Value Inspiration Blog

Stories and thoughts about inspiring new forms of value creation

What Metrics help best to achieve Predictable SaaS Growth? 5 uncommon metrics to consider to influence the growth predictability of your B2B SaaS business.

A question I regularly get is: “What metrics should we track to understand if we’re on the right track toward predictable SaaS growth?” Enough has been written about the basic SaaS metrics: Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR), Net Revenue Retention (NRR), Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC), Customer Lifetime Value (CLV), and the list goes on.  And while they are essential,…


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🔆 Achieving target six quarters in a row.

I recently caught up with a sales executive at one of my customers – a B2B SaaS company in the Hotel Management space. I asked him how things had evolved after we did the Traction Momentum workstream – and his answers are worth reflecting upon: In a nutshell: Niels increased…


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The power of surprise to spark momentum in B2B SaaS

Remarkable software businesses don’t stop by creating a solid product, being crystal clear, and making their offer hard to resist. They know their momentum grows when people talk about them, not because you (contractually) ask them, but because they want to. It works for them in good times but even…


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How to create defensible differentiation in your SaaS business?

How to create defensible differentiation?  It’s one of the most valuable questions to answer for a SaaS founder. Here’s why: If your product is hard to copy: You have a market access advantage over alternative solutions You have a resource advantage over alternative solutions You have a price advantage over alternative…


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How to leverage demos to accelerate the B2B SaaS sales process?

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Let’s not talk around the subject: Most SaaS demos slow down… or kill your deal… Why do I say this? Because after decades af monitoring these critical ingredients of the software sales process, here’s what I (sadly enough) keep seeing: We take ‘product demonstration’ too literal ….hence we show menus, setup,…


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