SaaStr

MAY 27, 2024

Public valuations are still at a fraction of their 2021 peaks, but seed rounds are more expensive than ever. Jason Lemkin discusses why pricing is worse than ever for startups. The Qualities of Great CTOs (00:15:54) To identify great CTOs, it may take interviewing 20 candidates. Is it sustainable?

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CTO Hire Development Team Review Software Review Technical Review 184

SaaStr

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Developers act, think, and behave differently than your average customer. As an API-first company, WorkOS focuses on selling primarily to developers. Doing Business with Developers. Developers haven’t typically been the buyers in enterprise software, so why should you build for developers?

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Underperforming Technical Team Outsourced Development Development Part-Time VPE 187

SaaStr

JULY 10, 2021

As part of the run up to 2021 SaaStr Annual in the SF Bay Area Sep 27-29, we’re taking a look back at some of our top sessions of all times. Get best price tickets here!!! So let’s take a look back to a deep dive with the CEOs on what they learned building their first senior teams: ———-.

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Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review CTO Hire 255

User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

Before hiring, assess your current needs and hire as your company grows. They also manage finances and supervise one or more engineering teams. Product Marketing Manager: This person is tasked with developing product marketing campaigns , crafting compelling marketing messages, and coming up with ideas to retain customers.

Sales Hiring 94

Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting CTO Hire 94

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 11, 2020

Intercom has responded by hiring a diversity and inclusion consultant, updating our recruitment strategy and hiring practices to reduce bias, scheduling allyship training for all employees, and amplifying Black voices in our podcast and blog. They equate “white” with “good” and “black” with “bad.”.

Technical Review 289

Technical Review Software Review Systems Review CTO Hire 289

SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2021

Co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah shared with us how they got there — and the top mistakes they made — just 3 quarters after their IPO. We have someone that probably 98 percent of you know virtually or socially in some sense, Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO of HubSpot. But of course, it wasn’t always quite that big!

Part-Time VPE 229

Part-Time VPE Technical Cofounder CTO Hire New CTO 229

SaaStr

JULY 28, 2021

My marketing team wanted me to do the world’s most boring video. I retired from SunGard Treasury Systems as their CTO. He would time after time point to an area that I had completely missed. ” Cannot put a price on that. Frankly, we got some bad advice from VCs in the early days.

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