NRR, Burn Multiple, Rule of 40: The Only Three Slides Your Growth Board Really Cares About
A live conversation for Seed and Series A founders who want to walk into their next board meeting owning the narrative — not defending it.
About this event
Board meetings go sideways when the CEO is explaining metrics the board is already skeptical about. They go well when the CEO brings the story first — the numbers, the trade-offs, and the plan — before anyone has to ask.
NRR, burn multiple, and Rule of 40 are the three metrics that tell a growth-stage board whether this company is building something durable or just spending faster. Knowing how to compute them, present them, and talk through the trade-offs is the difference between a board that leans in and one that starts asking harder questions than you're ready for.
Yannick is joined by a special guest — an operator, CFO, or VC with direct experience building and presenting growth-stage board metrics. Guest details will be confirmed shortly.
We'll cover:
How to calculate NRR, burn multiple, and Rule of 40 in plain terms — and what each one is actually measuring about your business
What healthy benchmarks look like at Seed vs. Series A vs. Series B — and how much variance investors actually tolerate
How to frame trade-offs honestly without undermining board confidence
What to stop sending in board updates immediately
Then we open the floor. Bring your board situation — the Q&A is live and unfiltered.
Format: 25-min conversation + 15-min live Q&A
Who this is for: B2B SaaS and applied AI founders at Seed through Series B — and operators, CFOs, and investors who work with growth-stage boards.
Your Host
Yannick Kpodar is a 2x VP/CMO turned General Partner at Aventra Capital and founder of Full Stack CEO™. Over 15+ years, he's helped B2B SaaS teams raise $396M+, reach unicorn valuation, and scale from single-digit ARR to $45M+ across the US and Europe — at companies including LinkedIn, PayFit, and Amenitiz. He now sits on the investor side of the table at Aventra Capital, underwriting the same metrics he spent 15 years building as an operator. He knows exactly what boards are looking for — and what makes them nervous.
About Full Stack CEO™
Full Stack CEO™ is the operating system for B2B SaaS & AI founders from first revenue to $25M ARR — GTM, metrics, capital, and leadership built for the age of AI. The community, Labs, and advisory are built around one idea: that the founders who win are the ones who can read the whole system, not just the function they grew up in.
Members get direct access to a room of serious peers, weekly working sessions with Yannick, and live AMAs with the operators, exited founders, and VCs behind the program.