Valerian Tech

MAY 4, 2023

Introduction: Digital transformation can be challenging for any business, but it can be especially daunting for legacy businesses with entrenched cultures and systems. However, embracing digital transformations is essential for staying competitive in today's fast-paced business environment.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Dave Kellogg, Principal @ Dave Kellogg Consulting. Christine Spang, Co-Founder and CTO @ Nylas. Dave Walters, CTO @ Hired. Jenn Knight, Co-Founder, CTO @ AgentSync. Brian Peterson, CTO @ Dialpad. Tolithia Kornweibel, Chief Revenue Officer @ Gusto. Karim Atiyeh, CTO & Co-Founder @ Ramp.

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Valerian Tech

JUNE 5, 2023

Introduction In today's digitally connected world, cybersecurity is a top concern for businesses across all sectors, and insurance companies are no exception. The Role of Fractional CTO in Enhancing Cybersecurity A Fractional CTO can provide invaluable expertise and guidance in strengthening an insurance company's cybersecurity defenses.

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Valerian Tech

MAY 30, 2023

Introduction In the competitive landscape of e-commerce, leveraging data analytics has become crucial for businesses seeking sustainable growth. Efficient data analytics allows e-commerce companies to gain valuable insights into customer behavior, optimize their operations, and make informed business decisions.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Before starting JFrog, the founders had built a successful IT consulting firm, AlphaCSP, which focused on developing Java solutions. In other words, they got first-hand experience of the pains of software development. JFrog offered 11.6 million shares at $44 each and they spiked about 47% — putting the market cap at $6.6

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Valerian Tech

JULY 18, 2023

Introduction Cloud computing has revolutionized the way businesses operate by increasing agility, scalability, and cost-efficiency. In this blog post, we will delve into the world of cloud computing, exploring recent trends and developments. It allows developers to focus on writing code without worrying about infrastructure management.

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CloudGeometry

JULY 8, 2021

Loosely-typed, scripted programming languages accelerate the requirements feedback loop between customers and developers. Frankencloud happens when the speed of customer-facing feature development is paid for by charging interest to functions outside of the direct control of the application developers.

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User Pilot

MAY 1, 2024

Lenny is a newsletter writer, podcast host, angel investor, and product consultant. He has also invested in businesses, like Figma, Vanta, and Webflow, among others. How to be more innovative | Sam Schillace (Microsoft deputy CTO, creator of Google Docs) – Lenny interviews Sam on the journey toward building Google Docs.

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SaaStock

MARCH 8, 2019

At Click Ventures, Carman uses her impressive skills to lead companies on the right path, with an unheard of failure rate of funded businesses – below 10%. She is also an active tech investor in Asia, complementing the financing with business development insights. Diny Gomes. Everything about Diny Gomes screams energy.

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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.

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Scytale

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Today’s CISOs are strategic leaders who collaborate with other business units, understand the overall business objectives, and align their security strategies accordingly. He spearheads the development and delivery of high-impact technology and data solutions that resonate with the company’s mission and vision.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 31, 2023

Robin Salimans, CTO at Luna “I say this about every new Intercom feature, but this time, I’m telling the truth – this could be my favorite! A number of our customers love this feature and have had great success with it so far: “Intercom’s new Expand feature is a game changer for me and my team at Kala Burdo Consulting. Great stuff!”

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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. Over-developed websites are slow to load. Website Creation.

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Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

This series attempts to give practical advice to SaaS CEOs and Founders on how to organize and automate their financial backend , giving them freedom to spend time with more value-adding parts of their business like financial planning. Here’s an overview of the series: Part 1: How to Categorize Expenses in a SaaS Startup v2.0

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 11, 2020

Intercom has responded by hiring a diversity and inclusion consultant, updating our recruitment strategy and hiring practices to reduce bias, scheduling allyship training for all employees, and amplifying Black voices in our podcast and blog. She published it in our Slack channel with over 200 members. And the response was overwhelming.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 5, 2021

RevOps leaders are talking about trends in the market, and how the move towards RevOps will change everything from marketing to sales development to post sales. Ask him about how to start a Salesforce consultancy.). Eddie Reynolds , CEO, Union Square Consulting. Fixing visibility issues in your sales org. Marketing automation.

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OpenView Labs

JULY 2, 2020

After four months of an unprecedented global crisis, SaaS companies are bouncing back while product led growth businesses are trading at almost 2x higher revenue multiples they started with. Tom Tunguz explains what each strategy means for your business and which companies have successfully pursued them. SaaS pricing is complicated.

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SaaStr

JULY 10, 2021

Nikos Moraitakis, CEO @ Workable, moderates this insightful session with Dan Adika, CEO at WalkMe; Mallun Yen, Chief Business & Product Officer at RPX Corp; Craig Walker, CEO at Dialpad; and Wade Foster, CEO @ Zapier. Obviously, I can’t imagine a chief executive not having loss of sleep over building a management team.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 14, 2018

Now the Vice President of Product at Business Talent Group , she has honed her expertise into a set of best practices and published them in two books: UX for Lean Startups and Build Better Products. When I wrote Build Better Products in 2016, it honestly came out of a ton of consulting. Balancing business goals with user needs.

