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By definition, non-renewal rates are higher than gross dollar churn rates. However, it is interesting to see that the non-renewal rates are also higher for shorter duration contracts.

As contract sizes increase, gross dollar churn consistently trends downwards (presumably related to longer contract terms). This year’s results were largely consistent with last year’s. However, churn trended up markedly for the smaller size contract groups (<$5K median ACV).

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SAAS companies invest between 80% and 120% of their revenue in sales and marketing in the first 5 years of their existence

SAAS companies with >$250K median ACV book nearly 25% of their contracts at 3 years or longer

In all SaaS businesses there will likely come a moment where they realize that not all customers are created equal

Account Churn Rate (ACR) = customers at beginning of month – customers at the end of month / customers at beginning of month

The best SAAS businesses have a LTV to CAC ratio that is higher than 3, sometimes as high as 7 or 8

The median average contract length is 1.3 years and the average billing term is seven months in advance in 2016. Comparable to 2015, with average contract length shortening from 1.5 to 1.3 years and average billing period increasing by one month from 2015 to 7 months

Internet sales-driven companies have a much greater reliance on marketing, with 65% of the median company’s CAC budget devoted to marketing

When determining Sales Capacity, “it’s worth noting that some percentage of new sales hires won’t meet expectations, so that should be taken into consideration when setting hiring goals. Typically we have seen failure rates around 25-30% for field sales reps, but this varies by company. The failure rate is lower for inside sales reps. can be counted as half of a productive rep”

SAAS companies need to track the number of visitors, trials and closed deals; And also track the conversion rates, with the goal of improving those over time

At a 35% CAGR, it takes 10 years for a SaaS company to grow from $5M to $100M in ARR

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The metrics that matter for each sales funnel, vary from one company to the next depending on the steps involved in the funnel

Publicly-traded SaaS companies have an average Revenue Per Employee of $200,000

Internet sales-driven companies have a much greater reliance on marketing, with 65% of the median company’s CAC budget devoted to marketing

After $10M in ARR, the median growth rate slows to just under 50%

A 1% increase in pricing strategy yields an average 11% increase in profit

36% of SaaS businesses managed to reduce their revenue churn over the last 12-months

The average SaaS business generates 16% of its new Annual Contract Value (ACV) from upselling to existing customers

The fastest growing SaaS companies scale their organizations rapidly, growing their teams by an average of 56% each year

The best SaaS companies achieve 5-7% annual revenue churn – equivalent to a loss of $1 out of every $200 each month

Companies that spend more on sales and marketing (as a % of revenue) generally grew at a faster rate than those that spent less