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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. You will need a VP of Product to scale your roadmap. She can be your CTO forever. That’s a different, and critical, job than CTO.

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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. Marketing is also an art and science.

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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. But you’ll need a manager to scale beyond 2. Without a great VP of Engineering, you won’t be able to scale your engineering team. No matter how great a hacker your CTO is. Wait longer?

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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

Casey Winters is a growth and SaaS marketing expert who has transformed how startups grow and scale into large companies. Casey is active in the SaaS space- growth strategies, industry insights, and SaaS trends. One of the top SaaS influencers is Dharmesh Shah , co-founder, and CTO of HubSpot. Casey Winters.