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The method behind the numbers SaaS companies must get right
Understanding why your subscription invoice doesn’t equal instant income.
Thinking of setting up a discretionary trust in Australia? Smart move. It’s a flexible structure that can offer tax planning benefits (think: handy options when your startup exits), asset protection if you’re especially concerned about being sued, and even a neat trick for estate planning.
If you’re a founder, your to-do list is probably longer than a Monday morning. Product decisions, team hires, raising capital… the works.
Welcome back to article 3 in our cap raising metric series – you’re now at the Series A round!
Ah, the Research and Development Tax Incentive (RDTI).
Unless you’ve been hiding from the headlines recently (fair enough tbh), you’ll know AI is quickly becoming a key driver of innovation across the Australian economy: from automating routine processes and enabling predictive analytics to enhancing product design, AI is reshaping how businesses solve complex problems.
It’s a scenario we hear all the time from founders:
Rather than just tell you what we can do, we want to share more of how it actually all works.
In the chaos of early growth, it’s easy to feel like you should be tracking everything. But at the pre-seed to seed stage, your job isn’t to impress with polished dashboards — it’s to prove you’re building something people want. In this article, we break down the core SaaS metrics that matter right now: the ones investors look for, and the ones that give you clarity on whether you’re heading in the right direction.
Growing a SaaS business isn’t just about building innovative software, it’s also about keeping an eye on the right numbers at the right time.
Putting a price on all that hard work…we know it’s tough. But grabbing investors’ attention requires you showing them what your startup/scaleup is really worth. A big part of that is understanding how startups get valued, and one of the main things to think about: price vs value.
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