SaaStr

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

SaaStr 636: Extreme Product Design: Building Things People Actually Use with Stripe CTO David Singleton  2. Extreme Product Design: Building Things People Actually Use with Stripe’s CTO David Singleton 5. SaaStr 635: CRO Confidential: How Customer-First Focus Drives Retention and Revenue With Brex GM of Startups Lucas Fox   3.

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SaaStr

JUNE 19, 2022

SaaStr 564: Top 10 Learnings Architecting a High Throughput Critical API with RevenueCat CTO Miguel Carranza. with Jenn Knight, Co-founder and CTO of AgentSync, and Daryna Kulya, Co-founder of OpenPhone. The post Top SaaStr Content for the Week: Flexport CEO, RevenueCat CTO, ZoomInfo CEO, Samsara CPO appeared first on SaaStr.

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Valerian Tech

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The role of a Fractional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is to provide technical expertise and leadership to a company on a part-time or temporary basis. This can be a useful option for startups or small businesses that may not have the resources to hire a full-time CTO or may not need one on a permanent basis.

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SaaStr

JULY 2, 2020

Q: What makes a bad CTO? While there is no legal definition for CTO ?? or bright line between CTO and VPE, I’d suggest a start-up CTO really only has to do a few things — which are very hard: Assemble a small team (3–9) of very good engineers. So … a “bad” CTO is one that can’t recruit a strong “pizza box” team.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stripe’s CTO, David Singleton, shares how they use a system of feedback, iteration, and fast shipping to create products that meet users’ expectations. Stripe is one of the few who have unlocked the code to great product design by changing their approach to the product design process and constantly engaging with users.

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SaaStr

MAY 26, 2023

Dan Robinson, current Advisor and former CTO at Heap , shares five essential learnings from nearly a decade of building a SaaS business. What Your Job Is (And What It Isn’t) Your Job is to Make the Company Win A CTO may imagine their primary job is to provide technical expertise, lead engineers, and help build the product.

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Infinicept

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

New Role Extends Infinicept’s Leadership in Embedded Payments and Drives Advancements in Embedded Finance DENVER – February 9, 2023 – Infinicept, a leading provider of embedded payments, today announced that it has appointed Anne-Jeanette LeBell as the company’s Chief Technology Officer.

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SaaStr

JUNE 26, 2022

SaaStr 564: Top 10 Learnings Architecting a High Throughput Critical API with RevenueCat CTO Miguel Carranza. The post Top SaaStr Content for the Week: Gusto CEO, RevenueCat CTO, Intercom CEO, Notion CRO, and More! SaaStr 567: 16 Ways to Level Up in 2022 with SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin. appeared first on SaaStr.

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Valerian Tech

JANUARY 5, 2023

It can be beneficial to hire a fractional CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in a variety of situations. When you don't have an in-house technology leader: If you don't have a CTO or a similar technology leader on your team, a fractional CTO can fill that role.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 23, 2022

SaaStr 600: Founder Confidential with HubSpot Founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah, & Founder and Executive Chairperson Brian Halligan. ?. The post Top SaaStr Content for the Week: CTO HubSpot, CEO Braze, VPS Twilio, COO Expensify and more! (Updated). 5 Interesting Learnings from Figma at $300,000,000+ in ARR. Top Podcasts This Week: 1.

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SaaStr

MARCH 20, 2022

with AgentSync Co-Founder & CTO Jenn Knight and OpenPhone Co-Founder Daryna Kulya. with AgentSync Co-Founder/CTO Jenn Knight, OpenPhone Co-founder Daryna Kulya, and Craft Ventures Partner & COO Brian Murray. The #1 Most Important Thing You Can Do With Your Leads: Implement an SLA. Top Podcasts This Week: 1.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

The final speakers and sessions are: David Singleton, CTO of Stripe. The post The Final, Awesome SaaStr Annual Speakers: CTO Stripe. Chief Growth New Relic. Final SaaStr Annual speaker count: 292 Speakers: 48% Men 52% Women pic.twitter.com/HsRaXcaTpt. See everyone Sep 13-15 in SF Bay Area! Chairman HubSpot. SVP Eng at Slack.

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SaaStr

MAY 12, 2022

Up this week is Karim Atiyeh, co-founder and CTO of Ramp. More on what Karim’s doing different the second time below and here: The post Uncharted and Electric: Ramp’s Co-Founder and CTO on Why Adversity is Important at a Young Age, What Get’s Harder The 2nd Time Around appeared first on SaaStr.

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SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2022

Miguel Carranza, CTO at RevenueCat, shares ten learnings from firsthand experience in architecting an API & SDK that is currently on 5,000+ apps and has seen 3x growth Year-over-Year. . Instead, the CTO suggests that you avoid adding new pieces of infrastructure until absolutely necessary. What makes a great API?

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Crafty CTO

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I’ve learned so much … most importantly, I think, that I love being a fractional CTO, a role that allows me to make use of everything I’ve learned and experienced over a long technology-focused career. What’s changing, rather, is the entity I’m delivering through – a new company called Crafty CTO.

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BetterCloud

MARCH 3, 2021

Upon joining BetterCloud as its new CTO, Jamie Tischart was taken aback when he reviewed his professional biography with a colleague. The first line was, ‘With almost three decades in technology,’” he told me. What are some of the biggest challenges that you’d like to tackle as the company’s new CTO?

