Zachary Kimball

Zachary Kimball

Zack leads strategy, positioning, and go-to-market efforts at Hardfin. Previously he was a startup business leader in data & analytics at Skupos, where he helped grow the B2B software platform and launch an enterprise business line. Zack's background is in payments, venture finance, and mortgage finance. He's a former McKinsey consultant and Harvard Law School alum. Early in his career, he was a freelance payments and database developer. Zack is originally from Boston, MA.

Posts by Zachary Kimball

How to structure a HaaS contract for recurring revenue

Hardfin how to treat assets when writing an effective HaaS contract

Hardware-as-a-service (HaaS) is the future of different hardware sales models. There are good reasons that subscription models are growing in popularity: HaaS builds deeper relatio …

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HaaS 100 (March 2024)

HaaS 100 presented by Hardfin

Hardware-as-a-service (HaaS) is gaining momentum across a variety of industries. Many of the early adopters of HaaS are in robotics, offering robots-as-a-service (RaaS) to decrease …

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‘Closing the gap’ in HaaS: investing upfront for recurring revenue

Hardfin

Several factors are driving a rise in as-a-service business models for hardware, and the sister models of equipment-as-a-service, device-as-a-service, and machine-as-a-service.1 A …

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Making sense of start dates in hardware-as-a-service (HaaS) contracts

Hardfin making sense of start dates in hardware-as-a-service (HaaS) contracts

It’s essential for companies with hardware-as-a-service (HaaS) business models to define an explicit start date in customer contracts. This sounds simple—and it can be—but problems …

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HaaS 100 (February 2024)

Hardfin HaaS 100

Hardware-as-a-service (HaaS) is gaining momentum across a variety of industries. Many of the early adopters of HaaS are in robotics, offering robots-as-a-service (RaaS) to decrease …

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HaaS 100 (January 2024)

Hardfin HaaS 100

Hardware-as-a-service (HaaS) is gaining momentum across a variety of industries. Many of the early adopters of HaaS are in robotics, offering robots-as-a-service (RaaS) to decrease …

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Finance KPIs for hardware-as-a-service billing and collections

Hardfin hardware-as-a-service (HaaS) operations and finance

KPIs are critical for measuring and improving performance in finance. This is especially true for hardware-as-a-service (HaaS) companies, in which finance teams face a broader set …

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When average days to collect (ADC) matters for hardware companies

Hardfin when average days to collect (ADC) matters for hardware companies

KPIs are critical for tracking and improving billing and collections performance in Accounts Receivable (A/R) across every industry. At hardware companies, top performing Finance t …

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