Firas Raouf
The Chief Executive Officer
Startup Strategy
What is Your Renewal and Upsell Rate?
Your renewal and upsell metric is a critically important aspect of your company's overall operational dashboard. This metric tends to...
by Firas Raouf
Finance & Operations
Do You Know How to Build a Profitable SaaS Business?
The few souls out there that actually read my blog know that I am quite passionate about capital efficiency and profitable...
by Firas Raouf
Finance & Operations
How Far Should a VC go to Add Value?
Have you ever met a venture capital firm that doesn't claim to add lots of value? Probably not. The question...
by Firas Raouf
HR & Leadership
The CEO Imperative - Focus on the Three Things that Matter
In a recent blog post, my partner George Roberts referred to another blog post by Fred Wilson, entitled "What a...
by Firas Raouf
Sales
Demand Generation: Science, Not Art
A Well-Oiled Machine   Demand generation is a well-oiled machine; a calculated and scientific process that starts small and grows...
by Firas Raouf
HR & Leadership
How Good is Your Investor/Analyst Presentation?
Rob Infantino, a senior consultant at the Enterprise Strategy Group sent me the template he recommends companies use to present...
by Firas Raouf
Finance & Operations
The CEO Imperative: Building a Cohesive Senior Team
Building a Senior Management Team When building a senior management team, CEOs oftentimes discover that the primary impediment to the...
by Firas Raouf
Finance & Operations
Are You Ready to be Acquired?
I recently read a great blog post by a CEO who went through a six month acquisition process that eventually fell...
by Firas Raouf
Finance & Operations
Are You Willing to Take Responsibility?
The reality of building and growing an expansion stage software company is brutal. Early stage company founders tend to have...
by Firas Raouf