SaaStr

MARCH 1, 2024

Dear SaaStr: What’s The Number One Challenge for Scale-Up Stage Founders? 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 will need a VP of Product to scale your roadmap.

Scale 256

Scale Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Fractional VPE 256

SaaStr

JUNE 23, 2020

Q: What’s the number one challenge for scale-up founders? 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. You can’t hack it forever.

Part-Time VPE 239

Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Fractional VPE Sales Recruiting 239

SaaStr

JULY 12, 2022

One of the first what How to Hire a Great VP of Sales at the New York Enterprise Tech Meet-Up (thank you to John Lehr and Work-Bench for setting this up). The Number One Thing You Can Do to Accelerate Your Business Post-Initial Traction is Hiring a Great VP of Sales. I don’t know anything about sales.

Sales Hiring 266

Sales Hiring Part-Time VPE VP of Engineering Sales Recruiting 266

SaaStr

JUNE 25, 2019

I started right at the end of 2011, and I started in the role of VP of engineering. The company was 145 people, 40 of which were engineers. The company was, their sales were quite a bit bigger than the other two companies. A little more about me, as I’ve said, I’ve been with Eventbrite since 2011.

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Engineering Part-Time VPE Sales Hiring Scale 134