Podcasts & Webinars

In today’s conversation, we’re joined by Lauren Kelley, CEO of OPEXEngine, and Dania Shaheen Gutterson, General Manager at DealEdge and Senior Director of Private Equity at Bain & Company.

OPEXEngine CEO Lauren Kelley is joined by special guests Eric Mersch and Jonathan Neitzell for a lively discussion of best practices to prepare a SaaS company for the opportunities and pitfalls of an IPO – and setting up for success beyond.

OPEXEngine CEO Lauren Kelley in conversation with Benchmarkit's Ray Rike at SaaS Palooza 2023.

Hear from top experts in SaaS finance, performance benchmarking, software, and go-to-market efficiency. OPEXEngine's CEO, Lauren Kelley, and seasoned go-to-market operator, former CMO, and Expert Partner at Bain & Company, Kunal Mehta, answer your toughest SaaS GTM questions and learn how benchmarking helps top SaaS/software companies, as well as investors, achieve their goals.

OPEXEngine CEO Lauren Kelley leads a discussion with two accomplished SaaS CFOs - Evan Meagher of CoreWeave and Brian Weisberg of Tidelift - on current operating plans and how benchmarking reduces risk.

OPEXEngine CEO and Founder Lauren Kelley hosted Drivetrain CEO Alok Goel and Whatfix Senior Finance Director Amit Sharma to discuss SaaS Metrics-Based Planning. This informative hour-long conversation covered key topics, ranging from what investors are looking for to how many metrics to track and everything in between.

In our November SaaS Conversations, Lauren along with her two special guests, Kunal Mehta and Susan Scutt, discussed what are the stages for an investor in the lifecycle of a deal, from the lens of using benchmarks.

In our August SaaS Conversations, Lauren and Rob Levy addressed the power of benchmarking to ensure maximum value from your R&D investments.

In our May SaaS Conversations, Lauren, Ben Murray, and Eric Stephenson addressed how to define, calculate, and measure CAC for different models, and how to align business partners and executive team on CAC (and CLV/CAC) targets.