SaaStr

MARCH 6, 2024

Founder CEO Todd McKinnon was VP of Engineering at Salesforce and left to start Okta in the depths of the last downturn. Seat Contractions Have Brought NRR Down From 120% to 111% While 111% NRR is still quite an engine at this scale, the drop in NRR from seat contractions explains a good chunk of the headwinds Okta has seen. #2.

Fractional VPE 214

Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE Scale SMB 214

SaaStr

JULY 12, 2022

There are a handful of us, but most of us are either from engineering or product backgrounds. It’s pretty rare that a VP of sales comes out and founds his or her own SaaS company. One of maybe the top 10 mistakes everybody makes is they want to hire this VP of sales too early. More power to you. filling that team.

Sales Hiring 257

Sales Hiring Part-Time VPE VP of Engineering Sales Recruiting 257

SaaStr

JULY 30, 2020

356: Pete Kazanjy is the Co-Founder @ Atrium, the startup providing proactive, always-on insights for sales operations, managers, and leaders. Pete is also the author of Founding Sales, the canonical writing on early-stage startup sales. Pete is also the author of Founding Sales, the canonical writing on early-stage startup sales.

Part-Time VPE 200

Part-Time VPE Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring 200

SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2021

One is, lots of folks that have been through the startup cycle, you have this extrapolation from a single data point problem, which is, “OK, we have this story. The other thing that dropped our odds of success was the fact that we were focused on small business, on the SMB market, and everyone we talked to, literally everyone.

Part-Time VPE 219

Part-Time VPE Technical Cofounder CTO Hire New CTO 219