Frontegg

DECEMBER 21, 2022

G2’s Winter 2023 Reports are here and we are thrilled to announce that Frontegg has been awarded a total of 42 badges including Leader rankings in the CIAM (Customer Identity and Access Management) category for Best Support, Easiest To Do Business With, and Highest User Adoption amongst many others. The Leading Solution for Startups and SMBs.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Software Review Systems Review New CTO 94

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Jason Lemkin: I think I noticed a pattern, and I wrote it up a couple of years ago and refreshed it, and then I’ll add a new anecdote. Because this could happen to any business here. But YC is not that… And listen, I’m not into brands. And the best CTO I know in the world is the CEO.

Outsourcing Services 180

Outsourcing Services Banking CTO Hire New CTO 180

FastSpring

DECEMBER 11, 2020

But as a digital seller and online business owner, sometimes you need a quote that gives you more than warm, fuzzy feelings. You need something that makes you think about your digital business in a new way, renews your motivation, and helps you be more innovative. Make sure you’re prepared to make things right when you need to.

Payment Methods 148

Payment Methods Underperforming Technical Team New CTO Payment Services 148

Crafty CTO

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So once I made the decision to move ahead on the launch of Crafty CTO , I wanted to get on with it. Even for the impatient, though, there’s a minimum quality bar to hit if you want a credible business footprint. Then came the decision to launch Crafty CTO and suddenly I had a burning need for art, starting with a logo.

CTO Hire 40

CTO Hire Artificial Intelligence AI ChatGPT 40

Natalia Luneva

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Cynthia helps business owners turn their idea for an app, custom software, subscription product, or website into higher profit with higher margins. Her career spans nearly 25 years, and includes development skills in the full web stack, as well as the business side of the house. How Cynthia came up with the idea of a startup incubator.

CTO Coach 52

CTO Coach New CTO Leadership CTO 52

Neil Patel

AUGUST 23, 2021

Why Gary is Successful: Credited with turning his family’s brick-and-mortar liquor business into the first online booze provider, Gary has an entrepreneurial mindset and a unique understanding of the demands of the digital world. Why Jay is Successful: As a seventh-generation entrepreneur, Jay knows a thing or two about starting businesses.

Marketing 128

Marketing CTO Coach Entrepreneurship AI Search 128

Casey Accidental

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Product: Product Leadership , Product Strategy , User Insights for Product Decisions , Product Management Foundations , Mastering Product Management , Data for Product Managers (new). Engineering: Scaling Product Delivery , Technical Strategy , Engineering Management (new). Apply to Join Reforge ]. Real problems require real depth.

CTO Coach 52

CTO Coach CTO Hire New CTO Scale 52

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

So even the freshest new SaaS startup celebrating their 50th customer may find themselves dealing with sales tax in multiple states. . Here’s what SaaS businesses need to know about simplifying sales tax. There’s no chapter on sales tax in the Comprehensive SaaS Business Owner’s Manual. Identify and mitigate risks. ” 4.

Merchant Services 166

Merchant Services Scale Technical Review Sales Hiring 166

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

It’s been 10 years since co-founders Eoghan McCabe , Des Traynor , David Barrett , and Ciaran Lee sat in a small Dublin coffee shop and dreamed of making internet business personal, and we’re still every bit as excited. Zanade Mann , founder of Black Women’s Business Collective. Will Larson , CTO of Calm.

VP of Engineering 118

VP of Engineering Scale Technical Review Outsourcing Services 118

SaaSHolic

MAY 5, 2023

Passion and dedication of the founder and the business model’s distribution potential are key points for investment models. The cost of capital has gone up, and digital markets have returned to normal market sizes, leading to a new environment of lower valuations and less money in the market. Web Summit Rio, day 3.

Technical Review 90

Technical Review VP of Engineering Development Team Review Software Review 90

Unbounce

MAY 19, 2020

The spread of COVID-19 has changed the daily lives and habits of millions of people worldwide, and businesses across most industries are scrambling to adapt. Productivity-related SaaS companies like Slack, Zoom, and Trello are seeing sales boosts because their business is crucial for work-from-home environments.

New CTO 145

New CTO Branding CTO Social Media 145

SaaStock

MARCH 29, 2019

Don’t overextend your resources when testing new SaaS growth ideas. Here is what he writes: Kieran Flanagan , VP of marketing at HubSpot, shared some interesting insights on approaching new ideas for scaling up your business. Work on developing your brand. So consumers turn to brands. Full post.

