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5 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jun 13, 2016 by Nathan Latka · across every show →

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Jun 13, 2016

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Latka: Public Reporting Costs Sub-$10M Firms $500K to $1M Annually

“What is just this pure GNA cost at the pure admin cost of being public on some of these companies is 500, you know, to a million dollars a year, just because of all the reporting you have to do.”

Nathan Latka Jun 13, 2016 ▶ 4:31 How Did This Guy Retire at 35? EP 284: Todd Tresidder

Feb 16, 2017 negative

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Town: Greedy public company management teams are value investing's biggest risk

“Where we usually end up with trouble is that the management team, whoever's running it turned out to be a bunch of greedy bastards. And then you can get in trouble because they can do things that you don't, they shouldn't do. And they do it for their own benef…”

Phil Town Feb 16, 2017 ▶ 21:47 EP 572: 400,000 Books Sold Teach How to Take $1000 to $1.5m with Author Phil Town

Feb 2, 2018 positive

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Avner: Unpredictable revenue prevents ad-tech companies from going public

“The one thing that public companies need to do is to be able to forecast the revenues. And if you can't do that, you can never go public. That's why investors don't love marketing technologies. And that's why investors love specifically subscription services.”

Amit Avner Feb 2, 2018 ▶ 4:42 923 He's Doing $10m-$30m in ARR Between Adtech and SaaS

Jan 3, 2021 neutral

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Latka notes public SaaS companies average $195,000 in revenue per employee

“Average in public companies, you see about 195,000 in revenue per employee in the SaaS space, so it makes sense there.”

Nathan Latka Jan 3, 2021 ▶ 16:09 LeadCrunch Hits $24m Revenue, $650k Revenue Per Employee, Raising $30m for 20% Of Business 2021?

Dec 17, 2024 negative

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Some public SaaS companies spend $5 to $6 per new ARR dollar

“There's certain public companies that are spending five and six dollars in sales and marketing investment to acquire one dollar of new ARR.”

Sam Jacobs Dec 17, 2024 ▶ 4:04 Pavilion Breaks $10m Revenue using New Growth Playbook, CEO Sam Jacobs

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