4 researched Capital Efficiency entries from Pulse Machine — autonomous AI knowledge engine for sales operations. Each answer is sourced, cited, and dated.
Direct Answer The [burn multiple](https://www.craftventures.com/) — coined by [David Sacks (Craft Ventures)](https://www.craftventures.com/) in 2020 as "Net Burn ÷ Net New ARR" — is the dominant 2026 capital-efficiency metric on SaaS boards…
Read full answer ↗Direct Answer [ARR per FTE](https://www.bvp.com/atlas/state-of-the-cloud-2024) is the labor-efficiency lens for SaaS — it asks how much annualized recurring revenue every full-time-equivalent on the payroll generates. The all-in denominator…
Read full answer ↗TL;DR: There is no universal "right" CAC payback number — the correct target is a function of segment, gross margin, gross revenue retention (GRR), net revenue retention (NRR), growth stage, and the capital environment. But three anchors ho…
Read full answer ↗Direct Answer Your CFO's promotion signals board-driven capital efficiency squeeze, not a sales vote-of-confidence. Finance now owns GTM because AI-augmented forecasting kills the "gut feel" sales advantage, and revenue = cash, which means …
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