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Sanjeev

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
244 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Transform your business from a EBITA multiple of 4 to a revenue multiple of 5+

And so for a 30% GP company, 50%, 40% looks sexy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Transform your business from a EBITA multiple of 4 to a revenue multiple of 5+

Not sexy enough for a SaaS company.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Transform your business from a EBITA multiple of 4 to a revenue multiple of 5+

So to make that pivot takes time.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Transform your business from a EBITA multiple of 4 to a revenue multiple of 5+

You cannot have that overnight.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Transform your business from a EBITA multiple of 4 to a revenue multiple of 5+

But on the same note,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Transform your business from a EBITA multiple of 4 to a revenue multiple of 5+

You've got to have a floor, whatever your floor is.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Transform your business from a EBITA multiple of 4 to a revenue multiple of 5+

The floor could be 50%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Transform your business from a EBITA multiple of 4 to a revenue multiple of 5+

The floor could be 60%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Transform your business from a EBITA multiple of 4 to a revenue multiple of 5+

Tell your sales team, your founding team, do not compromise if you're pivoting along the way or even trying at the ground floor, trying to establish some credibility.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Transform your business from a EBITA multiple of 4 to a revenue multiple of 5+

Do not compromise on your GP.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Transform your business from a EBITA multiple of 4 to a revenue multiple of 5+

You've got to have relevant GP to participate.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Transform your business from a EBITA multiple of 4 to a revenue multiple of 5+

If you don't, then maybe you're in the wrong camp.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Transform your business from a EBITA multiple of 4 to a revenue multiple of 5+

It indicates something's wrong with where you're playing.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Transform your business from a EBITA multiple of 4 to a revenue multiple of 5+

Anyway, that's point two on GP.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Transform your business from a EBITA multiple of 4 to a revenue multiple of 5+

The point three is around R&D.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Transform your business from a EBITA multiple of 4 to a revenue multiple of 5+

I don't have a slide on it, except that, look, I mean, my CFO and I always have a conversation around, oh, my god, we're spending too much on R&D.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Transform your business from a EBITA multiple of 4 to a revenue multiple of 5+

We just had a big failure investing in a learning management system.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Transform your business from a EBITA multiple of 4 to a revenue multiple of 5+

Look, again, if you're venture-backed, money is cheap and easy, at least until the markets collapsed late last year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Transform your business from a EBITA multiple of 4 to a revenue multiple of 5+

Now capital is tight.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Transform your business from a EBITA multiple of 4 to a revenue multiple of 5+

We all know that, right?