{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Business Tech Brief By HackerNoon","title":"How to Check Whether a Benchmark Actually Has a Source","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/71f5afcb\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":539,"description":"\n        This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-to-check-whether-a-benchmark-actually-has-a-source.\nA four-step method for tracing a statistic back to its primary source, run on nine SaaS benchmarks. Four of them had no source we could reach.\nCheck more stories related to business at: https://hackernoon.com/c/business.\n            You can also check exclusive content about #saas, #saas-metric, #benchmarks, #fact-checking, #startup-metrics, #b2b-marketing, #benchmark-research, #research-claims,  and more.\nThis story was written by: @better03. Learn more about this writer by checking @better03's about page,\n            and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.\nNine widely quoted SaaS benchmarks, traced hop by hop back toward a primary document. Four never reach one: the Rule of 40 came from an unnamed investor's remark at a board meeting, and the \"80% of sales need five follow-ups\" figure descends from a slide whose own citation field calls it a meme. Four more are real findings that lost their scope in transit. One holds up. The piece is the method, so you can run it yourself.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Jt7ZjSFsWPyXT1J4MukXq9taSSUnP-1Sp6kI7vdNfek/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxMjY1LzE2ODM1/ODI2MTUtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}