B2B Companies Mask Declining Customer Growth
A B2B analyst warns that masking slowing net-new customer acquisition—through price increases, premium tiers, NRR emphasis, and multi-year deals—can temporarily sustain revenue yet indicates harvesting rather than planting. Citing firms such as HubSpot ($3B ARR, 17% new-customer growth), Snowflake ($1.2B quarterly revenue; customers up 20% to 12,621) versus PagerDuty (5% YoY growth) and Zoom (enterprise customers down from 220,000 to 192,400 in 2024), the piece links declining acquisition to long-term vulnerability.
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- Read OriginalThe #1 Conceit in B2B at Scale: Masking a Slowdown in Net New Customerssaastr.com
