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To stop breaches and protect customers through our cloud-native platform by becoming the world's most trusted guardian of digital business

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To stop breaches and protect customers through our cloud-native platform by becoming the world's most trusted guardian of digital business

Strengths

  • PLATFORM: Industry-leading Falcon platform with unified agent architecture
  • REVENUE: High gross retention rate of 97.4% driving stable revenue
  • EXPANSION: Strong net revenue retention rate of 123% from upsells
  • SCALE: Protecting over 23,000 subscription customers globally
  • EFFICIENCY: Cloud-native delivery model with 78% gross margins

Weaknesses

  • CONCENTRATION: Heavy reliance on endpoint security market segment
  • COMPETITION: Increasing price pressure from legacy security vendors
  • INTEGRATION: Challenges with seamless integration of acquisitions
  • PROFITABILITY: Still building consistent GAAP profitability track record
  • AWARENESS: Lower brand recognition in some international markets

Opportunities

  • CLOUD: Accelerating cloud migration creating demand for solutions
  • MODULES: Expand module adoption beyond current 6.9 modules average
  • IDENTITY: Growing identity protection market estimated at $28B by 2025
  • REGULATION: Increasing compliance requirements driving security spend
  • PARTNERSHIPS: Expand GTM relationships with cloud service providers

Threats

  • CONSOLIDATION: Industry consolidation creating larger competitors
  • DISRUPTION: Emerging technologies potentially disrupting core offerings
  • TALENT: Intensifying competition for specialized cybersecurity talent
  • BUDGETS: Economic uncertainty impacting customer security spending
  • GEOPOLITICAL: Increasing regulations on cross-border data transfers

Key Priorities

  • MODULES: Increase module adoption beyond current 6.9 average
  • IDENTITY: Accelerate identity protection solution market penetration
  • PARTNERSHIPS: Expand strategic alliances with cloud providers
  • EFFICIENCY: Improve operational efficiency to boost GAAP profitability
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To stop breaches and protect customers through our cloud-native platform by becoming the world's most trusted guardian of digital business

MODULE MOMENTUM

Accelerate solution breadth across customer base

  • ADOPTION: Increase average modules per customer from 6.9 to 7.5 across the enterprise customer base
  • PENETRATION: Achieve 65% of new customers adopting 4+ modules in their initial purchase
  • ENABLEMENT: Train 100% of finance team on module economics to support cross-sell initiatives
  • ANALYTICS: Develop and deploy module adoption forecasting model with 90% accuracy by quarter end
IDENTITY DOMINANCE

Establish market leadership in identity protection

  • GROWTH: Increase identity protection ARR by 85% YoY through targeted sales campaigns
  • ADOPTION: Achieve 35% penetration of identity modules across the existing customer base
  • MARGIN: Maintain 76%+ gross margins on identity solutions while scaling delivery capacity
  • INTEGRATION: Develop 3 new financial models showcasing identity solution ROI for customers
PARTNERSHIP POWER

Expand strategic alliance ecosystem for growth

  • CLOUD: Establish financial incentive programs with top 3 cloud providers measuring joint pipeline
  • REVENUE: Generate $45M in partner-influenced pipeline through new co-selling financial models
  • CHANNELS: Increase partner-sourced revenue contribution to 35% of total new business
  • EFFICIENCY: Optimize partner compensation structure to improve channel margin by 3 points
AI ACCELERATION

Maximize AI capabilities across security platform

  • AUTOMATION: Launch ROI calculator showing 40%+ cost reduction from AI-driven security automation
  • EFFICIENCY: Deliver financial model showing 25%+ reduction in false positives via improved AI
  • FORECASTING: Deploy AI-enhanced financial prediction models with 92%+ accuracy for budgeting
  • PRODUCTIVITY: Implement AI tools reducing financial reporting cycle time by 30% for the team
METRICS
  • Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) growth: 35% YoY increase by end of fiscal year
  • Gross Margin: Maintain 78%+ consolidated non-GAAP gross margin
  • Net Revenue Retention Rate: Achieve 125%+ through expansion and upsell
VALUES
  • Customer Success - We prioritize customer outcomes above all else
  • Transparency - We communicate openly and honestly across all levels
  • Innovation - We constantly push boundaries to stay ahead of threats
  • Teamwork - We collaborate effectively across functions to drive results
  • Integrity - We uphold the highest ethical standards in all decisions
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Align the learnings

