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Break Out of the “Good Enough” Growth Trap

February 27, 2026
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Beyond Spreadsheets: The Discipline of Commercial Due Diligence
Most SaaS companies are stuck in a "Good Enough" zone where 84% of customers rate their suppliers positively, but satisfaction scores have almost no bearing on renewal or expansion decisions.
 
Analysis of 160 billion telemetry data points across 9,100 commercial outcomes shows that overlaying behavioral data onto customer cohorts separates Growth Signals (features high-NRR customers use) from Commercial Noise (features everyone uses equally), revealing which product and service investments actually move customers toward the Excellence Zone and improve NRR. Crossing a 6.5 threshold on a 7-point perception scale nearly doubles expansion probability (47% to 79%) and cuts churn by 41%. 

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