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

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: What’s The Number One Challenge for Scale-Up Stage Founders? You can hack managing and finding 1–3 reps yourself, but after that, you really need a VP of Sales. SaaS products get too complex to hack a product roadmap too long. You will need a VP of Product to scale your roadmap. As are you.

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What’s The #1 Challenge After $1m-$2m ARR?

SaaStr

Q: What’s the number one challenge for scale-up founders? You can hack managing and finding 1–3 reps yourself, but after that, you really need a VP of Sales. You will need a VP of Product to scale your roadmap. You can’t hack it forever. She can be your CTO forever. appeared first on SaaStr.

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What Order Should You Hire Your Management Team In?

SaaStr

But a great head of demand gen (or maybe growth hacking if you are SMB) should be very accretive at even $20k in MRR. And your first VP of Marketing just increases qualified leads by 25%. More on that here and a great video discussion below: You’ll probably be ready for your first VP of Sales by $1m in ARR.

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Why 2019 Is The Year Of Growth Engineering In SaaS

Hull

Over the past few years, we've seen a new role emerging at within scaling startups - the growth engineer. In short, we observe that Head, Director & VP of Growth titles are becoming more abundant, as are consultants around growth hacking but the "growth hacker" title is fading away.

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Top 30 SaaS Influencers to Follow in 2022

SmartKarrot

Software as a service or SaaS has been growing as a leading software distribution model. Leveraging the power of cloud technology, SaaS has re-engineered the way we look at modern technology and software. Alexander Theuma is the founder of SaaStock – a one-stop source for B2B SaaS companies to supercharge their growth.