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Slade Kobran
Slade Kobran is an innovative strategic marketing executive with a proven talent for elevating the visibility, performance and profitability of growth-minded organizations. Kobran achieves these goals through the expert orchestration of branding, lead generation, market development, new product launch, and external and internal communications. He is known for his ability to identify new customer markets, products and revenue streams that generate substantial profit. Kobran’s many hats have included Chief Marketing Officer; Vice President, Strategic Initiatives; Vice President, New Business Development & Marketing Services; and Vice President, Marketing with such market leaders as Infogroup, ADP and Dun & Bradstreet.
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Land, Expand, Defend - The NRR Harmony
Dec 1, 2025 12:59:04 PM | Posted by Jyotsna Makkar
Part 4 of the “ABM for Enterprise Value” series
In PE-backed environments, growth alone isn’t enough. What separates your company from those that lose momentum is Net Revenue Retention (NRR). Expansion and renewal dollars are more efficient, more defensible, and more valuation-accretive than chasing new logos.
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