SaaStr

APRIL 16, 2019

We ended up signing that contract in the uber back to the airport on the way home. It was our largest contract to date, kind of helps the other quarter. I had my CTO and everyone would be like, “You can’t do this. Our Chief Revenue officer, another one of our senior leadership lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

CTO Hire 161

CTO Hire Travel Underperforming Technical Team CTO Coach 161

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Immediately told them to hire 50 reps in a different city, in a different city, and they did. The CEO was deferential because that was 10 times what he’d ever raised before, and did all of it. Jason Lemkin: 50 reps in a new city that you’ve never met, and hired in 60 days when you’re in the low millions ARR.

Sales Hiring 244

Sales Hiring CTO Hire Scale Investment 244

ProfitWell

OCTOBER 1, 2019

When designing your culture code, here are nine mistakes to be aware of. Mistake 1) Assuming everyone in your company is on the same page about the culture you're building. When HubSpot first launched its culture code, Dharmesh Shah, CTO and Founder of HubSpot, felt it was important to share it with candidates.

Company Culture 40

Company Culture Sales Recruiting Scale Software Review 40

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

. * How does one know when we need to hire generalists vs specialists? How does this requirement change as the company scales? Karl has been in every interview for every new hire for the first 6 years of the business, why? * Karl has been in every interview for every new hire for the first 6 years of the business, why?

Sales Hiring 221

Sales Hiring Scale CTO Hire CTO Coach 221

SaaStr

APRIL 9, 2019

Mallun Yen : So, you were an engineer by training and then you became an engineering leader, as the CTO of Webex, and then you became a CEO. You’ve got to learn about sales, about marketing and, otherwise, you need to hire a lot of other people around you to help. Eric Yuan: Because, at that time, we really needed a product.

Sales Hiring 136

Sales Hiring Scale CTO Hire Marketing 136

SaaStr

JULY 30, 2018

At our inaugural SaaStr Europa last June, podcast host-with-the-most Harry Stebbings sat down with MuleSoft Founder and CTO Ross Mason to discuss the organization’s sales strategy, building a strong company culture, how to think about international expansion, and much more. What makes MuleSoft different?

Technical Advisors 163

Technical Advisors Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting 163

SaaStr

AUGUST 22, 2020

One of the things that you and I talk about a lot is hiring for skill and impact over proximity, right? Jason Lemkin: Box Shield has a rule-based hire, I can pick rules. At the same time, there’s literally no reason why we have to have a classic 9:00 to 5:00. So, that’s effectively what we’re working on.

Sales Recruiting 151

Sales Recruiting Cloud CTO Hire Scale 151

SaaStr

APRIL 18, 2019

” We had to do that three times. We burned through $23 million in venture capital and only had 1 million in revenue to show for it. And I thank a lot of that to actually Met Gourniak, who I hired at that time. And I just told him, “Hey I’m starting a company.” And don’t use recruiters.

Sales Recruiting 176

Sales Recruiting VP of Engineering Scale SaaS Payments 176

Chart Mogul

JULY 1, 2020

We tend to believe that the technical aspects of our product are the most important differentiator because that’s what our CTO says. And most of the time, the unseen features will provide a better product positioning or marketing message against competitors. As people or members of the same team, we’re biased.

Interviewing 76

Interviewing B2B Marketing Underperforming Technical Team 76

Chart Mogul

JULY 1, 2020

We tend to believe that the technical aspects of our product are the most important differentiator because that’s what our CTO says. And most of the time, the unseen features will provide a better product positioning or marketing message against competitors. As people or members of the same team, we’re biased.

Interviewing 52

Interviewing B2B Marketing Underperforming Technical Team 52