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Valerian Tech

DECEMBER 14, 2022

There are many benefits to hiring a fractional CTO, also known as a part-time or interim CTO. A fractional CTO can bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to your organization without the added expense of a full-time executive.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 10, 2022

MongoDB CTO Mark Porter has been on all sides of the technology industry. He was most recently CTO of core technology and transport at Grab, a super-app serving Southeast Asia, and prior to that held leadership roles at Amazon Web Services and Oracle, among other places. In this interview, he shares his views on the.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 8, 2020

We caught up with one of the SaaStr community’s favorite speakers, Dharmesh Shah CTO and co-founder of Hubspot on lessons learnings launching a second product. It’s great: The post How, When and Why to Launch a Second Product: A Deep Dive with Dharmesh Shah, CTO Hubspot appeared first on SaaStr.

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SaaStr

JULY 18, 2022

Co-founder and CEO of Plato, Quong Hoang, the #1 mentoring platform for engineering leaders , helped moderate a discussion between CTO of Change.org, Elaine Zhou, and Head of Engineering at Notion, Michael Manapat, on this subject. More like this at 2022 SaaStr Annual, Sep 13-15 in SF Bay Area!! The post “What Do You Mean They Quit?!”

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SaaStr

MARCH 16, 2022

Jenn Knight, Co-founder and CTO of AgentSync, and Daryna Kulya, Co-founder of OpenPhone, discuss how different approaches have helped each brand reach its target audience and accomplish its goals, the potential of product-led growth, and how to scale growth strategies to yield desirable results.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 10, 2022

MongoDB CTO Mark Porter has been on all sides of the technology industry. He was most recently CTO of core technology and transport at Grab, a super-app serving Southeast Asia, and prior to that held leadership roles at Amazon Web Services and Oracle, among other places. In this interview, he shares his views on the.

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SaaStr

JUNE 18, 2022

Elias Torres, CTO @ Drift. Shradha Kothari, Chief of Staff, SVP & GM North America Sales @ Twilio. Elias Torres, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer @ Drift. Fatima Yusuf, Director of Commercial, Ecosystem @ Shopify. Jennifer Lawrence, CRO @ Expel. David Cancel, CEO @ Drift. Shoaib Makani, CEO @ Motive.

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SaaStr

MAY 27, 2023

At seed stage, no strong CTO or technical team isn’t full-time or is outsourced. Doesn’t really matter why. Churn too high Burn too high Competitors growing faster Already raised “too much” capital The post Dear SaaStr: When is a Startup Ready to Raise Venture Capital These Days?

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SaaStr

JULY 26, 2022

CTO at Okta. CTO at Circle. CTO at Carta. CTO & SVPE at Ripping. CEO at Coda. SVP of Eng at Amplitude. Head Core Product Eng at Notion. SVP of Eng at Rescale. VP of Eng at WeWork. And much, much more!!

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

And critically, most have a really strong CEO-CTO partnership. A few general learnings: A VP of Product that Reports to CTO / Engineering Rarely Meets With That Many Customers. One reason the decision gets cloudly here is that as a SaaS company scales, the CTO needs help on product as the sheer complexity explodes.

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OpenView Labs

MAY 12, 2020

Today I’m talking to Eric Muntz, CTO at Mailchimp , to find out what he believes are the most important qualities of a leader, his secret to achieving inbox zero, and the TV show he’s been on twice. The post ICYMI: Meet Mailchimp’s CTO Eric Muntz appeared first on OpenView. Listen to clips from Casey’s interview with Eric. ? ? ?.

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SaaStr

JULY 23, 2021

Brian Peterson, CTO @ Dialpad. Tolithia Kornweibel, Chief Revenue Officer @Gusto. Dave Walters, CTO, Hired. Jenn Knight, Co-Founder, CTO, AgentSync. Take a look at our latest speaker additions here: Martin Mickos, CEO, HackerOne, Inc. Zach Kitschke, CMO, Canva. Zeb Evans, Founder & CEO, ClickUp.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2022

Investments I've made that didn't work out: – Momentum investment – CEO a bit of bulls**t artist – CEO good at sales but weak product team / CTO. CEO good at sales, but CTO not that great. A truly great CTO though makes sure it doesn’t really catch up to you. Really hard.

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Valerian Tech

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

How can CTO’s help ensure the Success of a Cryptocurrency Project? Stay up to date on industry trends: The cryptocurrency industry is rapidly evolving, and it is important for the CTO to stay up to date on the latest technologies, trends, and best practices.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Or at least — where the co-founder CTO is a true equal partner to the CEO. But usually there is an amazing (in terms of cleverness, if not always pure skillset) CTO from Day 1. If either the CEO or the CTO wasn’t at one point a great engineer or at least a super-smart hacker, they just don’t know how to iterate quickly.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 19, 2022

Brian Halligan, co-founder and Chairman of HubSpot, and Dharmesh Shah, co-founder and CTO are joining us together to talk about all the things co-founders think and do, but never really talk about! We’ve just added an extra special session for 2022 SaaStr Annual Sep 13-15 ! How to go long. How to divide things up.

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SaaStr

JUNE 20, 2021

“How to Build a Business that Scales With Your Customers with Zendesk’s CTO” Zendesk’s own CTO joined SaaStr recently to about how they scale systems, technology and more! #3. “From Developer to Founder to CEO: Engineering to Enterprise with Elastic” #4. “Klaviyo’s $9.5B

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SaaStr

MARCH 5, 2023

Almost all of them had an amazing CTO or CPO, and hired a simply epic VP or two. Some wicked smart, some merely very smart. Some direct, some warm and friendly. But what made them great: Ability to attract amazing co-founders and execs. Not just great, but epic. Ability to iterate pretty darn quickly.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

David considers product to be its own department that should also report directly to the CEO, instead of falling under the CTO. CTO (40 Employees). CTO (114 Employees). The Org Journey: Series A – Series C. Series A (~ 50 Employees). Team Size: 12. Head of Product. Team SIze: 4 -5. Positions Needed: PMs and Designers.

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