

The Revenue Formula
Toni Hohlbein & Raul Porojan
This podcast is about scaling tech startups.
Hosted by Toni Hohlbein & Raul Porojan, together they look at the full funnel.
With a combined 20 years of experience in B2B SaaS and 3 exits, they discuss growing pains, challenges and opportunities they’ve faced. Whether you're working in RevOps, sales, operations, finance or marketing - if you care about revenue, you'll care about this podcast.
If there’s one thing they hate, it’s talk. We know, it’s a bit of an oxymoron. But execution and focus is the key - that’s why each episode is designed to give 1-2 very concrete takeaways.
Hosted by Toni Hohlbein & Raul Porojan, together they look at the full funnel.
With a combined 20 years of experience in B2B SaaS and 3 exits, they discuss growing pains, challenges and opportunities they’ve faced. Whether you're working in RevOps, sales, operations, finance or marketing - if you care about revenue, you'll care about this podcast.
If there’s one thing they hate, it’s talk. We know, it’s a bit of an oxymoron. But execution and focus is the key - that’s why each episode is designed to give 1-2 very concrete takeaways.
Episodes
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May 16, 2023 • 31min
CAC is useless
CAC as a metric is pretty useless for operations. But why is that? And what should you do instead?That's exactly what we cover in this episodeIntroduction (01:38)Very quickly: Defining CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost) (02:41)Keep it simple (05:47)"CAC as a metric is pretty useless" (07:20)CAC and Ratios (10:44)Use CAC Payback instead (13:52)CAC Payback Benchmarks (22:30)You can check out the benchmarks mentioned here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kjbt75NEPRjKK63pI_ULJokEL9L2kIf7/view?usp=share_link

May 9, 2023 • 33min
3 GTM Aha Moments
It seems so obvious once you've had an aha moment. Whatever you were doing before is just seen in a completely new light.Unfortunately, we only get so many aha moments -- but fortunately we share 3 of Toni's biggest Aha moments around go-to-market in this episode.Quick introduction (00:55)1: More AEs = more revenue? (02:04)2. Sales led motion on a €2-3K ACV? (11:59)3. How does marketing work again? (19:29)Episode wrap-up (26:53)If you want to see the show, check it out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@growblocks/podcastsAlso mentioned, signup for the revenueletter here: https://growblocks.com/revenueletter/

May 2, 2023 • 31min
200 QBRs later: They’re broken
After over 200 reviews, they uncover the flaws in traditional Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) and propose an innovative QBRs 2.0 model for greater effectiveness. Discover the importance of real-time data, actionable insights, and consistent oversight in marketing. They highlight the critical role of regular check-ins and adaptive strategies to enhance performance metrics. Learn how to foster team collaboration and maximize insights from departmental reviews, all aimed at transforming QBRs into valuable business tools.

Apr 25, 2023 • 34min
Making sales enablement unsuck
61% said sales enablement was useless on Bravado (yikes). While the community is very direct, there's a couple of reasons sales enablement doesn't succeed.We talk about the problems, how to overcome them - and share one or two counter-intuitive approaches you can take.Key pointsThe problems sales enablement can solve (04:08)Why sales enablement matters (06:59)It should be called revenue enablement, here's what they do (09:12)What folks should you hire? (13:00)Recruit your top rep to do coaching (15:41)Sales enablement to actively participate in sales calls (27:55)Wrapup (29:28)If you want to see the show, check it out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@growblocks/podcasts

Apr 18, 2023 • 35min
5 real examples of rapid experimentation
Don't just make big bets. Consider rapid experimentation to outpace the competition. We share 5 concrete examples, a process we've followed - all to enable you to conduct rapid experiments.

Apr 11, 2023 • 31min
Small steps, big wins: Achieving radical outcomes
Formula 1 pitstops took 50 seconds, now it's down to 2. That's the power of continuous improvement, and it can be applied to SaaS.

Apr 4, 2023 • 33min
4 letters to make better decisions, faster
Sales cycles are extending. Win rates are decreasing. How do you make decisions faster? With a simple framework.

Mar 28, 2023 • 34min
Tools won't fix outbound, but this will
When outbound doesn't work, everyone looks to the tools and the processes. But there's something else that has a higher impact.

Mar 21, 2023 • 34min
Exposed from S-1s: How unicorns create hypergrowth
In this episode we expose how unicorns such as Snowflake, Datadog and Asana drive hypergrowth. All revealed by reading their S-1s (IPO filings)

Mar 14, 2023 • 29min
Agile Go-To-Market
What does an agile go-to-market look like for b2b SaaS? That's exactly what we discuss in this episode.


