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Extreme Product Design: Building Things People Actually Use with Stripe CTO David Singleton (Pod 636 + Video)

SaaStr

Many companies believe excellent product design comes from hiring the best engineers and signing up for the latest software instead of building from the users’ perspectives. Stripe’s CTO, David Singleton, shares how they use a system of feedback, iteration, and fast shipping to create products that meet users’ expectations.

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The Playbook to Hiring Your First VP of Sales and Not Screwing it Up…….with Cassidy Ventures Founder Brendon Cassidy (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Brendon introduces his playbook to hiring the first VP of Sales from his experiences as VP of Sales at LinkedIn, EchoSign, Talkdesk and more. Learn the dos and don’ts to make the correct hire the first time and not rush into hiring the wrong VP of Sales, which can cost the company months or even years.

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Beyond Frankencloud: living with your once and future SaaS architecture

CloudGeometry

Yet they live on borrowed time. Interest payments accelerate faster than you realize. When you treat your cloud provider as a fractional colo. When you optimize application logic with DBMS stored procedures (thanks, Oracle) or object-relational mapping. See a useful background talk from their CTO Pini Reznik here ).

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Bernadette Nixon, Jay Snyder, Nick Mehta, Loren Padelford, and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Jay Snyder: Got hotspot on my phone, so hopefully we’ll hold still. I mean, maybe you do, but I don’t know anyone right now with extra money, time, or people, right? One, it starts high up in the sales process, right? You need to discover in the sales process. Nick Mehta: So let’s dive into the future.

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11 Key SaaS Roles and Responsibilities in 2023

User Pilot

Before hiring, assess your current needs and hire as your company grows. The different roles in SaaS companies: Chief Executive Officer : As the highest-ranking executive, this person ensures the company runs smoothly and employees are happy and engaged. Average salary: $196,172/yr. Average salary: $100,340/yr.

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My First 16: Welding Yourself to Early Customers with Marqeta’s Jason Gardner

Andreessen Horowitz

So, I co-founded another payments company called PropertyBridge, which allowed you to pay rent electronically. And I wanted to do another payments company, but I didn’t know what I wanted to do. You’re a payment nerd. I’m more of an infrastructure person. We were like 18 people at the time.

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Transcript of Redpoint Office Hours with Stripe’s Chief Corporate Advisor and former COO, Claire Hughes Johnson and Redpoint Managing Director, Tomasz Tunguz

Tom Tunguz

We’re excited to continue the Month of Scale here for Redpoint Office Hours. A thanks to [Marsh 00:00:34] for stepping in at the beginning of the month, and a great session with our own Jason Warner and Adrian, the CTO of Zendesk. That was the start of the Month of Scale. Travis Bryant : All right, let’s get started.

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