Leaders of Growth

#7 Ben Murray on Finance, metrics, and processes

September 08, 2021 Arthur Nobel Season 1 Episode 7
Leaders of Growth
#7 Ben Murray on Finance, metrics, and processes
Show Notes

Ben Murray is the Founder of TheSaaSCFO.com and TheSaaSAcademy.com. Ben has more than 25 years of experience in finance, and more than 8 years of experience as a SaaS CFO.

In this episode, Ben Murray discusses with Arthur Nobel, host and Principal at Knight Capital, his insights about finance, metrics and processes and tools for Software-as-a-Service companies.

 

Listen out for:

00:50 Background

3:10 Which metrics should matter at which stage

5:10 What financial metrics do companies cope with in a suboptimal way

8:30 How to set up strong processes for reporting on metrics

12:00 The stages of financial management and when to hire a CFO

13:50 Cost allocation in expansion stages

19:20 Suggestions on forecasting headcounts

21:50 LTV to CAC ratio

 

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