Some Thoughts on Annual Planning 2023 November 30, 2022 Rory O'Driscoll Trends Some high-level thoughts about how CFOs of technology companies should be thinking about their annual planning ahead of 2023. Read more
2022 Annual Planning: Advice for CFOs November 22, 2021 Rory O'Driscoll Trends Rory O'Driscoll looks at the big issues of 2022, how to plan for them, and how to create a plan designed for easy buy-in from your Board. Read more
Annual Planning for Early-Stage Startups (Tools and Templates) October 5, 2021 Dale Chang Scale Studio Scale Studio has an Annual Planning Tool that generates a first draft annual plan for next year using just 4 data points and a lot of benchmarks. Click through for tools and templates. Read more
Enterprise SaaS Returns to Growth Mode: Scale Studio Q3 Data November 17, 2020 Dale Chang Go-to-market, Scale Studio How much growth is possible next year? Scale Studio data on Q3 performance has us cautiously optimistic for enterprise SaaS in 2021. Read more
Admitting Ignorance: Planning in the Time of COVID April 1, 2020 Rory O'Driscoll Trends A framework for scenario planning right now and a way to think about “inside” rounds. Read more
Introducing the Tooth-to-Tail Metric for Measuring SaaS Sales Capacity January 21, 2019 Dale Chang Go-to-market A quick calculation that helps sales leaders optimize sales capacity Read more
Annual planning for SaaS companies November 13, 2017 Rory O'Driscoll Go-to-market A board member point of view Read more
Thoughts on Annual Plans December 11, 2013 Rory O'Driscoll Go-to-market Words you don't hear in venture; "Great it's annual planning time". Read more