SaaStr

JULY 28, 2021

I retired from SunGard Treasury Systems as their CTO. When you find the right partner, the right investor, what they can do in terms of helping you grow and scale a company is just invaluable. He’s not necessarily interested in putting in the work that’s necessary or getting the coaching or the feedback that he needs.

Startup 278

Startup CTO Hire Sales Hiring CTO Coach 278

SaaStr

AUGUST 2, 2020

I retired from SunGard Treasury Systems as their CTO. When you find the right partner, the right investor, what they can do in terms of helping you grow and scale a company is just invaluable. He’s not necessarily interested in putting in the work that’s necessary or getting the coaching or the feedback that he needs.

Startup 163

Startup CTO Hire Scale CTO Coach 163

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Immediately told them to hire 50 reps in a different city, in a different city, and they did. The CEO was deferential because that was 10 times what he’d ever raised before, and did all of it. Jason Lemkin: 50 reps in a new city that you’ve never met, and hired in 60 days when you’re in the low millions ARR.

Sales Hiring 246

Sales Hiring CTO Hire Scale Investment 246

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 21, 2020

SMB Sales & SDRs at (Smaller) Scale [18:20]. He then founded Tellme Networks, sold that in 2007 for $900 million to Microsoft. A couple weeks into my summer internship at Netscape, I met a guy named Mike McCue who really became my mentor at Netscape. We were part of the office of the CTO. Sam’s Corner [41:10].

Payment Methods 55

Payment Methods Scale CTO Coach SMB 55