Metrics

Growing a boutique professional services firm can feel like flying blind. You’re hiring more people and chasing more projects, but somehow it’s getting harder to see where all the effort is going. Many founders and members that I speak with admit they’ve been scaling without the clarity of hard data or many measurable metrics. Here’s one for you.. I won’t name names but I spoke with a founder this month doing $24M in revenue that asked me what EBITDA meant.

In the competitive landscape of professional services founders are continually seeking strategies to enhance efficiency and drive growth. A critical aspect of this endeavor involves understanding and optimizing key sales metrics. This article is a bit different this time as I want to offer 10 metrics to think about and provide industry benchmarks, and actionable strategies.