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10 Things That Would Have Helped Me Go From $1m to $10m Faster with Less Stress

SaaStr

That was great and created freedom from venture capital and many other benefits. 5/ Moving from CTO-led -> VPE-led dev team. This is pretty well understood today, but was fairly new to me. We did it by focusing on second-order revenue to generate low-cost leads, and by taking in 110%+ of our MRR each month in cash.

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Web Summit Rio 2023: Summary of days 2, 3, 4.

SaaSHolic

From Silicon Valley to Rio – The Globalization of Venture Capital Mathias Schilling , Co-founder & Managing Partner (Headline); Romero Rodrigues, Managing Partner (Headline); Artur Búrigo, Reporter (Folha de S. Responsible tech in an era of hostile tech Rebecca Parsons, CTO (Thoughtworks.) Web Summit Rio, day 3.

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Whose Company Is It Anyway? Differences between Founders and Hired CEOs

OPEXEngine

The 90-Day Rule , which argues that new managers need to be decisive about who stays on the teams they inherit. However, as soon as a founder/CEO raises venture capital (VC) they have decided to take investing partners along on the journey. The scariest thing a new CEO can say is “it looks like you guys had a bad quarter” [9].

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“The “Dos & Don’ts” of Building Winning SaaS Companies with G2 Crowd (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

I remember when I was in business school the internet was brand new and back then the hero was Jerry Yang. We burned through $23 million in venture capital and only had 1 million in revenue to show for it. And even if you haven’t started a company, I remember my CTO for my first company BigMachines was Vic Austin.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Crossbeam and Podium – January 10, 2020

SaaStr

With more companies launching and thriving outside of Silicon Valley, regions such as ‘Silicon Slopes’ in Utah and ‘Silicon Alley’ in New York City are gaining traction within the startup scene. We need to hire this new head of sales, who’s going to come in and change the way that we’re going to market. Yep, we did that.

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Top 30 SaaS Influencers to Follow in 2022

SmartKarrot

She is an active speaker on startups, venture capital, inbound marketing, remote work, and spacetech. David Skok is a serial entrepreneur who founded four companies and is a venture partner at Matrix Partners. One of the top SaaS influencers is Dharmesh Shah , co-founder, and CTO of HubSpot. [contact-form-7]. David Skok.