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What Order Should You Hire Your Management Team In?

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IME, rough order to make hires in: VPM: $0.2m ARR VPCS: $2m ARR VPP: $3m-$4m ARR VPE: $5m-$6m ARR CFO: $10m ARR COO: $20m ARR. He’d found several good First VP candidates, in particular, a strong first head of marketing and a strong first head of product. He asked which to hire first. Hiring is so hard as it is.

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Bet On Up-and-Comers. But Add One Veteran For Each $10m ARR.

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The first type is the kind of management team hired by second+ time founders. And if you are, you are going to naturally start off hiring up-and-comers to your first leadership team. That CTO that doesn’t quite have the traditional background. That CTO that doesn’t quite have the traditional background.

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The Top 10 Things to Know Before Starting a SaaS Company

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We’ve discussed most before individually, but let me throw ’em together: It may well take 24 months to get to true product-market fit and Initial Traction. You really need a great CTO, not just a good business team. A mediocre tech team, a part-time CTO, or even just a decent CTO just doesn’t get you there.