TechEmpower SaaS
AUGUST 7, 2023
What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? Here’s a graphic from Socal CTO that illustrates the roles as they change over time: In its earliest days, a startup’s top need is often to produce a product. But be careful, and mind the gap – the Founder-Developer Gap, that is!
TechEmpower SaaS
DECEMBER 11, 2023
million software developers worldwide. Given this diversity, it's important to be selective in the development services company with whom you choose to partner. You'll discover firms that are prolific in design/interface and light on development, and vice versa. In 2023, there were approximately 26.3 Are they publicly available?
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TechEmpower SaaS
JULY 24, 2023
At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. Even when they have talked to multiple developers or development firms, we’re often the first to ask basic questions like “Who are your customers?” Ads, Viral/Social, SEO)?
Tom Tunguz
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Most startups play defense when discussing pricing with customers. Startups operate in newer markets where pricing standards haven’t been set. But throughout this turmoil, startups must adopt a process to craft a good pricing strategy, and re-evaluate prices periodically, at least once per year.
Speaker: Brian Chang, Managing Director of Warburg Pincus & Scott Schwan, Chief Product Officer of A-LIGN
But like most phases of growth, there are challenges unique to this phase development that you’ll have to be prepared for. While there is no clear-cut answer, many organizations will raise capital to support the cost of growth –– to help drive customer acquisition, deploy a go-to-market strategy, and scale the team.
SaaStr
DECEMBER 23, 2021
Q: Dear SaaStr: How Can I Develop Confidence as a Startup CEO? The post Dear SaaStr: How Can I Develop Confidence as a Startup CEO? We’ve all been there in the early days — and even beyond. You can have 1000% conviction in your start-up but still not be 100% confident in yourself as a CEO yet. It’s OK.
Tom Tunguz
MARCH 8, 2022
Startups create products. When a business is ready to scale, a startup ought to develop an organizational roadmap. The question for early-stage startups is how to start building this structure. Most startups begin either with a product marketer or a demand generation specialist.
Speaker: Sneha Narahalli - VP, Head of Product at Sephora
The first and most important step in product development is finding PMF. Regardless of whether you work for a startup or a larger business, its critical to understand what product meets the needs of your audience, what unique value proposition this product is bringing to the market, and when you are straying away from the identified PMF.
Speaker: Laura Klein, Principal at Users Know and Author of UX for Lean Startups
Laura—principal of Users Know and author of Build Better Products and UX for Lean Startups—has over 20 years of experience helping companies innovate responsibly and improve their product development processes. Join UX designer and product management expert Laura Klein for a no-holds-barred Ask Me Anything session on UX design.
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