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Introducing Crafty CTO

Crafty CTO

I joined TechCXO Back in 2019, and it’s been a great experience surrounded by an awesome group of people. I’ve learned so much … most importantly, I think, that I love being a fractional CTO, a role that allows me to make use of everything I’ve learned and experienced over a long technology-focused career.

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Meet our Awesome SaaStr Europa 2019 Speakers!

SaaStr

Are you looking for more on the star-studded line-up coming to Europa 2019 ? Chief Customer Officers from Egnyte and New Relic will be leading sessions on scaling happy customers and winning the long-game in SaaS. Is Seed the New Series A? Jane will focus on scaling sales and all the mistakes new leaders make that affect sales.

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SaaStr is Turning 10! How a Blog Turned into A Global SaaS Community for 250,000+

SaaStr

2019 saw SaaStr Annual’s biggest event yet – 12,000 global community members came together to take over the Bay Area and it became the event Where the Cloud Meets. We sold out Europa 2019 and were immediately planning for 15,000+ Founders and CEOs to attend Annual 2020. 2019 The Fifth SaaStr Annual: Where the Cloud Meets .

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Who is Lenny Rachitsky: Background, Newsletter, Podcast, and More

User Pilot

He worked as a Product Lead at Airbnb for 7 years, where he managed a number of teams, supported strategy for the anti-discrimination team, and built new tools for hosts. Lenny ’s N ewsletter: Top 5 recommendations Started in 2019 as an experiment, Lenny’s Newsletter now has over 670,000 subscribers.

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Blog/Website Relaunch: Under the Hood of craftycto.com

Crafty CTO

Back in 2019, I launched ThinkFractional.blog and took advantage of the opportunity to learn a new platform – Ghost. I decided on the same approach this time around – take the opportunity to learn something new, state of the art, and very different. New needs This time around, my requirements were a little broader.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Braze at $260,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

In 7 years from launch in hit $100m in ARR in 2019, and then $200m in 2021, just two years later. Dramatically accelerating its new customer count at scale. But the past several quarters Braze has doubled its new customer growth, from 22%-29% to 48% today. This is super impressive, and something we see less often. at IPO.

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5 Secrets to Moving Upmarket – How the Right Sales Tax Technology Can Support SaaS Growth

SaaStr

So even the freshest new SaaS startup celebrating their 50th customer may find themselves dealing with sales tax in multiple states. . Expanding into new sales channels is a common growth play. Mark was named 2019’s number one Small and Mid-Sized CEO by Comparably. And, these laws often completely contradict one another. .