SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2024

At SaaStr Annual we had a great session with HubSpot Founder & CTO, Dharmesh Shah, and their Chief People Officer, Katie Burke, on building happier employees. With an honest assessment of what’s worked in their culture code, what’s changed, and what we all still need to work on. It’s where data goes to die.

Part-Time CTO 250

Part-Time CTO CTO Hire CTO Coach CTO 250

SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2019

In the last two years there have been so many new services around security, around machine learning that literally did not exist. So I think having this open platform is actually a strategic decision that the sooner companies can make the better. How is data being managed? Things like data residency, IM policies.

Cloud 165

Cloud Scale Trends Machine Learning 165

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 19, 2018

We will use only a specific set of AWS data stores. Some of the things we talked about were operational overhead and cost of various data stores we were running, along with whether or not we needed to hire dedicated database administrators for various different technologies. Ciaran, our CTO , came up with this magical line.

Outsourcing Services 192

Outsourcing Services Part-Time VPE Software AWS 192

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. In a new one, it was tough to keep up.

Technical Advisors 153

Technical Advisors Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting 153

SaaStr

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Are marketing becoming the new sales team with their content being used more and more in the sales funnel? Bret was formerly the CTO at Facebook. And so, when someone’s walking in the door at a new company, so let’s use Loom as an example, they need to learn how to be a Loommate. It happens.

Scale 167

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Sales 167

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

On day one as Reddit’s new VP of Engineering, Nick Caldwell faced a dilemma. 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. Before that, I was a general manager at Microsoft.

Leadership 141

Leadership Engineering Part-Time VPE CTO Coach 141

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

311: Karl Sun is the Founder & CEO @ Lucidchart, a visual workspace that combines diagramming, data visualization, and collaboration to accelerate understanding and drive innovation. Karl has been in every interview for every new hire for the first 6 years of the business, why? Loving our podcast content? What works?

Sales Hiring 213

Sales Hiring Scale CTO Hire CTO Coach 213