SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

They’ve invested in all of these other businesses. And now they’re sitting in your conference room at your little company, and telling you, “Hey. 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. We all under invest.

Sales Hiring 239

Sales Hiring CTO Hire Scale Investment 239

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 155

Technical Advisors Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting 155

SaaStr

APRIL 16, 2019

The catch was he had just moved his family four kids to New York city. We had no New York city presence. Our entire company is in Raleigh, our entire development team is in Raleigh, entire product management team is there, I’m there. I had my CTO and everyone would be like, “You can’t do this.

CTO Hire 156

CTO Hire Travel Underperforming Technical Team CTO Coach 156

SaaStr

MARCH 20, 2019

Prior to founding Twilio, Jeff was the Founder & CTO @ Nine Star Inc and enjoyed a spell at Amazon as a Technical Product Manager. How did Jeff and Sameer assess the culture fit between the 2 companies when deciding whether or not to join forces? How do they distinguish between culture and values? Just to name a few.

Underperforming Technical Team 118

Underperforming Technical Team Development Software New CTO 118

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. Karl has been in every interview for every new hire for the first 6 years of the business, why? Loving our podcast content?

Sales Hiring 217

Sales Hiring Scale CTO Hire CTO Coach 217

SaaStr

MARCH 3, 2020

I would say that’s number one for me personally, which means I may never work full time again, but finding a founder that you want to go invest four to five years of your life with and for because it really is. New category. So he’s the CTO? And no sales people currently performing in the company?

Sales Hiring 152

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale CTO Hire 152

SaaStr

APRIL 18, 2019

I remember when I was in business school the internet was brand new and back then the hero was Jerry Yang. And so once I had the idea I convinced my father to invest and become a customer. He was investing in internet companies. And I just told him, “Hey I’m starting a company.”

Sales Recruiting 166

Sales Recruiting VP of Engineering Scale SaaS Payments 166

SaaStr

APRIL 9, 2019

And then, invest your energy and time into the product. And also, we always prioritize the features requested by our existing customers over the new prospects. 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. It’s too hard?

Sales Hiring 131

Sales Hiring Scale CTO Hire Marketing 131

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 tough to dig out after 50.

Part-Time CTO 252

Part-Time CTO CTO Hire CTO Coach CTO 252