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The SaaS B2B Model

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Lean-Case Tutorial - The SaaS B2B Template

​Overview

This tutorial shows how to create a Lean-Case SaaS B2B model with a Get-Customer-Phase modelling the Sales Process of converting prospects into customers and a Keep-and-Grow-Customer-Phase modelling the Account Management Process. You learn how to set up all revenue streams across those two phases, connect the streams with conversion rules and validating the mechanics of your model. We are also showing you how to add all elements to calculate your unit economices - churn, cost of goods sold and cost of selling.  Finally, we provide an example how to add organizational units to your model with jobs, groups, team roles and manager roles. Headcounts can be automatically calculated driven by the number of sales teams, customer quotas or revenues. After learning these basics, you can get started to adjust your model. 

The SaaS B2B Model

For a Lean-Case SaaS B2B model, we break down the customer life cycle into two main phases. Each of which has a number of stages.

LeanCase Tutorial B2B Template

For a Lean-Case SaaS B2B model, we break down the customer life cycle into two main phases. Each of which has a number of stages.


1. The Get-Customer-Phase models the Sales Process of converting prospects into customers who sign up for your service. A typically SaaS Sales Process incorporates four stages:

  • Prospect
  • Market Qualified Lead (MQL)
  • Sales Qualified Lead (SQL)
  • Committed 

2. The Keep-and-Grow-Customer-Phase models the Account Management Process on on-boarding first time customers and ideally converting them into loyal, long-term customers. This includes three stages:

  • Live Customers (LIVE)
  • Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) Customers
  • Lifetime Value (LTV) Customers

This tutorial shows you how to 

  • Set up the revenue streams for the Get-Customer-Phase(Step 1) and the Keep-and-Grow-Customer-Phase (Step 2)
  • Connect the revenue streams by setting up Conversion, Time Delay and Volume Metrics (Step 3)
  • Verify your model by validating Conversion Rules and Revenues (Step 4)
  • Adding Cross-Selling Revenues for one-time Professional Services (Step 5) 
  • Adding Churn for all stages in the Keep-and-Grow-Customer-Phase (Step 6)
  • Add Cost of Goods Sold to Keep-and Grow-Customer stages (Step 7)
  • Add Cost of Selling (Step 8)
  • Add Other Teams (Step 9)
  • Getting Started to adjust your assumptions using benchmarks (Step 10)
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