Turning Your Revenue Funnel into an Hourglass

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The "sales funnel" is played out; it's time for a new metaphor. In this presentation, Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta talks about a more appropriate metaphor - the hourglass - that represents accurately the value to the company around both the customer acquisition process, but also the retention and expansion of those customers to grow revenue. The most successful Enterprise SaaS companies know that growing revenue only through new customer acquisition is the less efficient way to scale. Rather, they understand that growing revenue within your existing customer base - through up-sells, cross-sells, and expanded use - is the most profitable way to scale. In fact, Enterprise SaaS companies that grow revenue - and company valuation - by expanding revenue within their existing customer base also know the key to making this work is to focus on - and operationalize - Customer Success.

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Turning Your

Revenue Funnel into

an Hourglass

2014January

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Why?

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Friction for a Customer to Join

Friction for a Customer to

Leave

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MARKETING

SALES

RETENTION

Rethinking the B2B Funnel

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MARKETING

SALES

SUCCESS

The B2B Hourglass

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Best in Class SaaS companies generate a 15-20% uplift in revenue by protecting your customers; delivering extreme company valuation

Yr 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4300

350

400

450

500

550

Status QuoIncremental Revenue

In M

illio

ns ~$69M

Grow Faster

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Get Valued Higher

Increase Drive

2% Retention

2% Up-sell

20% Multiple

28% Multiple

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Be More Aggressive

Raise LTV

Push CAC

Frontier

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How?

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Key Questions I Get

PeopleObjectivesStrategyTechnology

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Success Maturity Model

11

Revenue

Su

ccess M

atu

rity

Adoption

Retention

Expansion

Optimization

Transformation

$1 - $5 MM

$5 - $20 MM

$20 - $100 MM

$100 MM - $1 B

$1 B+

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People

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Revenue

Su

ccess M

atu

rity

Adoption

Jack of all trades

Retention

CSM exec

Domain expertise

Expansion

Alignment with sales & marketing

Optimization

Tiering service and

costs

Transformation

Trusted advisor

$1 - $5 MM

$5 - $20 MM

$20 - $100 MM

$100 MM - $1 B

$1 B+

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People: Resource

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Objectives

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Revenue

Su

ccess M

atu

rity

Adoption

Health Score

Retention

HeadwindCSM Batting

Average

Expansion

TailwindNet Renewal

Rate

Optimization

CSM Magic Number

Transformation

% Multi-Product

$1 - $5 MM

$5 - $20 MM

$20 - $100 MM

$100 MM - $1 B

$1 B+

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Objectives: Resource

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Strategy

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Revenue

Su

ccess M

atu

rity

Adoption

Health Score

Retention

Early Warning

Expansion

Up-Sell Trigger

Optimization

Tier Offerings

Transformation

Strategic Up-leveling

$1 - $5 MM

$5 - $20 MM

$20 - $100 MM

$100 MM - $1 B

$1 B+

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Lagging IndicatorsLeading Indicators

Too Late

Churn

Silence

Churn inquiryLate payments

No product usage

Frustration

Low NPS scoresLong support TTR

Lots of support cases

Disengaged

Not opening emailsDeclining adoption

Sponsor leaves

Success

“Sticky” feature usageProven ROI

Increasing adoption

Strategy: Measure Health

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Purchase Renewal

Maximize Up-Sell

Flag Early Warnings

Measure Health

Cu

sto

mer

Healt

h

Strategy: Manage Lifecycle

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Strategy: Tier Offerings

High Touch

Low Touch

No Touch

JUST-IN-TIME(early warning, adoption, etc.)

AUTOMATED

(nurture, webinars, etc.)

PRO-ACTIVE

(QBR, Best Practices, etc.)

STRATEGY

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Strategy: Show ROI

Capture Customer Goals

Track Customer Goals

Show Progress Against Goals

Profit

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Strategy: Track Your Sponsors

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Strategy: Predict the FutureA

dop

tion

Up-Sell / Renewal

Unhealthy Customer

Cohort

Healthy Customer

Cohort

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Technology

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Revenue

Su

ccess M

atu

rity

Adoption

Adoption Tracking

Retention

Workflow

Expansion

Predictive Analytics

Optimization

Customer Nurture

Transformation

QBR Prep

$1 - $5 MM

$5 - $20 MM

$20 - $100 MM

$100 MM - $1 B

$1 B+

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