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10 Oct 2024
Financial forecasting predicts outcomes based on historical data. Financial modeling analyzes potential scenarios. Both aid tech and subscription businesses in strategic planning and growth.
18 Sept 2024
Expansion revenue drives SaaS growth. It increases customer value, improves retention, and boosts profitability. Data-driven strategies can increase expansion revenue by 30% in 12 months.
16 Sept 2024
Activity-Based Costing improves pricing and budgeting for software firms. It tracks costs per customer action, revealing true profitability of features and customers.
13 Sept 2024
Flash reports provide real-time KPI snapshots, enabling rapid decision-making in fast-paced industries. They focus on 5-7 key metrics and use automation for timely insights.
11 Sept 2024
Improving FP&A teams include using advanced analytics, collaboration, and implementing data-driven decision-making to boost growth and financial performance.
9 Sept 2024
Discover five FP&A tools that enable data-driven decisions and strategic growth for modern businesses by providing deeper insights and streamlined processes.
6 Sept 2024
Flux analysis allows businesses to navigate financial changes effectively, driving strategic decision-making and optimizing performance in dynamic markets.
4 Sept 2024
Finance analytics revolutionizes customer retention strategies. Identify at-risk customers, optimize pricing, and boost profitability.
2 Sept 2024
Rolling forecasts reduce budgeting time by 30%. Zero-based budgeting cuts costs by 10-25%. AI-driven forecasting decreases cycle times by 50%.
30 Aug 2024
Financial data drives growth by informing customer segmentation, product development, and resource allocation.
28 Aug 2024
Cost Volume Profit analysis is a crucial financial tool that examines how changes in costs, volume, and prices affect a company's profit.
26 Aug 2024
A data-driven mindset is essential for hypergrowth. Finance teams must focus on insights and continuous learning to drive business expansion effectively.
23 Aug 2024
Finance teams enable data-driven decisions across departments through strategic collaboration, which enhances profitability and operational efficiency.
21 Aug 2024
Integrating customer and financial data enables nuanced customer segmentation, driving more effective marketing strategies and improved business performance
20 Aug 2024
Profit Per Click enhances marketing ROI by combining financial and marketing data. Providing FP&A teams with insights for optimizing campaign profitability
16 Aug 2024
Customer metrics in financial reporting reveal key profitability drivers.This enables more accurate customer segmentation and nuanced performance analysis.
15 Aug 2024
XP&A extends traditional FP&A by integrating cross-functional data for comprehensive financial planning. It enhances forecasting, strategic decision-making, and organizational agility.
12 Aug 2024
Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) modeling estimates the value of investments by evaluating future cash flows, factoring in the time value of money and risk.
9 Aug 2024
Integrated go-to-market planning drives 19% faster revenue growth and 15% higher customer retention in tech companies. It aligns teams and enhances data-driven decision-making.
7 Aug 2024
CFOs drive product-led growth by integrating user behavior data into financial planning. This approach optimizes resource allocation, reduces costs, and enhances user satisfaction, improving business outcomes.
5 Aug 2024
Strategic workforce planning aligns human capital with business goals. It reduces costs, increases productivity, and enhances FP&A decision-making and agility.
2 Aug 2024
Month-end close guide with 12-step checklist. Top companies complete in 4.8 days, median is 6.4 days. 87% of finance professionals work overtime during close. Improves accuracy and efficiency.
31 Jul 2024
Forecast CLV to drive strategic financial decisions. Companies using advanced analytics are 5x more likely to make faster decisions than their competitors.
29 Jul 2024
Granular customer interaction cost analysis drives organizational restructuring. Companies using customer analytics are 23x more likely to outperform competitors in new customer acquisition.
26 Jul 2024
Businesses often spend too much time on data collection and reporting instead of analysis. Deep analysis uncovers hidden patterns, boosting growth and profitability.
24 Jul 2024
Financial touchpoint mapping analyzes costs of each customer interaction to optimize ROI, feature profitability, and user behavior economics for better decision-making
22 Jul 2024
19 Jul 2024
FP&A guides startups through market turbulence. It integrates with all departments, uses rolling forecasts, and leverages tools like Unmess for granular cost allocation and financial modeling.
17 Jul 2024
Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) calculates present value using future cash flows. It reveals long-term value in gaming and SaaS missed by traditional methods.
16 Jul 2024
Financial data-driven customer segmentation enhances marketing strategies and resource allocation. Learn how unmess empowers FP&A teams to optimize profitability analysis and decision-making.
