TechEmpower SaaS

AUGUST 7, 2023

What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? The role of a CTO varies as the company matures. Here’s a graphic from Socal CTO that illustrates the roles as they change over time: In its earliest days, a startup’s top need is often to produce a product.

CTO Hire 390

CTO Hire New CTO CTO Fractional VPE 390

SaaStr

MARCH 1, 2024

Or churn will increase, NPS will stagnate and decline, and upsell and revenue retention will be a fraction of what it could be. You’ll need more than 5–10 engineers to go big. You will need a VP of Engineering to manage these processes, recruit and build the team, and make your product more secure and enterprise-ready.

Scale 262

Scale Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Fractional VPE 262

SaaStr

JUNE 23, 2020

Or churn will increase, NPS will stagnate and decline, and upsell and revenue retention will be a fraction of what it could be. You’ll need more than 5–6 core engineers to go big. You will need a VP of Engineering to manage these processes, recruit and build the team, and make your product more secure and enterprise-ready.

Part-Time VPE 244

Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Fractional VPE Sales Recruiting 244

SaaStr

OCTOBER 24, 2022

So selling, marketing and supporting them should be different too. WorkOS CEO Michael Grinich, Developer Success Manager Betsy Calender, and VP of Developer Experience Zeno Rocha share how to price your product for developers, how to market it to developers, how to how to support them as they scale and use the products.

Underperforming Technical Team 194

Underperforming Technical Team Outsourced Development Development Part-Time VPE 194

SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2021

In 2016, Hubspot was still a scrappy player that had only recently IPO’d, with a market cap around $1B. Co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah shared with us how they got there — and the top mistakes they made — just 3 quarters after their IPO. Otherwise, we are not doing our jobs, being in the marketing space.

Part-Time VPE 241

Part-Time VPE Technical Cofounder CTO Hire New CTO 241

SaaStr

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Julian Lemoine, Co-Founder, and CTO of Algolia will share his lessons learned on how to stay focused and innovative as you scale while also avoiding the innovation for innovation’s sake pitfalls. Julien Lemoine | Co-founder and CTO @Algolia. So I’m Julien, Co-founder and CTO of Algolia. Want to see more content like this?

Scale 127

Scale Scaling CTO Hire Part-Time VPE 127