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Rob Bernstein

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
214 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
884 SaaS: From Startup to $1b+ IPO, the Coupa Story

It's execution, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
884 SaaS: From Startup to $1b+ IPO, the Coupa Story

It's day in, day out execution.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
884 SaaS: From Startup to $1b+ IPO, the Coupa Story

So no, it's just different sets of challenges every year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
884 SaaS: From Startup to $1b+ IPO, the Coupa Story

But we feel like we're on our way to doing something pretty special here.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
884 SaaS: From Startup to $1b+ IPO, the Coupa Story

We've raised the total of, I think now...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
884 SaaS: From Startup to $1b+ IPO, the Coupa Story

Uh, I think about 180 and then we did an IPO.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
884 SaaS: From Startup to $1b+ IPO, the Coupa Story

Uh, so after the IPO was about 75, we did a secondary, so a few hundred million.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
884 SaaS: From Startup to $1b+ IPO, the Coupa Story

And, uh, you know, we've got a couple hundred million in the bank right now too.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
884 SaaS: From Startup to $1b+ IPO, the Coupa Story

We still haven't.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
884 SaaS: From Startup to $1b+ IPO, the Coupa Story

The reality is that with a software as a service business, your sales and marketing costs up front are relatively high, your development costs are relatively high, and you're not getting paid back

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
884 SaaS: From Startup to $1b+ IPO, the Coupa Story

for a bit.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
884 SaaS: From Startup to $1b+ IPO, the Coupa Story

So you can use a capital infusion to get the wheels spinning a bit.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
884 SaaS: From Startup to $1b+ IPO, the Coupa Story

And once you do, you have the opportunity to start getting scale.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
884 SaaS: From Startup to $1b+ IPO, the Coupa Story

So we've expanded our margins for virtually every quarter for 34 quarters, both the scripture margin, growth margin.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
884 SaaS: From Startup to $1b+ IPO, the Coupa Story

And we've been now cash flow positive for the last trailing 12 months.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
884 SaaS: From Startup to $1b+ IPO, the Coupa Story

So we've gotten to a place where now we don't necessarily need capital.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
884 SaaS: From Startup to $1b+ IPO, the Coupa Story

But to the point you made about why, you know, so IPO, then you have another event.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
884 SaaS: From Startup to $1b+ IPO, the Coupa Story

That's more for marketplace legitimacy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
884 SaaS: From Startup to $1b+ IPO, the Coupa Story

It helps customers feel much more confident that you're around for the long term.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
884 SaaS: From Startup to $1b+ IPO, the Coupa Story

You're not just going to get tucked in somewhere.