finance-metrics-quickref
Look up SaaS finance metrics, formulas, and benchmarks fast. Use when you need a quick metric definition, formula, or benchmark during analysis.
npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill finance-metrics-quickref --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
## Purpose Quick reference for any SaaS finance metric without deep teaching. Use this when you need a fast formula lookup, benchmark check, or decision framework reminder. For detailed explanations, calculations, and examples, see the related deep-dive skills. This is not a teaching tool—it's a cheat sheet optimized for speed. Scan, find, apply. ## Input **Works best with:** The metric you need — name it and get the formula, benchmark, and decision context. **Also useful:** Your numbers, if you want the formula applied on the spot. Anything supplied with the invocation itself — text after the skill name, a pasted context dump, or an appended `ARGUMENTS:` line — counts as answers already given. Use it and skip whatever it covers; don't re-ask. **Arriving empty-handed? That works too.** Ask for the metric family you're working in (revenue, retention, efficiency, capital) and scan from there. **Example invocation:** `Quick ref: burn multiple — formula, benchmark, and whether 1.7 is bad for Series B.` ## Key Concepts ### Metric Categories Metrics are organized into four families: 1. **Revenue & Growth** — Top-line money (revenue, ARPU, ARPA, MRR/ARR, churn, NRR, expansion) 2. **Unit E
- Purpose
- Input
- Key Concepts
- Metric Categories
- When to Use This Skill
- Application
- All Metrics Reference Table
- Quick Decision Frameworks
- Red Flags by Category
- When to Use Which Metric
- Examples
- Example 1: Feature Investment Sanity Check
- Example 2: Channel Scale Decision
- Common Pitfalls
What does the finance-metrics-quickref skill do?
Look up SaaS finance metrics, formulas, and benchmarks fast. Use when you need a quick metric definition, formula, or benchmark during analysis.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill finance-metrics-quickref --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, a repository with 6,255 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.