Hull

JANUARY 22, 2019

The explosion of SaaS tools (and with it, data silos) together creates a need for a cross-functional, operations role to support go-to-market teams. These roles are filled by engineers that roll up to the CMO/COO (not CTO) as part of a growth team. Trend #2: Growth is not marketing; Growth is operations. This is not new.

SaaS Payments 77

SaaS Payments Technical Advisors Engineering Payment Solutions 77

Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

So, I co-founded another payments company called PropertyBridge, which allowed you to pay rent electronically. And I wanted to do another payments company, but I didn’t know what I wanted to do. You’re a payment nerd. So, we started the company, it was about January 15th of 2010. And we were tiny.

Merchant Services 75

Merchant Services Payment Methods Payments Payment Solutions 75

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. Government services shouldn’t be renowned for their endless queues, confusing forms, and excessive bureaucracy. Zanade Mann , founder of Black Women’s Business Collective. Janeen Uzzell , COO for Wikimedia Foundation.

VP of Engineering 118

VP of Engineering Scale Technical Review Outsourcing Services 118

Chart Mogul

MARCH 9, 2020

Established in 2010, Buffer hardly needs an introduction. Baremetrics was limiting in the sense that they could only analyze their revenue from Stripe, while the team was already using mobile and custom invoicing to bill and collect payments. Joel had what he calls “an honest conversation” with Buffer’s CTO Dan. What is Buffer.

Payment Solutions 113

Payment Solutions Payment Features Payments Social Media 113

SaaStr

JANUARY 14, 2020

And from about 2007 till 2010 we bootstrapped and built the first version of the Pluralsight you see today. That was in 2010, and we committed the company to go big with this cloud-based SaaS business model that would allow us to reach individuals anywhere in the world. We’re going to change things.

B2B 133

B2B B2C Scale New CTO 133

Chart Mogul

MARCH 9, 2020

Established in 2010, Buffer hardly needs an introduction. Baremetrics was limiting in the sense that they could only analyze their revenue from Stripe, while the team was already using mobile and custom invoicing to bill and collect payments. Joel had what he calls “an honest conversation” with Buffer’s CTO Dan. What is Buffer.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Payment Features Payments Outsourcing Services 52

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Since 2010 we’ve seen more startups, funds, and capital than ever before, but with this drastic increase, investors are seeing unexpected new trends reshaping the future of the industry. We’re a team of former investors and operators from the likes of Facebook, Deliveroo, and the Swedish payments company Klarna.

New CTO 144

New CTO Sales Hiring B2C CTO Hire 144