TechEmpower SaaS

OCTOBER 9, 2023

With Generative AI and LLMs, new avenues for improving operational efficiency and user satisfaction are emerging every day. Beyond merely retrieving relevant information or documents based on a query, LLMs can generate entirely new content or responses tailored to a user's specific request.

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TechEmpower SaaS

AUGUST 21, 2023

Common Signs You Need a Technical Review We’ve already mentioned the most common signs that you might need a technical review: Slow or late delivery: “I’ve authorized two new developers, and we’re still behind.” Are you preparing to expand, take your business in a new direction, or take on new partners? And what causes that?

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SaaStr

JUNE 25, 2023

A few that I’ve seen across the handful of investments I’ve made … that didn’t work out: Not really committed to going long. A great CTO usually can solve this problem just in time to save the customers, but without one, revenue stalls. Sometimes, in a new or emerging category you can be slow at first.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

But what’s new this year? Let me make a list: New!! But we’re turning this around this year and letting our top-rated practioner speakers do “Masterclasses” on new content teaching you how to scale faster. We’ll have a lot of options, but dead center of Annual is our new Cantina. 1,000+ VCs.

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SaaStr

MAY 20, 2020

He joined StubHub as CTO, but didn’t get nearly as much equity as the other CTO — because he “wasn’t committed enough.” They wanted to invest in apps, not APIs. You can’t build a whole new product, but you can tweak what you have. He learned paper millions can go to zero ??.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The goal is to help each other learn something new, find mentorships, create partnerships, and exchange strategies. Braindates are 1:1 and small group networking sessions designed for you to share knowledge and network with like-minded SaaS leaders during SaaStr Europa.

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SaaStr

MAY 22, 2023

Ok we’ve now got the final speaker list locked down for 2023 SaaStr Europa in LONDON on 6-7 June: CEOs, CROs and CXOS : Edith Harbaugh, Executive Chair & Co-founder @ LaunchDarkly Nowi Kallen, Managing Director @ Salesforce Ventures Spencer Kimball, CEO @ Cockroach Labs Joe Thomas, Co-founder and CEO @ Loom Sterling Snow, Former CRO @ Divvy (..)

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SaaStr

MAY 19, 2023

Reference other great investments they’ve made, and why they are similar. Another month of progress, another set of new customers, etc. Share up front why your first CTO left. And no one is in a rush today to invest. But hiding both doesn’t help. #3. Truly hyper-personalize it. Share lots of details. Show the opposite.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

” — Jason Riedel, founder/CTO of Aspireship. “When on New Year’s Eve, customers kept sending us signed contracts.” “When customers get back $100k’s in minutes and want to pay us more” — Kanat Bekt, founder/CTO, SupplyPike. 20% conversion. ” — Drew Naugher.

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CTO Hire New CTO CTO Healthcare 273

SaaStr

DECEMBER 4, 2020

As the year starts to wind to a close, one exercise I go through with many CEOs I’ve invested in or am close to is this: Did you ship at least 3 truly game-changing features this year? Not launching 3 Truly Game-Changing Features doesn’t mean you didn’t ship any new code or features. Not just at $0.1m

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SaaStr

MARCH 7, 2021

Less and you under-invest. At $8m in ARR, if you have $2m of cash in the bank, you get real nervous investing much more than $500k-$750k, $1m max. It’s subtle, but in SaaS I’ve learned you under-invest if you have < 50% of your ARR in the bank. 5/ Moving from CTO-led -> VPE-led dev team. More here.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 22, 2021

Ciara Peter (Gainsight VP of Product & Design) and Mickey Alon (CTO & Founder of Gainsight PX) share their practical tips for product leaders looking to achieve business growth. Every year, millions of new products are created and launched. The return on marketing investment is much faster.

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OpenView Labs

APRIL 12, 2019

Does a new senior member have the right to challenge a historical decision made by a junior developer? We needed a CTO. If the challenges around hiring a senior developer late in the game are high, hiring a CTO can be even tougher. But we can hire 3 x junior developers for the cost of a CTO!” Let’s talk about the CTO.

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Valerian Tech

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

However, they are still relatively new and their value can be extremely volatile, making them a high-risk investment for some people. A cryptocurrency project is a venture or initiative that involves the development, launch, and management of a new cryptocurrency or blockchain platform. What is a Cryptocurrency Project?

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 4, 2023

And, especially when you’re considering integrating a new technology platform into your business—like AI today, or cloud a decade ago—how do you invest in innovation without losing control of your runway and budget? Some investments will generate returns within a few months, while others may take years to produce results.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

“Our journey with JFrog started back in November 2015 when I first met CEO and co-founder Shlomi Ben Haim and the JFrog team,” said Jai Das, who is the president and managing director at Sapphire Ventures , which participated in the $50 million Series C investment. “One But even more appealing was the product vision the founders outlined.

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Crafty CTO

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Fractional CTO services can be a valuable asset for businesses that want to take advantage of technology to grow and improve their operations, but don’t have the resources or expertise to do so in-house. Flexibility and cost-effectiveness Another advantage of fractional CTO services is the flexibility and cost-effectiveness they offer.

