SaaStr

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

IME, rough order to make hires in: VPM: $0.2m He asked which to hire first. If you have a few nickels in the bank, and you somehow find a great VP a half stage or even full stage early, just hire her. Hiring is so hard as it is. Make the hire now. ARR VPS: $1-$1.5m More here: [link].

Part-Time VPE 363

Part-Time VPE Sales Hiring CTO Hire Scale 363

SaaStr

JANUARY 16, 2023

To convert an idea into a successful venture, startups need to be equipped to scale. Hiring a reliable team is an all-encompassing issue where startups dive in head-first but fail to optimize it for success. . Hiring an expert produces 1000x better results than someone with interests elsewhere. . Build an irreplaceable team .

Scale 193

Scale CTO Hire Cloud Scaling 193

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

You’ll need to hire aggressively to get to the next level and continue that rapid growth. But what roles should you hire for, and what will your org chart look like at each stage? Positions Needed: Enterprise AEs, Mid-Market & SMB AEs, SDRs, Sales Ops, Sales Engineer. CTO (40 Employees). CTO (114 Employees).

CTO Hire 237

CTO Hire Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting CTO 237

SaaStr

MARCH 7, 2021

These are all full-time jobs by $1m ARR. Fixing it yourself becomes the biggest time sink and excuse for not hiring there is. You end up spending all your time backfilling roles you should have hired. And even worse, you often sort of give up trying to make the hire. Get on a jet, at least twice a quarter.

Part-Time VPE 257

Part-Time VPE Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale 257

SaaStr

DECEMBER 3, 2020

What was Sam’s biggest lesson from scaling the sales team at Dropbox? When is the right time to hire the first sales rep? Should you hire 2 at a time? What does one look for in their first sales hire? How does this change when selling to SMBs vs enterprise? * Bret was formerly the CTO at Facebook.

Scale 171

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Sales 171

ChurnZero

DECEMBER 9, 2022

However, given her CS background, Gabby never envisioned herself becoming a CEO, as she explained during her keynote session, “ The new ‘C’ in CEO ” at ChurnZero’s Customer Success Leadership Summit, BIG RYG. More and more people are hiring leaders, not for past experience, but for capability and capacity.

CTO Coach 52

CTO Coach Customer Success VP of Engineering CTO Hire 52

SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2019

How can founders know when is the right time to make the move from SMB to enterprise? Where does Erica often see founders make mistakes with this scaling? With the scaling of departments and teams, what has Erica seen work really well when it comes to making cross-functional teams communicate really well?

Scale 161

Scale Enterprise Scaling Sales Hiring 161