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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower SaaS

But hiring a lead developer, or even a VP of Engineering, can create a gap between the founders and the developers. Closing the Gap: Hiring A Fractional Startup CTO We’re not suggesting that early-stage startups should hire a full-time CTO. Instead, they should consider a Fractional CTO who can help close the gap.

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SaaStr Podcast #356 with Atrium Co-Founder Pete Kazanjy

SaaStr

If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin. Like a VP of engineering would go to some conference, and hear someone on stage talking about how they need to be spending all their time doing recruiting, etc, etc. Harry Stebbings. Pete Kazanjy.

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10 Years In Tech

Outseta

Some of these “heroes” put on a nice public facade, but behind closed doors are downright entitled and unethical—especially when presented with an opportunity to make a buck. Hopefully jack up your growth rate enough to be acquired for a massive sum of money.

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Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot: From Day 0 to IPO. What Went to Plan. What Most Certainly Didn’t (Video, Podcast + Transcript)

SaaStr

Hire the VP of Marketing, MBA, the VP of Sales, MBA, the VP of Customer, MBA, the VP of Engineering, MBA, and now, the odds of any semblance of survival, let alone success, are vanishingly small at this point. The issue the SMBs had was, “Well, I’m a 20-person consulting company.

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Engineering Your Own “Luck”: The 3 Key Rules of Building Globally Distributed Teams with Eventbrite (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Building a company made up of distributed teams presents a plethora of complex challenges that can derail productivity and impact employee retention. I started right at the end of 2011, and I started in the role of VP of engineering. A little more about me, as I’ve said, I’ve been with Eventbrite since 2011.