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. Closing the Gap: Hiring A Fractional Startup CTO We’re not suggesting that early-stage startups should hire a full-time CTO. Instead, they should consider a Fractional CTO who can help close the gap.

CTO Hire 390

CTO Hire New CTO CTO Fractional VPE 390

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 222

Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE Scale SMB 222

SaaStr

MAY 8, 2022

Dave Kellogg, Principal @ Dave Kellogg Consulting. Roos Takken, HR Business Partner @ GitLab. Krista Moroder, Director of Engineering @ Checkr. Pierre Alain Bouchard, VP of Engineering @ Zendesk. Giorgos Ampavis, VP of Engineering @ Tide. Andrey Khusid, CEO @ Miro. Lloyed Lobo, Cofounder @ Boast.AI.

Technical Cofounder 213

Technical Cofounder Fractional VPE CTO Engineering 213

SaaStr

OCTOBER 24, 2022

WorkOS CEO Michael Grinich, Developer Success Manager Betsy Calender, and VP of Developer Experience Zeno Rocha share how to price your product for developers, how to market it to developers, how to how to support them as they scale and use the products. Doing Business with Developers. The contract size grows.

Underperforming Technical Team 183

Underperforming Technical Team Outsourced Development Development Part-Time VPE 183

Tom Tunguz

MAY 1, 2014

The graphs are broken out by last Series of investment (A, B, C and D) and show the equity compensation trends of CEOs, VP of Engineering and VP of Product. The chart above shows the trends in four graphs. The gray shadows around the lines represent the 95% confidence intervals. Venture capitalists.

Trends 100

Trends Fractional VPE Startup Part-Time VPE 100

Sales Hacker

JULY 8, 2019

How to Analyze a SaaS Business Effectively w/ David Skok. With Conga, you can simplify documents, automate contracts, and execute e-signatures so you can focus on accelerating sales cycles and closing business faster. It’s a property management platform on which our customers can run the entirety of their business.

Customer Success 58

Customer Success Scale Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 58

SaaStr

JULY 12, 2022

The Number One Thing You Can Do to Accelerate Your Business Post-Initial Traction is Hiring a Great VP of Sales. What I want to talk about today is perhaps the mistake that most of us make, by my nonstatistical study, 70 percent of us make, which is not hiring the right VP of sales. It’s a cash-driven business.

Sales Hiring 265

Sales Hiring Part-Time VPE VP of Engineering Sales Recruiting 265