Demand pull is outrunning the plan for one still-small offering, and the company is visibly re-pointing itself at it
The model's full reasoning — Q4 2015 call → NOWe need to determine if management describes an identifiable offering with both: (1) customer response running ahead of what company prepared for, and (2) company responding now by putting more resources behind it. The offering should be small relative to total business. From transcript: Matt Rizai discusses expansion into non-SEC use cases, GRC market, etc. He says: "In 2015 we had 263 net new customers... In 2014 25% of our subscription bookings were from non-SEC use cases and for the full year 2015 the contribution from non-SEC use cases robs to 39% of our subscription bookings. In 2016 we expect that non-SEC use cases will contribute more than 50% of our subscription bookings." That indicates growth but not necessarily demand ahead of plan. He also says: "In the second half of 2015 we saw an increase in new use cases due to our expansion in maximum reporting on risk, as well as growth in the adjacent markets of enterprise risk management and audit management that have proven customer demand for Wdesk. This expansion of use cases has increased the size of our total addressable market for Wdesk by over 50% based on our estimates from $6.8 billion to $10.4 billion for both, public and private companies in North America and Europe today. Our market are at different stages of development and we're still in investment mode on several used cases. Therefore in 2016, we're continuing to invest in software development, sales and marketing to capitalize on these expanded market opportunities." That suggests they are investing because of expanded market, but not necessarily that customer response is running ahead of what they prepared for. They say "proven customer demand" but not that it's ahead of plan. Later: "We continue to see strong demand for Wdesk in the SaaS market because it streamlines how teams document, implement and assess internal controls over financial reporting." That's general. They mention specific customers using Wdesk for various use cases. Stuart Miller: "Consistent with mass comments earlier, increase subscription bookings from existing customers on non-SEC use cases with the primary driver of the inquiries in the add-on revenue retention rate." That indicates growth but not ahead of plan. No explicit statement that demand is exceeding what they had prepared for.
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