TechEmpower SaaS

AUGUST 7, 2023

But hiring a lead developer, or even a VP of Engineering, can create a gap between the founders and the developers. Check out our blog post 53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators. Closing the Gap: Hiring A Fractional Startup CTO We’re not suggesting that early-stage startups should hire a full-time CTO.

CTO Hire 390

CTO Hire New CTO CTO Fractional VPE 390

SaaStr

MARCH 1, 2024

You can smother customers with love alone in the early days, but as you scale, you need a seasoned customer success team and VP that has done this before. Or churn will increase, NPS will stagnate and decline, and upsell and revenue retention will be a fraction of what it could be. You’ll need more than 5–10 engineers to go big.

Scale 256

Scale Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Fractional VPE 256

SaaStr

JANUARY 22, 2021

But there’s one thing I can tell you in SaaS, at least: Almost Everything Except the Product Itself is Sort of the Same at a Given ACV (Annual Contract Value) Level. One VP of Product. One VP of Marketing. The post Everything is Sort of the Same at a Given ACV (Annual Contract Value) appeared first on SaaStr.

Fractional VPE 269

Fractional VPE Sales Hiring Part-Time VPE Engineering 269

SaaStr

MARCH 6, 2024

Founder CEO Todd McKinnon was VP of Engineering at Salesforce and left to start Okta in the depths of the last downturn. Seat Contractions Have Brought NRR Down From 120% to 111% While 111% NRR is still quite an engine at this scale, the drop in NRR from seat contractions explains a good chunk of the headwinds Okta has seen. #2.

Fractional VPE 224

Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE Scale SMB 224

SaaStr

JUNE 23, 2020

You can smother customers with love alone in the early days, but as you scale, you need a seasoned customer success team and VP that has done this before. Or churn will increase, NPS will stagnate and decline, and upsell and revenue retention will be a fraction of what it could be. You’ll need more than 5–6 core engineers to go big.

Part-Time VPE 239

Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Fractional VPE Sales Recruiting 239

SaaStr

MAY 8, 2022

Dave Kellogg, Principal @ Dave Kellogg Consulting. Krista Moroder, Director of Engineering @ Checkr. Pierre Alain Bouchard, VP of Engineering @ Zendesk. Giorgos Ampavis, VP of Engineering @ Tide. Take a look at our amazing lineup of speakers: Matthew Jacobson, Partner @ Iconiq Capital.

Technical Cofounder 214

Technical Cofounder Fractional VPE CTO Engineering 214

SaaStr

OCTOBER 24, 2022

They’re able to actually swipe a credit card, and what starts off similar to a freemium self-serve product can turn into a six-figure contract in just a few months. It might even be months later that a VP of Engineering or a CTO or CFO realizes that they’re built on a new platform. The contract size grows.

Underperforming Technical Team 185

Underperforming Technical Team Outsourced Development Development Part-Time VPE 185