11 Jul 2024
Effective cost management is often overlooked by startups that are growing rapidly. If you’re a startup looking to scale, you need a cost management strategy. And more than just a strategy, you need to be aware of various pitfalls.
9 Jul 2024
Explore the differences between actual and averaged costing for SaaS companies. Learn how these methods impact pricing, profitability, and strategic decisions in the software industry.
5 Jul 2024
Legacy finance stacks struggle with manual processes and data silos. Modern AI-driven solutions offer automation, granular insights, and predictive analytics, revolutionizing startup financial planning.
3 Jul 2024
Usage-based pricing dominates SaaS in 2024, with 2/3 of tech firms adopting it. This shift impacts forecasting, quota planning, and customer engagement strategies.
27 Jun 2024
XP&A integrates cross-functional data for comprehensive financial planning. Unlike FP&A, it reveals hidden costs, enables accurate forecasting, and optimizes customer profitability.
20 Jun 2024
Budgeting errors directly impact profitability. This guide exposes the most detrimental budgeting mistakes companies make, from overestimating revenue to overlooking seasonality, and how to avoid them.
13 Jun 2024
Julia is an AI agent providing in-depth financial report analysis, industry benchmarking, data visualisation and identifying opportunities/risks with data-backed recommendations
10 Jun 2024
AI agent Kane generates granular financial models from transactions, distributes customised reports to teams, and collaborates with other AI agents - automating over 60% of tedious finance tasks.
6 Jun 2024
Don't let repetitive finance tasks drain resources. Automate reporting, analysis, market/cost mapping, product insights and stakeholder updates with AI assistants. This guide shows how leveraging AI unlocks strategic bandwidth for finance teams.
29 May 2024
Financial insights with data visualisation. Transform complex data into clear patterns, enhance decision-making, and drive strategic growth. Don't overlook this essential tool.
14 May 2024
Track success metrics alone risks over-optimisation blind spots. Counter metrics reveal tradeoffs, promote alignment, and enable continuous learning for long-term viability.
10 May 2024
Mixpanel provides great insight into user behavior, but lacks critical financial context about customer value. Learn the key limitations of relying solely on Mixpanel data and learn how integrated analytics can help you optimise for profitability.
6 May 2024
Discover the power of auto-segmentation to unlock deeper customer insights, model granular segments automatically, and personalise marketing with unMess.
2 May 2024
Discover how our lean 3-person team rebranded from Obsidian to unMess in just 3 weeks - new name, colors, fonts, logo, website, and recognized as a top startup!
12 Mar 2024
Revenue intelligence uses customer data to show companies what's profitable and where they can improve. This is typically used for SaaS companies.
7 Mar 2024
Upselling is vital for SaaS B2B companies to boost revenue and build relationships with their customers. Upselling platforms include Mixpanel, Obsidian, Hubspot, and Dynamic Yield.
1 Mar 2024
Customer lifetime value is an important KPI tracked by almost every SaaS company. Operators use lifetime value to calculate how long a customer stays with the product.
29 Feb 2024
Your guide to reverse trials: Free trial conversion rate benchmarks. SaaS companies offer their highest plan for free during the free trial.
27 Feb 2024
Understand key financial terms used in business and marketing in 2024. This guide defines terms like balance sheet, COGS, unit economics, and more, helping you make informed decisions for your business.
21 Feb 2024
Learn how to create a roadmap for financial success, from projections & cash flow to goals & analysis.
15 Feb 2024
Categorise your costs for clear insights, optimise spending, and make data-driven decisions. Learn why & how to departmentalise costs effectively, with tips & tools for success.
9 Feb 2024
This week, we started our pre-seed fundraising campaign and I spent about 2 weeks preparing for it. I created our pitch deck with 31 slides. I reached out to angel investors on LinkedIn and received varying feedback.
4 Feb 2024
How we went from 0 to 3,000 in 24 hours with these surprising tactics. Learn our winning strategies for landing pages, cold emails, & community outreach.
2 Feb 2024
Build a simple KPI dashboard to track company health, performance, and potential issues. Learn about different dashboard types and choose the right tool (no coding required!). Make better decisions and keep your business on track. Read our guide now!
26 Jan 2024
Achieve positive unit economics by actively tracking KPIs. 2024 is the beginning of a new era, startups will be focusing on profitability, strong unit economics, and responsible growth.
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