SaaStr

JULY 18, 2022

Each company approaches this challenge uniquely, but there are a few features consistent in every workplace that are hard to leave. In Silicon Valley, the average tenure for an engineer is eighteen months, and one-third of new hires leave after only six months. Focus on retaining your engineers from day one.

CTO Coach 246

CTO Coach CTO Hire New CTO CTO 246

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.

Scale 184

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Sales 184

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

And then, in the 50s, they introduced this new thing, and there was resistance. Security affects every function across your company: from onboarding and offboarding to encrypting data and managing endpoints. We’ve gathered a list of articles, videos, and podcasts you can check out: Score Your Company’s SOC 2 Readiness.

Scale 211

Scale compliance Software Review Technical Review 211

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 19, 2018

Ciaran, our CTO , came up with this magical line. Meanwhile, Intercom’s infrastructure grew, the architectures evolved, our product got way bigger, and we hired a bunch of new people who had different engineering skills. He said, “I want to run less software, not more software.

Outsourcing Services 192

Outsourcing Services Part-Time VPE Software AWS 192

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. What to tackle first as a new leader.

Leadership 141

Leadership Engineering Part-Time VPE CTO Coach 141

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 166

Technical Advisors Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting 166

SaaStr

MARCH 3, 2020

They have to proven that they can recruit and train and hire and onboard people. I do think some companies definitely will top people too early. QUESTION 6: My company is a very technical product and somebody serious software and it’s a new category you were creating like scratch. New category.

Sales Hiring 165

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale CTO Hire 165