I’m contemplating and researching a SaaS product for SMBs. How do I go about researching the sales cycle period aside from asking the customers? Do SMBs have the shortest SaaS sales cycle?

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SMBs sales cycle is definitely the shortest because they're usually looking for the fastest time-to-customer value benefits.

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Sales cycle length is fairly well correlated to ACV. See, e.g., https://blog.close.com/5-tips-for-selling-saas/

It's not a hard and fast rule but if you see a sales cycle being too long for a low ACV product, it's obviously not going to be sustainable. If you're finding the opposite... Then holler at me and let's make some money together 😂

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Very informative, thanks for sharing!

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