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 256

Part-Time VPE Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale 256

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

And then, in the 50s, they introduced this new thing, and there was resistance. Evernote’s CTO on Your Biggest Security Worries From 3 to 300 Employees. This is Scale , Intercom’s podcast series on driving business growth through customer relationships. Liam: The whole area is a new space. The LinkedIn Incident.

Scale 211

Scale Software Review compliance Technical Review 211

SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

At what scale does that become impossible? How does Bob think about when is the right time to hire a Head of Partnerships? Where do most startups go wrong both in hiring for partnerships and in the engagements themselves? What are the drivers of its death? How important is it to own the entire customer journey?

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Sales Hiring Scale Outsourcing Services CTO Hire 131

SaaStr

OCTOBER 25, 2023

For part one of this Ask Me Anything session, Jason covers everything you need to know about hiring your first VP of Sales, what he really thinks about AI, what the future of lead generation in 2024 looks like, and much more. You’re not building a product or getting any new customers. You can’t hire a magician Head of Product.

Scale 231

Scale Sales Hiring AI Sales Recruiting 231

Kellblog

JANUARY 29, 2020

Unless you are solving a brand-new problem (e.g., Unless you are solving a brand-new problem (e.g., If they are already solving the problem in some way, your new solution more likely represents an optimization than a breakthrough. That takes a lot of hiring and on-boarding risk off the table. Be realistic about this.

Startup 99

Startup Sales Hiring CTO Hire New CTO 99

Outseta

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Venture capital is not inherently bad or the manifestation of greed and commitments to impossible-to-deliver growth. The company had for a few years prior followed a growth-first path, hiring aggressively and prioritizing projects designed to make an immediate impact on their growth rate. in debt to buy out their investors.

CTO Hire 65

CTO Hire CTO Coach SaaS New CTO 65

SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Casey Winters is a growth and SaaS marketing expert who has transformed how startups grow and scale into large companies. Chris’s posts can be pretty useful if one is looking to scale their SaaS product and make the most of their launch. One of the top SaaS influencers is Dharmesh Shah , co-founder, and CTO of HubSpot.

VP of Engineering 10

VP of Engineering Scale SaaS Venture Capital 10