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SaaS Talk™ with the Metrics Brothers - Strategies, Insights, & Metrics for B2B SaaS Executive Leaders

SaaS Talk™ with the Metrics Brothers - Strategies, Insights, & Metrics for B2B SaaS Executive Leaders

By: Ray Rike & Dave Kellogg
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SaaS Talk™ with the Metrics Brothers is hosted by Dave "CAC" Kellogg and Ray "Growth" Rike. SaaS Talk™ provides unique insights, strategies, tactics and the metrics to measure customer acquisition, customer retention and customer expansion success for B2B SaaS companies.

Each 20-minute episode will cover a topic critical to profitable revenue growth chalked full of practical advice that can be introduced and applied in most B2B SaaS companies.

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Episodes
  • Marketing and Sales Alignment
    May 16 2025

    Customer Acquisition Cost efficiency continues to be challenged in the B2B SaaS environment, while alignment across the Go-to-Market organization continues to be a topic of conversation. So, Dave "CAC" Kellogg a long time Marketing executive and Ray "Growth" Rike, a long time Sales executive decided to take on the the topic of Marketing and Sales alignment from their respective experiences as department executives. Topics discussed include:

    • What is Marketing and Sales Alignment
    • What isn't Marketing and Sales Alignment
    • Top 3 Ideas to Achieve Marketing and Sales Alignment
    • How Metrics Can Impact Marketing and Sales Alignment
    • The Impact of Alignment


    If you are a CEO depending on the productivity of an aligned Go-to-Market organization, or the head of Marketing or Sales in a B2B SaaS company, this conversation is full of interesting ideas, stories and approaches to increasing revenue growth efficiency.

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    30 mins
  • Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? Aligning Finance and GTM with SaaS Metrics
    May 8 2025

    Dave "CAC" Kellogg and Ray "Growth" Rike recently did a LIVE episode of SaaS Talk with the Metrics Brothers at the Baker Tilly Technology Finance Symposium in San Francisco. The topic of their discussion was aligning Finance and the Go-to-Market functions and included how SaaS metrics can be used as a core "alignment" strategy.

    During this "extended" version of SaaS Talk with the Metrics Brothers, Ray and Dave discussed several different strategies to align Finance and the GTM functions, including:

    • What is alignment
    • What isn't alignment
    • Real-life stories on what misalignment looks like
    • Putting "Strategy" back into Strategic Planning
    • Strategic Planning Frameworks to consider
    • SaaS Performance Metrics Framework to consider


    If you are a CFO or GTM executive leader - this live conversation is full of interesting ideas, experiences and of course a few attempts at humor by the Metrics Brothers!


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    45 mins
  • Stock-based compensation
    Apr 30 2025

    Stock-based Compensation (SBC) has been a hallmark of the SaaS and Cloud industry since the early days. Stock Options, Restricted Stock Units, Strike Price, and vesting periods continue to be a key discussion point for potential hires. Today's episode covers how Stock-based compensation impacts Operating Expenses on the Income Statement...and how SBC can impact SaaS metrics.

    Dave "CAC" Kellogg and Ray "Growth" Rike dive into the details of Stock-Based Compensation in today's episode including:

    • What is Stock-Based Compensation (SBC)
    • How does a company pay/account for SBC
    • What kind of expense is Stock-Based Compensation
    • Where does SBC show up on an Income Statement
    • How can SBC impact SaaS metrics


    Stock-Based Compensation can be a very complex and nuanced topic, but if you are a SaaS executive, a SaaS employee with stock options, or a SaaS company investor, this conversation and episode is full of detailed insights.

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    31 mins
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