Scale 103

Scale Sales Hiring CTO Hire Social Media 103

Natalia Luneva

APRIL 30, 2021

Announcing new features, increasing customer satisfaction and retention are among the top functions of an online community. . #1 Our community is the best way for us to inform our customers about upcoming updates and new features. For example, before releasing/starting to develop a new feature, we run it by our community first.

Marketing 98

Marketing Social Media SaaS New CTO 98

Chart Mogul

MARCH 9, 2020

CEO Joel Gascoigne tells us about the decision to invest in new analytics tools and how Buffer sustained long-term growth thanks to growing their ARPA. Buffer’s mission is to empower their customers to build their brand and engage their audience on social media. What is Buffer. Established in 2010, Buffer hardly needs an introduction.

Payment Solutions 113

Payment Solutions Payment Features Payments Social Media 113

ProfitWell

JANUARY 24, 2020

We know brand awareness is important, but are you going too far? Your top subscription news. We know the idea of “brand affinity” has been this sort of buzz-worthy, industry-trending topic. getting people to actually like their brands. Brand awareness is just one piece of a much bigger puzzle. Do you like me?

Sales Recruiting 40

Sales Recruiting CTO Hire New CTO Sales Hiring 40

Outseta

APRIL 11, 2019

Until that day comes I’ll continue to work with another business; it’s something that I need to do to cover my living expenses, but it’s also been hugely beneficial to me. What if instead you can hire that CTO that you’ve always admired, who has a track record of success with several previous ventures.

CTO Hire 52

CTO Hire Sales Hiring B2B New CTO 52

Kellblog

JANUARY 29, 2020

pre-seed, seed, seed-plus [1]) and one of the things I’ve noticed is that many founders cannot clearly, succinctly, and confidently answer some basic questions about their businesses. ” I’m admittedly fanatical about this, but I want to know what it says on the target buyer’s business card [3].

Startup 99

Startup Sales Hiring CTO Hire New CTO 99

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

It may not reflect immediately on top line figures, but their follow through moves the needle on other metrics — productivity, discovery of new tools or techniques, and sharpened selling skills — any one of which will eventually translate to higher performance and attained goals. No one knows our brand. No one cares about our brand.

Underperforming Technical Team 87

Underperforming Technical Team Sales CTO Coach New CTO 87

OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Every business wants growth, but how growth is defined and achieved can be very different depending on the kind of business you’re talking about. Hila has a unique perspective, having worked in both types of businesses. B2C businesses, she says, focus primarily on user growth—mostly active users, and so forth.

B2C 65

B2C B2B New CTO Acquisition 65

ProfitWell

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The question is not whether a CSM is a valuable asset to a SaaS business, but rather, how valuable are they? It’s the first survey of its kind and the PMA is hoping that with this level of detail in tow, product marketers worldwide will be able to put strategies in place to focus on their personal bottom line, as well as their business’.

Scale 43

Scale CTO Hire Sales Hiring New CTO 43

ProfitWell

JANUARY 28, 2020

Sit down with Chargify CTO Michael Klett and I, as we unravel the mysteries of RevOps. Recently, the Stone Brewing Company filed a lawsuit against Keystone Light claiming their new branding—the word “stone” prominently on the front of their packaging—was confusing customers. I think you have to do it the right way.

Underperforming Technical Team 45

Underperforming Technical Team New CTO Technical Review CTO 45

Audacix

JANUARY 1, 2019

Taking shortcuts diminishes you and your teams ability to truly understand, harness and exploit the DevOps' potential to supercharge your business results. Not only is this sound business practice, but also a great way to increase knowledge sharing and collaboration between, otherwise highly protective, stakeholders. And here you are.

DevOps as a Service 75

DevOps as a Service Cybersecurity Scale New CTO 75

Audacix

JULY 18, 2022

Taking shortcuts diminishes you and your teams ability to truly understand, harness and exploit the DevOps' potential to supercharge your business results. Not only is this sound business practice, but also a great way to increase knowledge sharing and collaboration between, otherwise highly protective, stakeholders. And here you are.

DevOps as a Service 52

DevOps as a Service Technical Review CTO Coach Underperforming Technical Team 52

SaaStr

DECEMBER 3, 2020

To date, they have raised over $73M from some of the best in the business including Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst and Point Nine to name a few. Are marketing becoming the new sales team with their content being used more and more in the sales funnel? I was too busy chugging Kool-Aid at Salesforce.

Scale 167

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Sales 167

ChurnZero

DECEMBER 9, 2022

But promotional paths are a-changing, according to a time-series by Spencer Stuart summarized in Harvard Business Review’s “ Finding the Right CEO.” Additionally, “leapfrog” candidates—those who come from a level below the C-suite, such as senior vice presidents—now make up roughly 5% of new chief execs.