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The SaaS Garage

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

million dollar Series B to drive the development of its next generation AI-based loyalty software. Founded 2014 in Munich, Germany, Loyalty Prime has quickly developed itself into a leading loyalty program tech provider, serving blue-chip companies around the globe from a wide range of industries. Loyalty Prime Raises $5.5

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Tom Tunguz

MAY 7, 2014

They have been written by salespeople, CTOs, speechwriters, consultants and magnates. Unlike most business stories which are penned from the point of view of the CEO, this one is written by the CTO/founder, David Hitz. Systems thinking means looking at a business as a collection of positive and negative feedback loops.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, in conversation with a16z’s Bob Swan, explains how AI copilots are keeping developers longer in a flow state and why AI copilots more broadly could be the start of an industrial revolution for knowledge work. [00:59] The thing that I will say is developer productivity is not lines of code produced.

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Outseta

APRIL 11, 2019

Let me be very clear—this is not an argument for consulting or the so-called gig economy and I’m not arguing against the need for full-time employees—if you’re hiring a COO, for example, you’re probably going to need that person full-time. “ You don’t need more people or more hours, you need fewer hours from better people. ”

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SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2021

Co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah shared with us how they got there — and the top mistakes they made — just 3 quarters after their IPO. We have someone that probably 98 percent of you know virtually or socially in some sense, Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO of HubSpot. But of course, it wasn’t always quite that big!

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The first sponsor is Sapper Consulting. Okay, it’s not that easy, but Sapper Consulting has built REGIE to keep the promise of sales enablement alive and keep your team doing what they do best, which is winning. Sam Jacobs : What’s the business model? Before we get there, we have two sponsors.

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SaaStr

JUNE 27, 2019

Erica has led New Relic through massive growth, scaling the company’s enterprise business 10x since she joined the business pre-IPO. We had to develop empathy for those customers and I’ll talk more about that in a minute too. It was primarily developers. It’s usually a collaborative approach.

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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.

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Frontegg

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Despite being extremely busy, Ramli is always open to new ideas and collaboration offers. #5 Growth Consultant, SVP Marketing at HubSpot. Co-Founder and CTO at Gainsight (Former GVP of Engineering at Marketo). Mickey is passionate about designing, building, and launching innovative products that drive business success.

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The SaaS Garage

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

million dollar Series B to drive the development of its next generation AI-based loyalty software. Founded 2014 in Munich, Germany, Loyalty Prime has quickly developed itself into a leading loyalty program tech provider, serving blue-chip companies around the globe from a wide range of industries. Loyalty Prime Raises $5.5

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Hull

JANUARY 22, 2019

In short, we observe that Head, Director & VP of Growth titles are becoming more abundant, as are consultants around growth hacking but the "growth hacker" title is fading away. These roles are filled by engineers that roll up to the CMO/COO (not CTO) as part of a growth team. It made sense then. What's changed?

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Outseta

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Why building trust with your internal team is the hallmark of great marketing leaders By Geoff Roberts The role of the modern Chief Marketing Officer is a tough one—you’d be hard pressed to name another position that requires a wider range of skills. Said another way, this is the best case scenario.

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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. Remove infrastructure bottlenecks: you do this by ensuring that your infrastructure configuration and management doesn't become a bottleneck to developer productivity.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 25, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we interview Simmone Taitt , CEO of HeartSpace Consulting , and a longtime sales leader and consultant in the New York community. Chorus records, transcribes, and analyzes business conversations in real time to coach reps on how to become top performers. The first is Chorus.ai.

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SmartKarrot

AUGUST 16, 2022

Most businesses must get this a lot- Are you implementing QBRs and EBRs regularly? The Quarterly Business Review is a quarterly business meeting where stakeholders meet to discuss KPIs and goals. It involves the customers mainly to discuss how their business works and the value aspect. What are QBRs? What are EBRs?

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 18, 2020

Building a business in Europe [14:37]. Critical skills for success as a Chief Revenue Officer [19:58]. We’ve got two sponsors, including a new one called Sapper Consulting. Walk us through the basic business model. So that’s a really easy way to sum up what we do and what we focus on as a business.

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

A thanks to [Marsh 00:00:34] for stepping in at the beginning of the month, and a great session with our own Jason Warner and Adrian, the CTO of Zendesk. And as Travis mentioned, we’ve had lots of great recent guests, Hollie Wegman, CMO at Segment, Adam, the head of developer relations at HashiCorp, G.C. COO, what does it mean?

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 21, 2020

He then founded Upserve and sold that business to Vista Equity Partners. In 1995, while a high school student Rhode Island he was an early employee at Intelecom Data Systems, one of America’s first commercial internet service providers and website developers. We were part of the office of the CTO. Angus Davis: Yeah.

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