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$10 $15
$23
$34
$51
($16)
($24)
($36)
($54)
($81)
($8)
($12) ($18)
($27)
($41)
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
EFFICIENT CAC PAYBACK = MORE FOUNDER OWNERSHIP
Resulting P&L for 3 companies growing at 50% new bookings with different CAC paybacks
Total cash burn: $106M
New Bookings
S&M Costs
Cash Flows (Gross Profit – S&M)
1 Yr CAC Payback 1.5 Yr CAC Payback 2 Yr CAC Payback
$10 $15
$23
$34
$51
($8) ($12) ($18)
($27)
($41)
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
$10 $15
$23
$34
$51
($12)
($18)
($27)
($41)
($61)
($4) ($6) ($9) ($14)
($20)
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Total cash burn: $0M Total cash burn: $53M
Note: Assumed 50% growth in new bookings every year, 80% gross margin, and other expenses equal 80% of prior year’s bookings. 11
19. PRIVATE CLOUD MULTIPLES ARE TRADING AT A PREMIUM
TO PUBLIC CLOUD MULTIPLES… BUT IT CANT LAST
Source: 45 companies in BVP Cloud Index as of 2/4/2016. CapIQ.
Note: Private cloud transactions based on 69 private transactions. In the last 6 months, the average ARR multiple
paid was 14.0x. BVP Cloud Index multiple and Legacy software multiples are both NTM GAAP revenue.
The public /
private gap
will converge
Public cloud
multiples
are cheap
3.8x
2.8x
0.0x
2.0x
4.0x
6.0x
8.0x
10.0x
12.0x
14.0x
16.0x
1/1/2011 1/1/2012 1/1/2013 1/1/2014 1/1/2015 1/1/2016
NTM Multiples Over Time
BVP Cloud Index Legacy Software
14.0x
Private Cloud Transactions
Average 10-17x
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21. Gross Burn Rate
Net Burn Rate
Free Cash Flow
Committed
Annual
Recurring
Revenue
(CARR)
Annual
Recurring
Revenue (ARR)
Customer
Acquisition Cost
Payback Period
Logo Churn
MRR Gross
Churn
MRR Net
Churn
Customer
Lifetime Value
(Gross Margin
Affected)
CARR & ARR CAC PAYBACK CHURN CLTV CASH FLOW
1 2 3 4 5
5 C’s OF CLOUD FINANCE
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22. BUILD YOUR DASHBOARD TO FLY YOUR ROCKETSHIP…or RIDE YOUR UNICORN
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23. $10 $10 $10 $10
$0
$8
$16
$24
($8)
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
MULTIPLE WAYS TO BE SUCCESSFUL:
KNOW YOUR MODEL AND NAIL IT
Revenue
S&M Costs
Cash Flows (Gross Profit – S&M)
1 Yr CAC Payback, 100% Retention 2 Yr CAC Payback, 115% Retention
Note: Assumed 80% gross margin, and no other expenses.
$10 $12 $13
$15
($8)
$1
$12
$24
($16)
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
Results in same cash flow
after 4 years
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24. TAKEAWAY: GUARDRAILS FOR VALUATION
Representative SaaS Business ($15mm ARR)
CARR
% Fwd Growth
1
Good
Better
Best
50-100%
50%
100%+
CAC PAYBACK
(Mos)
2
12 - 24
24
<12
CHURN
(Monthly)
3
<1%
1-3%
Net
negative
CLTV / CAC
4
3-5x
3x
5x+
CASH FLOW
(New ARR/Mo Burn)
5
1x
<1x
>1x
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25. 1x 1% 1yr
<-1% MONTHLY
GROSS CHURN
>+1% NET CHURN
CAC PAYBACKNET NEW ARR
NET BURN
POST SERIES A: THE 1-1-1 RULE!
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34. Vision - The dream; a team's true north. Primary
objective is to inspire and create a shared sense of
purpose throughout the company.
LinkedIn’s Vision:
Create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce
“
”
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INSPIRE (AND HIRE) WITH VISION
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36. MOBILE IS A GAME CHANGER FOR THE ENTERPRISE
85%
Americans between 18-29
>50%
Internet usage on mobile vs desktop
80%
Workforce are non-desk workers
~EVERYONE IN ENTERPRISE B2B
NOW HAS A SMARTPHONE
INTERNET USAGE TIPPED TO
MOBILE
REACHES AN UNTOUCHED
WORKFORCE
Source: Pew Research Center, April, 2015, “The Smartphone Difference”. Source: eMarketer 9/14 (2008-2010), eMarketer 4/15 (2011-2015). Note: Other
connected devices include OTT and game consoles. Mobile includes smartphone and tablet. Usage includes both
home and work. Ages 18+; time spent with each medium includes all time spent with that medium, regardless of multitasking. KPCB Internet trends, 2015
Global Mobile Penetration 1995 - 2014
GLOBAL PENETRATION
1 –> 73%
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37. kk
USE CASES THAT SPEND >50% AWAY FROM A DESKTOP
Healthcare Education Retail
Construction Field Services Field Sales
Events Agriculture SMBs
VERTICAL
Paper Replacement (Forms/Invoicing)
Collaboration
HORIZONTAL
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38. 2010 2015 2020
CONTENT
CONSUMPTION
CONTENT
CREATION
The mobile version of the cloud app
Paper replacement
Collaboration/Communication
In the field working
???
WAVE 1 = CONTENT CONSUMPTION
WAVE 2 = CONTENT CREATION
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39. LIMITED REAL ESTATE = CONTEXTUAL AWARENESS IS THE FUTURE
DOWNLOAD NOW @ www.speakeasy.co
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40. MESSAGING IS THE KILLER MOBILE EXPERIENCE
• The average Millennial (18-24)
exchanges an average of 67 text
messages per day1
• Text messages have a 98% open rate,
while email has only a 20% open rate2
• Over 80% of people use text messaging
for business, and 15% said that more
than half their messages are for business
purposes3
• First example of success – Slack4
• 2M DAU
• 570M paid users
• 800M+ messages sent a month
• 4k platform apps
Source: (1) Business Insider. (2) Velocify., (3) eWeek. (4) Slack.
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41. BESSEMER’S 10 LAWS OF CLOUD COMPUTING
10
OnDemand
EVERYTHING:
09
GROW
(efficiently) or
die.
08
Sales
efficiency is
your oxygen.
07
Customer
SUCCESS =
company
success.
06
Control your
own destiny…
CASH is king.
05
5 C's of cloud
finance.
04
Best
PRODUCT is
finally starting
to win. .
03
The
ascendancy of
Developers
02
Inspire (and hire)
with vision
01
MOBILE is
eating the
world...wide
web
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