Company Culture CTO Hire Software Underperforming Technical Team 
Intercom, Inc.
APRIL 19, 2018
Yet competition and the exponential rate of change in software are pushing against that mission. Enter our philosophy of Run Less Software. It means reducing choices amongst engineering teams and standardizing technology, so our team can spend as much time as possible delivering value to customers.
SaaStr
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
As for Karl, prior to founding the company he spent 6 years at Google in some fascinating roles including Head of Patents, Head of Business Development in China and running Google’s energy investments. How does one know when we need to hire generalists vs specialists? How does this requirement change as the company scales?
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SaaStr
JANUARY 10, 2020
Prior to Crossbeam, Bob founded Stitched, a powerful ETL service built for developers that was acquired by Talend in 2018. How does Bob think about when is the right time to hire a Head of Partnerships? Where do most startups go wrong both in hiring for partnerships and in the engagements themselves?
SaaStr
APRIL 9, 2019
Flexible integration with any other software, hardware or business workflow applications. 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. Mallun Yen : And so, what led you to decide, that okay, my first 33 hires are going to be engineers?
Intercom, Inc.
JANUARY 5, 2022
After working on NASA’s Space Shuttle Main Engine, he went on to develop Portfolium, a social networking platform that allows students and graduates to showcase skills beyond the traditional resume to potential employers. Portfolium was eventually acquired, but the team behind it never stopped thinking about a better way to do it.
Intercom, Inc.
AUGUST 15, 2018
At Reddit, he led a team of 35 – none of whom knew how to manage other engineers. He had to quickly determine which team members displayed a potential for leadership and teach them the fundamentals of management so they could make new hires and scale – without ruining the culture. Short on time?
SaaStr
AUGUST 22, 2020
And honestly, we’re limiting ourselves by proximity on recruiting a diverse best-in-class team. It has to represent what you want to achieve as a company, right? Justin Bedecarre: Whereas if you’re a software company, you can wait until, you don’t have to compel people to come in sooner than they feel safe.
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