Introducing SaaS Grid: A New Type of Business Intelligence Tool for SaaS Companies

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In this chapter, the hosts introduce Ethan Ruby, a partner at Craft, and discuss SaaS Grid, a dashboarding and business intelligence tool designed for SaaS companies. They explore the challenges faced by SaaS companies in calculating metrics and how SaaS Grid aims to automate this process and provide accurate and timely metrics.

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Today’s show:

SaaSGrid Co-Founders Ethan Ruby and David Sacks join Jason to demo SaaSGrid and break down the solution it provides for founders (3:12). They also cover the software recession (26;18), AI’s impact on SaaS (36:41), and much more!

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(0:00) David Sacks and Ethan Ruby join Jason

(3:12) The solution SaaSGrid provides for founders

(7:02) Ethan demos SaaSGrid

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(10:45) Burn multiple and startup efficiency

(16:27) Fixed cost of a SaaS business today and major roadblocks in SaaS

(20:40) Determining target customers and when outbound makes sense

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(26:18) Headwinds against SaaS and the software recession

(30:12) The MRR chart and analyzing contraction and churn

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(36:41) AI’s impact on SaaS companies

(41:47) The ZIRP/COVID-19 bubble and founders skipping funding rounds

(44:37) The 3 MOST important things for SaaS companies to pay attention to

Check out SaaSGrid: https://www.saasgrid.com/

FOLLOW Ethan: https://twitter.com/ethanjruby