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What Order Should You Hire Your Management Team In?

SaaStr

ARR VPCS: $2m ARR VPP: $3m-$4m ARR VPE: $5m-$6m ARR CFO: $10m ARR COO: $20m ARR. Enough to invest, but not enough to go crazy with. You’ll probably be ready for your first VP of Customer Success by $2m-$3m in ARR. IME, rough order to make hires in: VPM: $0.2m ARR VPS: $1-$1.5m More here: [link].

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Monetization: What SaaS platform builders need to know to prepare for growth, Part 2

CloudGeometry

Feature value: a function of time investment of users and customers The set of problems that your SaaS solves won’t survive long in the digital age if all it does is cut prices. Solving each customer problem as a function of how much time is saved by a particular feature?