SaaStr

DECEMBER 16, 2023

This isn’t B2C and virality won’t accelerate the process enough in the early days. You really need a great CTO, not just a good business team. A mediocre tech team, a part-time CTO, or even just a decent CTO just doesn’t get you there. True in B2C too of course. Everyone is.

Part-Time VPE 224

Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Sales Recruiting VPCs (Virtual Private Cloud) 224

SaaStr

AUGUST 18, 2019

Not hiring a good enough CTO. Yes, some B2C and even some B2B products do experience magic virality and magic growth hacking. But for most of us, it will be a painful, gradual experience to build up leads, brand, word-of-mouth, credibility, etc. Even if you don’t like sales, or big companies, or whatever.

Growth Hacking 117

Growth Hacking CTO Hire Startup Sales Hiring 117

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. In this episode of Inside Intercom, our Director of Brand Marketing Sarah Tran had the honour of sitting down with Amanda for a chat about how governments can leverage technology to build better services and empower its citizens.

VP of Engineering 118

VP of Engineering Scale Technical Review Outsourcing Services 118

Point Nine Land

APRIL 9, 2021

In B2B markets, which tend to be more complex than B2C ones, most investors look for teams with expertise in the given field or unique insights into the problem they are solving. A technical co-founder or CTO is always a great-to-have at this stage and becomes a must-have as the business scales beyond seed. Team ???????????

Marketplace as a Service 59

Marketplace as a Service Payments B2B SaaS Payments 59

ProfitWell

JANUARY 2, 2020

We’ll talk through the importance of audience targeting, the kinds of resources that are helpful, and the ways to differentiate between B2C and B2C sales. The most important distinction you can make between different customers is whether your company is selling to individual customers (B2C) or to businesses (B2B). Let’s dive in.

B2C 52

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

I think it’s more around a consciousness of what you know, or what you may not know, and then hiring around it to become successful. ” I’m kind of like, “Even if you make one or two sales in the next couple of months, with your VP sales, it’s going to take you three months to go and hire.”

New CTO 147

New CTO Sales Hiring B2C CTO Hire 147

Mucker Capital

APRIL 6, 2023

Obviously if you target enterprise customers, you usually have a very large ACV (Annual Contract Value) and the product usually is complex. If you're generating something that's brand new, like a brand new category, nobody understands about it. That is a natural hurdle for PLG motion. So those are things to think about.

Startup 52

Startup Scale CTO Hire Outsourced Development 52