Missing $150K to $200K MRR by year-end would mean failure
Michael Perry · LTV, CAC, ARPU Numbers from SaaS CEO Michael Perry of Kitcrm.com EP 222 · Apr 3, 2016 · at 11:49
Kit CRM founder Michael Perry sets his revenue growth targets for the company for the end of 2016.
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“It's like, can we get to that 150 K MRR, right? Like I think that one 50 to 200 K MRR, if we don't satisfy that, the years of failure, we very much look at I think when you look at great sports teams, right? It's like championship or bust, right? Like second place is a fail. Like for us, if we really don't hit those metrics, even though we're not going to go out of business, if we don't hit those metrics, it's more so we have the mentality that not hitting those metrics is not an option, right? Like we have to hit those numbers.”
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