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Early-Stage SaaS - Financial Model
Early-Stage SaaS - Financial Model
Revenue
ARR 299,383$ 1,456,191$
Costs
Costs of Good Sold 22.49% 67,331$ 9.84% 143,286$
Sales & Marketing 87.08% $260,688.27 49.08% $714,702.42
Research & Development 68.59% $205,333 26.12% $380,333
General & Administrative 61.46% $184,000 12.64% $184,000
Marketing spending
% of MRR
Adwords 5%
Social / display ads 5%
Miscellaneous
Technical Contractors (designer, developers..) $1,000
Marketing Contractors (writer, SEO agency...) $1,000
Lawyer, accountants... $1,000
Travel $1,000
Office rent & utilities $1,000
Telecommunications, internet, office supplies $1,000
Inssurance $1,000
Extra Item 1 $1,000
Extra Item 2 $1,000
Month Jan-2017 Feb-2017 Mar-2017
Month N 1 2 3
REVENUE
COSTS
Personnel
CEO - Founder 1 $4,167 $4,167 $4,167
CTO - Founder 2 $4,167 $4,167 $4,167
Engineer - Founder 3 $4,167 $4,167 $4,167
Engineer - Founder 4 $4,167 $4,167 $4,167
Engineer - Joe 0 0 0
Engineer - Samantha 0 0 0
Engineer - Fred 0 0 0
Engineer - TBD 0 0 0
Customer success - Mike 0 0 $4,583
Customer success - TBD 0 0 0
Support - Lucie 0 0 0
Support - TBD 0 0 0
Sales - Toby 0 0 0
Sales - TBD 0 0 0
Sales - TBD 0 0 0
Sales - TBD 0 0 $5,417
Sales - TBD 0 0 0
Marketing - Kevin 0 0 0
Marketing - TBD 0 0 0
Marketing - TBD 0 0 0
Total Payroll 16,667$ 16,667$ 26,667$
Marketing Spending
Adwords 263$ 386$ 522$
Social / display ads 263$ 386$ 522$
Total Marketing Spending 525$ 772$ 1,045$
Hosting
Hosting & Bandwidth $800.00 $800.00 $800.00
Total Hosting 800$ 800$ 800$
Miscellaneous
Technical Contractors (designer, developers..) $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Marketing Contractors (writer, SEO agency...) $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Lawyer, accountants... $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Travel $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Office rent & utilities $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Telecommunications, internet, office supplies $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Inssurance $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Extra Item 1 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Extra Item 2 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Total Miscellaneous 9,000$ 9,000$ 9,000$
Revenue
Gross MRR 5,253$ 7,724$ 10,445$
Costs of Good sold
Payment Processing 158$ 232$ 313$
Hosting & Bandwidth $800.00 $800.00 $800.00
Support $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Total Costs of Good Sold 958$ 1,032$ 1,113$
18.23% 13.36% 10.66%
Gross Profit
Gross Profit 4,295$ 6,693$ 9,332$
81.77% 86.64% 89.34%
Operating Expenses
Sales & Marketing $1,525.30 $1,772.44 $12,044.55
% of Revenues 29.04% 22.95% 115.31%
Margins
Earning Before Interest & Tax -21,897$ -19,746$ -27,379$
EBIT Margin -416.84% -255.64% -262.11%
Year 1
Apr-2017 May-2017 Jun-2017 Jul-2017 Aug-2017 Sep-2017 Oct-2017
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
70$ 70$
275 294
1.5% 1.5%
19,264$ 20,613$
2,493$ 2,745$
166,233$ 183,004$
183,004$ 200,871$
10.1% 9.8%
$5,490.11 $6,026.14
177,513$ 194,845$
$4,167 $4,167
$4,167 $4,167
$4,167 $4,167
$4,167 $4,167
$5,833 $5,833
$5,833 $5,833
$5,833 $5,833
$5,833 $5,833
$4,583 $4,583
$4,583 $4,583
$3,750 $3,750
$3,750 $3,750
$5,417 $5,417
$5,417 $5,417
$5,417 $5,417
$5,417 $5,417
$5,417 $5,417
$4,583 $4,583
$4,583 $4,583
$4,583 $4,583
97,500$ 97,500$
9,150$ 10,044$
9,150$ 10,044$
18,300$ 20,087$
$800.00 $800.00
800$ 800$
$1,000 $1,000
$1,000 $1,000
$1,000 $1,000
$1,000 $1,000
$1,000 $1,000
$1,000 $1,000
$1,000 $1,000
$1,000 $1,000
$1,000 $1,000
9,000$ 9,000$
183,004$ 200,871$
5,490$ 6,026$
$800.00 $800.00
$7,500.00 $7,500.00
13,790$ 14,326$
7.54% 7.13%
169,213$ 186,545$
92.46% 92.87%
$69,300.36 $71,087.12
37.87% 35.39%
$32,667 $32,667
17.85% 16.26%
$15,333 $15,333
8.38% 7.63%
51,913$ 67,458$
28.37% 33.58%