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

In SaaS, once you have even a few million in ARR, the #1 challenge is recruiting top-tier VPs and building a truly top-tier management team: SaaS products mostly don’t sell themselves. You can hack managing and finding 1–3 reps yourself, but after that, you really need a VP of Sales. She can be your CTO forever.

Scale 252

Scale Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Fractional VPE 252

SaaStr

JANUARY 22, 2021

As you try to hire up for your SaaS company, you’re going to be faced with a lot of choices and trade-offs. 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. your stage, 2.

Fractional VPE 264

Fractional VPE Sales Hiring Part-Time VPE Engineering 264

SaaStr

MARCH 6, 2024

So Okta is one of our favorite SaaS and Cloud leaders. Founder CEO Todd McKinnon was VP of Engineering at Salesforce and left to start Okta in the depths of the last downturn. But like many SaaS and Cloud leaders today, the bigger ones are still growing faster. Their multi-million dollar contracts are 30%. #5.

Fractional VPE 220

Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE Scale SMB 220

SaaStr

JUNE 23, 2020

In SaaS, it is recruiting your VPs and management team : SaaS products mostly don’t sell themselves. You can hack managing and finding 1–3 reps yourself, but after that, you really need a VP of Sales. SaaS products get too complex to hack a product roadmap too long. She can be your CTO forever.

Part-Time VPE 235

Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Fractional VPE Sales Recruiting 235

SaaStr

MAY 8, 2022

We’re ONE MONTH away from 2022 SaaStr Europa in Barcelona — join us there at the beach with 2,500 of your SaaS BFFs on June 7-8! Dave Kellogg, Principal @ Dave Kellogg Consulting. Hana Jacover, VP of Marketing @ Chili Piper. Laura Kendall, VP of Marketing @ MadKudu. Lauren Wright, VP Revenue @ Demodesk.

Technical Cofounder 219

Technical Cofounder Fractional VPE CTO Engineering 219

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 183

Underperforming Technical Team Outsourced Development Development Part-Time VPE 183