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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

well we've always been optimizing on ltv to cac so a lifetime value of a customer and then cac being cost of customer acquisition so you know we're running really well there it's about a

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

over eight but you know i think publicly we gotta be safe we talk about a little bit lower six or something like that but reality is once we have customers join us and we do right by them there's a low likelihood they're going to churn so it's all about then trying to get them on board in a relatively cost effective manner and then you know build a long-term business offer

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

I would slice that by market when we look at internally, but we don't share that publicly.

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

I would much more have them.

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

I would suggest them to focus much more on how sticky their product is because it's

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

I get the point of getting their money back and recovering and the importance of that.

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

But if they churn after three years or four years, eventually you burn anyway.

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

So you're much better thinking about how could I integrate to existing systems?

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

How could I make the platform sticky and valuable such that the likelihood of churn is very, very low, whether it's year four, five, six, or seven.

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

I think that's how you build a long-term valuable business.

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

I wouldn't be overly worried about, oh, I've got to get the money back within this period.

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

If you believe in your offering and you see the opportunity set in the market, I'd focus more on stickiness and long-term value creation.

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

We don't talk about logo retention either publicly.

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

Oh, I mean, obviously above 90, obviously.

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

Yeah, I'll give you another stat that's meaningful on this.

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

So our revenue retention is roughly around 95% for years.

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

And with add-on business, which we're not focused on at all, it's nearly about 110%.

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

So this is very healthy.

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

No, I ran it a lot more around the SaaS magic number.

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

So I maintain the sales and marketing efficiency within a tight band and still do for the last 34 quarters.