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What Order Should You Hire Your Management Team In?

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IME, rough order to make hires in: VPM: $0.2m ARR VPS: $1-$1.5m ARR VPCS: $2m ARR VPP: $3m-$4m ARR VPE: $5m-$6m ARR CFO: $10m ARR COO: $20m ARR. He’d found several good First VP candidates, in particular, a strong first head of marketing and a strong first head of product. He asked which to hire first.

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The Top 5 Things Everyone Should Know Before Starting a SaaS Company

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One fundamental question asked was What Everyone Should Know Before Starting a SaaS Company. More here: If You’re Going to Do a SaaS Start-Up … You Have to Give it 24 Months. but you can’t afford to hire all the people you need to meet their needs. The Cavalry is Coming and here: The SaaS Year of Hell. And Then?—?Reignition.

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Bet On Up-and-Comers. But Add One Veteran For Each $10m ARR.

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The top SaaS companies grow faster than ever these days. And that means your initial leadership team often takes you faster, and further, than you might ever think. The first type is the kind of management team hired by second+ time founders. Veterans of the SaaS journey. Even though they already did that before.