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SaaS - Enterprise & SMB B2B: Is 6% monthly customer churn acceptable for a $5M ARR SaaS business? What effect on valuation does a high churn have?
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Chesley M. Chen, I help CEOs launch start-ups and keep their Zen. answered:

Good question. 6% churn per month on $5M is $300,000. Seems like a lot of money to me without even knowing your cost of customer acquisition. It's like trying to fill a leaking bucket. A little uptick in churn rate will have a HUGE NEGATIVE impact on your valuation: you reduce your LTV and ARPA while you have to increase your total sales and marketing costs just to stay even.

I've done built a lot of financial models and analyzed many recurring revenue businesses ranging from SaaS, B2C, B2B, telephone companies, mutual funds, retirement plans, Netflix, LinkedIn, and cable TV among others.

Set up a call with me and I can walk you through how churn rates, valuation, and other variables tie together in a financial model.

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