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Dear SaaStr: What’s The Number One Challenge for Scale-Up Stage Founders?

SaaStr

Or churn will increase, NPS will stagnate and decline, and upsell and revenue retention will be a fraction of what it could be. 95% of the time, your super-smart hacker co-founder is not that person. She can be your CTO forever. That’s a different, and critical, job than CTO. Marketing is also an art and science.

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What Order Should You Hire Your Management Team In?

SaaStr

IME, rough order to make hires in: VPM: $0.2m He’d found several good First VP candidates, in particular, a strong first head of marketing and a strong first head of product. He’d found several good First VP candidates, in particular, a strong first head of marketing and a strong first head of product.

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What’s The #1 Challenge After $1m-$2m ARR?

SaaStr

Or churn will increase, NPS will stagnate and decline, and upsell and revenue retention will be a fraction of what it could be. 95% of the time, your super-smart hacker co-founder is not that person. She can be your CTO forever. That’s a different, and critical, job than CTO. Marketing is also an art and science.

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What are the biggest mistakes first-time startup founders make, and how can they be avoided?

SaaStr

Here’s my list in SaaS: Being reluctant to go up-market. Not everyone should go up-market. Not hiring a good enough CTO. Not hiring a good enough CTO. So many times, that 24 months ends up being 16 months or even just 20 months, even with no one taking a high salary or buying fancy snacks.

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Top 30 SaaS Influencers to Follow in 2022

SmartKarrot

Know the best strategies to enhance your SaaS career Make use of key insights from leaders, companies, and communities Engineer your SaaS marketing strategy based on their expertise. He writes on technology, enterprise, marketing, collaboration, and work culture. Top 30 SaaS Influencers You Need to Follow in 2022. Aaron Levie.

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Why 2019 Is The Year Of Growth Engineering In SaaS

Hull

In short, we observe that Head, Director & VP of Growth titles are becoming more abundant, as are consultants around growth hacking but the "growth hacker" title is fading away. But there's an urgent need for technical resources within growth teams. Integrate email marketing (HubSpot).

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Simple Frameworks For Success (Full Video + Success)

OnStartups

And I think part of it's because you've been in the game for a while and you're incredibly successful. Is your title CTO? Dharmesh: Yes, CTO. How do you have time to have your hands in all this different stuff? So HubSpot today is like a 25 or 30, I don't know whatever the market cap is. So this is Dharmesh.