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Valuize Consulting

OCTOBER 7, 2021

For many Chief Customer Officers and Customer Success (CS) leaders, this marks the beginning of a very stressful time as you prepare to have the challenging conversation with your CFO about how to properly invest in your Customer Success teams. This makes it challenging to secure investment.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

They were aware of it, but startups that I work with closely or invested in, if they got all the way to 25 million with 75% NRR, I would tell them to quit today. Jason Lemkin: I think I noticed a pattern, and I wrote it up a couple of years ago and refreshed it, and then I’ll add a new anecdote. VCs can only invest in outliers.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 12, 2022

. “That it was much easier to do more in order to keep that customer than to get a new “top” customer. We all know this, but we forget about it, especially when the Hot New Deal and the sales team’s wants and needs consumes all of management’s resources. ” — Ankit Sindhi, Founder, Spurt.

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OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

OpenView is thrilled to announce our recent $9M Series A investment in Loopio , a software platform that helps sales teams respond to RFPs, RFIs, and security questionnaires seamlessly with up-to-date, accurate, and approved content. Loopio co-founders from left to right: Matt York, CTO; Jafar Owainati, COO; Zakir Hemraj, CEO.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

We do that by: Investing in your trust through compliance with industry security and privacy ISO standards or frameworks such as SOC 2. Investing significantly in safeguarding our customers’ trust. We’re committed to meeting the highest standards of security to protect our customers’ trust and love for our product.

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SaaStock

MARCH 8, 2019

Before getting into the investment world, she started and sold two successful companies in edutainment, and made a prominent name in the tech field around the world. After five years at Ernst & Young in New York, she served as Vice President at Citigroup in the Big Apple. Jessie Lam. Diane Mensah. Kathleen Ting. Hande Cilingir.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Our first introduction to sales tax was dealing with it as a liability,” CTO and Co-founder David Heinemeier Hansson says. “We By understanding what constitutes sales tax compliance by state, you decrease tax liability as you scale into new markets (e.g., SaaS company Basecamp discovered the nee d for these steps firsthand. “

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OPEXEngine

AUGUST 23, 2022

Advances in automation and new engineering techniques are enabling faster development cycles, raising expectations for ROI from the R&D function. A view of new revenue for every R&D dollar invested further reinforced the correlation of R&D investment to growth. . Source: 2022 OPEXEngine BenchmarkEngine™.

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BetterCloud

MAY 17, 2021

Prior to joining BetterCloud as our new VP of quality, Waithe was a director of engineering at MailChimp. Secondarily, I had a chance to chat with [CTO Jamie Tischart ] even before he joined the company. I can talk to someone and get advice with little effort and investment, but at the end of the day, will you take the chance on me?

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SaaStr

JANUARY 4, 2022

Dramatically accelerating its new customer count at scale. But the past several quarters Braze has doubled its new customer growth, from 22%-29% to 48% today. Invest in customers for life. CEO and co-founder Bill Magnuson was CTO until 2017, then took over as CEO from a co-founder, and owns 4.5%. And it has been.

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User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

Customer Onboarding Specialist: Responsible for helping new customers get up and running with the company’s products. Time to Market for New Products : Also known as velocity, this metric measures the CTO’s effectiveness and speed in rolling new products /features. Come up with product and new feature ideas.

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Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting CTO Hire 98

SaaSHolic

MAY 5, 2023

The speakers believe that the next 10 years will be better for the region, with opportunities for investment in various industries using technology to solve problems. Latin America has interesting characteristics that make it a viable place for investment, including a high level of internet penetration and social engagement.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

When the company was first founded, two of its co-founders, Wade and CTO Bryan were freelancing on web projects and soon noticed a pattern around their clients who were asking for more and more integrations built from one app to another This is where the idea for Zapier was born. Hear how you can turn your SaaS Startup into an army.

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The SaaS Garage

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The product development is led out of Germany by Jan Riedel, a software engineer virtuoso and veteran, who Loyalty Prime was able to win as their new CTO at the beginning of 2019. Christoph Straub, Loyalty Prime’s founder and CEO is excited about this new chapter of his company. link] Contact BayBG: josef.krumbachner@baybg.de

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Valerian Tech

JUNE 13, 2023

It can be challenging to keep up with the evolving compliance landscape without a dedicated compliance team or the ability to invest in advanced compliance tools and technologies. Regulatory agencies frequently update guidelines and introduce new requirements to address emerging risks and changing industry dynamics.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 22, 2020

We dramatically increased our investment in product development. As such, we increased our investment in Product Development far in excess of any other business investment in 2020, as part of a two-year plan to approximately double our Product Development team’s size. We added three new executives to our team.

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Outseta

MARCH 21, 2018

Team: Co-founders Andy Taylor (CEO) and Navtej Sadhal (CTO). is a New Jersey based online property management platform built for both landlords and tenants. Team: Co-founders Joe DiNardi-Mack (CEO), Joseph Haddad (CTO), & Chris Finn (COO). Team: Founder & CEO Charles Hadsell. dwel.co - dwel.co Team: Founder Tyler Cubell.

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Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

What’s their new CAC Payback Time? New Gross Margins? Start by creating a new account from clicking the button New on the top-right. For example, if you know your advertising spend is $20,000 a month and it results in 200 new customers, your CAC is $100. Let’s start with Payroll – Support.

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BetterCloud

AUGUST 6, 2021

A couple of weeks ago, we launched a new podcast called SaaSOps Leaders With David Politis. I just knew there was always going to be something new to learn and I wasn’t going to get stagnant in it. ” At that time, I said, “You know what, I think I really want to become a CIO or CTO.”

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Frontegg

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Frontegg provides a set of pre-built, essential SaaS product capabilities that easily integrate within any new or existing SaaS application. The company is set out to accelerate innovation in the global SaaS market, projected to reach over $116 billion in 2020 ¹, with over 80 percent of companies planning to offer SaaS by 2022 ².

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