Crowdstrike Finance Retrospective

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To stop breaches and protect customers through our cloud-native platform by becoming the world's most trusted guardian of digital business

What Went Well

  • REVENUE: Q4 2024 revenue grew 33% YoY to $845M, exceeding guidance
  • CUSTOMERS: Added 1,897 net new subscription customers in the quarter
  • MODULES: Average modules per customer increased to 6.9, driving growth
  • MARGIN: Non-GAAP gross margin improved to 79%, showing scale benefits
  • CASHFLOW: Operating cash flow reached $278M, up 38% from prior year

Not So Well

  • OUTAGE: March 2024 service disruption impacted customer trust metrics
  • GUIDANCE: Q1 FY2025 revenue guidance slightly below analyst consensus
  • COMPETITION: Reported increased competitive pressure in midmarket tier
  • EFFICIENCY: Sales productivity metrics declined slightly in US region
  • COSTS: Operating expenses growing at 31%, nearly matching revenue pace

Learnings

  • RESILIENCE: Need for enhanced platform reliability and failover systems
  • EXPANSION: Identity protection adoption accelerating faster than expected
  • VISIBILITY: Customer demand for improved threat intelligence forecasting
  • ENABLEMENT: Sales teams require better cross-module selling capabilities
  • DELIVERY: Professional services capacity constraints limiting growth

Action Items

  • INFRASTRUCTURE: Complete platform resilience enhancement project by Q3
  • ENABLEMENT: Deploy enhanced sales training program for identity modules
  • EFFICIENCY: Implement new productivity metrics for go-to-market teams
  • TECHNOLOGY: Accelerate Charlotte AI capabilities for threat prediction
  • INTEGRATION: Streamline customer implementation processes for modules
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To stop breaches and protect customers through our cloud-native platform by becoming the world's most trusted guardian of digital business

Strengths

  • PLATFORM: Charlotte AI built natively into the Falcon platform
  • DATA: Massive threat intelligence dataset powering AI algorithms
  • EXPERTISE: Strong AI/ML engineering talent within the organization
  • DETECTION: AI-driven threat detection with industry-leading accuracy
  • INTEGRATION: Seamless AI capabilities across all security modules

Weaknesses

  • ADOPTION: Uneven customer utilization of advanced AI capabilities
  • EDUCATION: Customer knowledge gap on maximizing AI features
  • COMPLEXITY: Training requirements for new AI-powered capabilities
  • RESOURCES: Limited specialized AI talent relative to growth needs
  • DIFFERENTIATION: Difficulty articulating AI advantage vs competitors

Opportunities

  • AUTOMATION: Expand AI-driven security automation capabilities
  • PREDICTION: Develop predictive breach analytics for customers
  • PERSONALIZATION: Tailored security postures via machine learning
  • EFFICIENCY: Reduce false positives through improved AI algorithms
  • INTEGRATION: AI-enhanced cross-module threat correlation

Threats

  • COMPETITION: Major tech firms entering market with AI capabilities
  • TALENT: Aggressive recruiting of AI specialists by competitors
  • COMMODITIZATION: Core AI features becoming table stakes
  • REGULATION: Potential AI regulatory constraints on security use cases
  • ADVERSARIES: Growing sophistication of AI-powered cyber attacks

Key Priorities

  • AUTOMATION: Develop next-gen AI security automation capabilities
  • PERSONALIZATION: Deploy customer-specific AI security postures
  • EDUCATION: Launch customer AI adoption acceleration program
  • TALENT: Implement specialized AI talent acquisition strategy