEO doesn't get marketing"
  • 47 min
  • 1 year in 30 min: 6 things you've missed

    One year has passed, and maybe you've missed an episode or two. In this episode we've picked our 6 favorite takeaways and distilled them in a short 30 min episode. 

    This is what we covered:

    • (00:00) - Introduction
  • (01:56) - Quick review of year 1
  • (05:23) - 1: the 10% rule to double revenue
  • (08:57) - 2: CAC is useless
  • (12:08) - 3: Want sales consistenct? Try this
  • (18:19) - 4: 200 QBRs later, they're broken
  • (23:03) - 5: 1 thing to scale
  • (26:14) - 6: 5 efficiency plays you haven't thought of
  • 30 min
  • Cash Cows and Stars: Allocate resources like this

    What if you had $10 million to allocate in 2024? How do you know to spend that cash in the best possible way? Simple: act like a portfolio manager.

    In this episode, we borrow lessons from Boston Consulting Group's Growth Share Matrix and show you how you can apply that to your revenue engine. After this, you'll never look at your GTM strategy the same way again.

    Read More: https://growblocks.com/blog/allocating-capital-is-easy/

    34 min
  • Forget alignment, just agree on this

    In this episode, we want you to forget all about the word alignment. Because even if you do achieve it, it won't drive growth on its own. Alignment should be an outcome, not a tactic.

    In this episode, we explain why the classic concept of alignment is broken and what 3 things you should have your team focus agree on instead to drive efficiency.

    31 min
  • If your target is at risk, listen to this

    2/3 sales reps aren't completing quota.
    Sales cycles are extending.
    Win rates are down.

    Yeah it's tough - that's why we cover what you can do to get back on track.

    What we covered 👇

    • (00:00) - Introduction
  • (01:35) - The problems in SaaS
  • (05:05) - Only 2 out of 3 reps hit quota
  • (06:44) - We need an impact now
  • (07:28) - First step - do the analysis
  • (09:09) - Time is neglected
  • (12:09) - Where is the volume
  • (13:24) - The limitations of CAC Payback
  • (17:36) - Now what?
  • (20:00) - Help customers overcome indecision
  • (22:01) - An example
  • (25:39) - Another example
  • (28:32) - Find problems

  • Sources mentioned:
    Solving underperformance by Winning by Design
    Demand picking up a smidge by SaaStr
    Decline in win rates by Jacco Van Der Kooij
    31 min

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