This Week in Metrics & Data — November 11th, 2021
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The Need for Two Types of Payback Period Calculations
Tomasz Tunguz, VC at Redpoint, makes the case why it is time for 2 payback period metrics to exist — “a cash-flow based months-to-repay and an accrual accounting metric.” Read more
5 Interesting Learnings from Datadog at $1.2 Billion in ARR
Jason Lemkin, Founder of SaaStr, studies data from Datadog as they’ve added ~$700M in ARR since going public. Read more
Why is Usage-Based Pricing on the Rise?
Kyle Poyar of OpenView Ventures shares results from a recent survey to explain why usage-based pricing is trending. Read more