Many SaaS companies go through due diligence in a less-than-ideal state. That’s a lot less stressful when you know what that means. A while back I wrote about what to expect in SaaS due diligence and provided an interactive institutional readiness report card to help you prepare, but today I want to address the consequences […]
Valuation
SaaS Institutional Readiness Report Card
I’ve written several articles over the last few months on institutional readiness. One focused on SaaS due diligence preparedness. Another on the value of process and documentation. And yet another on the strategic and organizational implications of preparing a SaaS to be acquired in the future. Back in April, I wrote about the perils of revenue recognition, […]
Video: How to Prepare to Be Acquired
Transcript: Preparing to be acquired starts years before being acquired. If you want to get bought rather than sold, there are four early steps to take. Hi, I’m Justin Talerico with Married2Growth and I get asked about M&A preparation all the time. Let’s say you’re a few years out from being ready to get bought. […]
How to Prepare to Be Acquired
I began preparing to be acquired a full five years prior to being acquired. We were in the highly competitive enterprise martech SaaS (software-as-a-service) space and needed to: differentiate ourselves strategically; align ourselves with the right partners through integrations; audit ourselves for accuracy and accountability; and evolve ourselves with scalable systems and processes. Long before […]
Video: How to Avoid Revenue Wreckognition
Transcript: SaaS revenue recognition is critical to your valuation, how you manage and how you finance your business. Hi, I’m Justin Talerico with Married2Growth and this is how I look at rev rec and deferred revenue. Investors and buyers will discount your valuation by either your deferred revenue balance or, if you’re lucky, the COGS […]
