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Re:Backblaze S-1 IPO by PaywallBuster on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @01:21AM (#28915122)
It's still a loss (for the current year).

But this is a SaaS, working with recurring revenue.

Some metrics to consider are:

- Cost of Customer Acquisition

- Lifetime Value

They could spend 200$ to get an average customer, but they will renew their subscription for an average of 5 years and generate over 2000$ in revenue during that time.

As long as you keep track of these metrics you know you're in a good direction or digging yourself a hole.

Besides other costs R&D, Admin, Marketing and Sales can be scaled up and down as needed, and become a smaller part of the costs as the company grows.

Re:Backblaze S-1 IPO by apple4ever on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @04:27PM (#28936020)
Based on my experience, that COCA is high, and the LV is low. They don't work hard to keep current customers.