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Startup Metrics

TechEmpower SaaS

When talking to startup founders or other innovators, we always ask questions to better understand their business as a core. One way to approach that last question is to use this simple model: Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) How will your business reach prospects? This isn’t a simple, first-cut acquisition pipeline!

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“Seed is Broken But There is More Seed Funding That Ever”: The Latest Deep Dive with Harry Stebbings and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

He says that there are three main reasons for this: The cost of customer acquisition has gone up. Investors should immediately engage with the CTO to assess their technical capabilities and potential, as great CTOs can demonstrate their exceptional skills quickly. The competition is more intense. Customers are more demanding.

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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower SaaS

Most innovators don’t have a technical background, so it’s hard to evaluate the truth of the situation. Common Signs You Need a Technical Review We’ve already mentioned the most common signs that you might need a technical review: Slow or late delivery: “I’ve authorized two new developers, and we’re still behind.” And what causes that?

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Stax Payments Appoints Mark Sundt as Chief Technology Officer

Stax

As CTO, Sundt will accelerate the delivery of new products, features, and functionality that unlock and drive increased value for Stax customers and partners. As CTO of Clearent by Xplor, he helped grow its transaction processing from $2 billion to over $20 billion annually.

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7 Mistakes SaaS Businesses Make and How to Solve Them

Panintelligence

In this blog, we asked Panintelligence CEO Zandra Moore and CTO Ken Miller what they think are some of the most frequent mistakes in SaaS development and offer actionable insights to help you steer clear of them. We often see companies too focused on customer acquisition, and not enough on retaining customers.

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

User Pilot

. “Localmind” experienced steady growth until Airbnb made an acquisition offer in 2012, which Lenny accepted. Following the acquisition, he transitioned from engineering to the product team , marking a pivotal moment in his career. This requires rapid cycles of building, shipping, gathering feedback , and iterating.

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10 Things That Would Have Helped Me Go From $1m to $10m Faster with Less Stress

SaaStr

5/ Moving from CTO-led -> VPE-led dev team. Most of us hire a VP of Engineering to take over from our CTO because we see the CTO is getting burnt out, or has trouble building a dev team > 8-9 folks, or gets disinterested in solving technical debt, bugs, etc. That’s when you want to lean in. More here.