CTO Coach 52

CTO Coach Customer Success VP of Engineering CTO Hire 52

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

For those who don’t know him, Will has over 10 years of experience in the likes of Yahoo, Digg, Uber, and Stripe, and he’s currently the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app that helps millions of people to lower their stress levels and sleep better. And Digg is an iconic brand, really amazing products in its time.

Technical Review 274

Technical Review Leadership VP of Engineering CTO Coach 274

Chart Mogul

MARCH 9, 2020

CEO Joel Gascoigne tells us about the decision to invest in new analytics tools and how Buffer sustained long-term growth thanks to growing their ARPA. Buffer’s mission is to empower their customers to build their brand and engage their audience on social media. What is Buffer. Established in 2010, Buffer hardly needs an introduction.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Payment Features Payments Outsourcing Services 52

Point Nine Land

APRIL 9, 2021

So if you’re a US-based startup, you might be able to shoot slightly higher ;) Unlike SaaS companies which have been around for years, B2B marketplaces are a relatively new category and not many investors have invested in them yet. As a result, we could not collect as many data points as we do for our SaaS napkin. Team ???????????

Marketplace as a Service 59

Marketplace as a Service Payments B2B SaaS Payments 59

Unbounce

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Twenty-two marketing experts took the stage to give new solutions to old challenges and actionable solutions to new ones—not to mention the food, people, games, swag and after-parties that made it the best CTAConf yet. This year’s theme was “The Marketing Revolution” in response to the fact that marketing has changed. Speechless.

AI Search 73

AI Search AI Artificial Intelligence Content Marketing 73

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

For instance, my first rep from Marketo, he was the first rep at Marketo in New York. The peak of your day starts around 3:00PM because that’s when New York wakes up. Gaetan Gache t: The fact that you’re new is actually becomes a negative. And we were acting as the CTO of Gap and whatever, another title.

Scale 132

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Technical Advisors 132

SaaStr

JANUARY 17, 2024

They want to use AI to transform their business and how they and their employees work. Benjamin added, “I think a lot of people think about this new AI technology as something that’s gonna just come in and like work from day one. As our panelist have all worked with Enterprise companies (ie Amazon, Google, Salesforce, etc.),

AI 225

AI Enterprise Artificial Intelligence compliance 225

SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2019

Erica Schultz is Chief Revenue Officer @ New Relic, the company that gives you the real time insights your software driven business needs to innovate faster. Prior to their IPO, New Relic raised over $214m in funding from some of the best in the business including Benchmark, Insight Venture Partners and Blackrock, to name a few.

Scale 161

Scale Enterprise Scaling Sales Hiring 161

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Since 2010 we’ve seen more startups, funds, and capital than ever before, but with this drastic increase, investors are seeing unexpected new trends reshaping the future of the industry. The panel that we are in is called Is Seed the New Series A, and this is a question that I’ve been asking informally yesterday and today.

New CTO 142

New CTO Sales Hiring B2C CTO Hire 142

SaaStr

MAY 2, 2019

Vlad will highlight what defines success in each stage of the growth journey, and how to create a winning business with the right product, team, and culture. Jonathan: And you describe yourself as a technologist first, or a business person? When the founder is a technologist versus a business leader? Jonathan : Hotel business?

Scale 139

Scale Business Sales Hiring CTO Hire 139

SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

362: The Future of the Customer with Bernadette Nixon, CEO @ Algolia, Jay Snyder, Chief Customer Officer @ New Relic, and Nick Mehta, CEO @ Gainsight. Nick Mehta: On a boat in Rhode Island and then our second guest Jay Snyder, who just recently took over as Chief Customer Officer of New Relic, publicly traded SaaS company.

Payment Methods 188

Payment Methods Merchant Services Scale Payments 188

SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Customer success careers have become the buzzwords in the business environment. The next task is to ensure a maximum number of renewals that result in business expansion. For this business, the CCO can get help from the customer success teams and the financial department to maximize the expansion opportunities.

Customer Success 10

Customer Success Part-Time CTO CTO Scale 10

Baremetrics

JULY 23, 2020

This trend is being accelerated in regions like the EU and California by new legislation such as GDPR and PECR. How I made it to $1,000 MRR Here are the tactics I used to grow Friendly from a brand new startup to a company that makes over $1,000 in MRR. Therefore the role of CTO was the most important addition for our team.

New CTO 87

New CTO Underperforming Technical Team CTO Technical Review 87