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

SaaStr

Upsell and retention is an art, science and craft. Or churn will increase, NPS will stagnate and decline, and upsell and revenue retention will be a fraction of what it could be. You will need a VP of Engineering to manage these processes, recruit and build the team, and make your product more secure and enterprise-ready.

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11 Key SaaS Roles and Responsibilities in 2023

User Pilot

In this article, we’ve outlined the major roles that move the needle in terms of product growth alongside their KPIs and current salary ranges. Before hiring, assess your current needs and hire as your company grows. Before the hiring process, take some time to decide on your current needs and hire as your company grows.

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2020 SaaS C-Suite Evolving to Support Product and Customer Lifecycle Management

OPEXEngine

Separate Sales, Marketing, R&D, Accounting/Finance organizations were headed by a senior executive. The Chief People Officer has a seat at the table of executive management and is responsible for talent acquisition, diversity, retention, training and human resource management across the organization. Chief Product Officer.

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What's the ROI of your mom?

ProfitWell

Plus, the Product Marketing Alliance drops the Product Marketing Salary Survey. What about the ROI of spending time with your family, friends, or kids? If we succeed, the benefits go beyond retaining revenue: successful customers spread positive word of mouth which makes it easier to attract more customers.

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Top 30 SaaS Influencers to Follow in 2022

SmartKarrot

Chris Orlob is the senior director of product marketing at Gong.io, an AI (Artificial Intelligence) platform to provide sales analytics. He is a SaaS sales & marketing enthusiast who shares his insights on the same on social media. One of the top SaaS influencers is Dharmesh Shah , co-founder, and CTO of HubSpot.

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Product-Led Growth (PLG) For Startups

Mucker Capital

Or if you have products that require some configuration–think about Salesforce, Segment, things like that–someone needs to set it up. Obviously if you target enterprise customers, you usually have a very large ACV (Annual Contract Value) and the product usually is complex. That is a natural hurdle for PLG motion.

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SaaStr Podcast #376 with ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck: “10 Mistakes the CEO of ZoomInfo Made on His Journey to IPO (Part 2)”

SaaStr

Immediately told them to hire 50 reps in a different city, in a different city, and they did. The CEO was deferential because that was 10 times what he’d ever raised before, and did all of it. Jason Lemkin: 50 reps in a new city that you’ve never met, and hired in 60 days when you’re in the low millions ARR.