Gross Margin Saas Plus Any Professional

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Gross margin shows what is left over after you deliver your products and services.

Gross Margin Saas Plus Any Professional

SaaS cost of revenue is comprised primarily of hosting and network costs, plus any professional services, implementation, training and other services.

SaaS vendors with no professional services have the highest gross margins, typically above 80.

SaaS vendors delivering subscriptions as well as professional services typically have gross margins between 60-70.

High gross margins together with high customer retention rates for a SaaS company at scale contribute to higher valuations, up to 20X or even 30X revenues in todays market.

In these early years, companies typically are laser-focused on finding a scaleable sales model while Cost of Revenue is an after-thought.

As companies scale, best in class SaaS companies have gotten a lot better at delivering services at cost or above cost, and to productize services into recurring revenue product expansions.

Heading into 2020, the SaaS market is expected to continue with strong growth.

But with over 60 public SaaS vendors in the market today and thousands of private SaaS companies competing for customers, healthy cost structures will increasingly be looked at by investors when evaluating where to place bets.

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Before Evariant, James held Finance roles at American Tower, Kaz, and Decision Resources Group.

James also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation from the CFA institute.

Prior to joining Pepperjam in 2017 Greg served as IBMs Security SaaS CFO and additionally was responsible for rebuilding IBMs global SaaS financial management and planning processes.

Prior to Fiberlink Greg held financial leadership positions at CIGNA and State Farm Insurance.

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Sherri began her career on Wall Street with Salomon Brothers and then became an equity research analyst with Adams, Harkness Hill, a Boston based investment bank where she covered information technology services companies.

Most recently, she was the CFO of JOOS, LLC where she helped to build JOOS into the largest fresh-pressed, organic fruit and vegetable juice provider in New England.

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