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Why Misunderstanding Startup Metrics Can Cost You Your Business

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profitable and companies like Amazon who chose to focus on growth > profitability were not losing money on each book sale (ie they were gross margin positive). So if you paid $100 for a customer who converted via a Facebook ad or Google search ad (SEM) that is not your CAC. Gross margin positive !=

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. at 11:09 AM.