Valerian Tech

JULY 27, 2023

Introduction In today's fast-paced and dynamic business environment, organizations are increasingly turning to agile methodologies to enhance their software development and project management processes. Agile methodologies are a set of principles and practices that prioritize flexibility, collaboration, and iterative development.

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User Pilot

MARCH 19, 2024

A feature rollout is a software development technique involving a gradual release of new features and updates. Benefits of feature rollouts for product teams Back in the waterfall days, companies and software houses released new products only when they were ready. This changed when Agile software development came around.

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Valerian Tech

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The role of a Fractional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is to provide technical expertise and leadership to a company on a part-time or temporary basis. This includes developing and implementing technology strategies, managing IT infrastructure and resources, and staying up-to-date on the latest technological developments and trends.

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Scytale

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Strong information technology professional with a Master of Science focused in Computer Science (IT Security, Communication Networks, Software Development), Minor in Law/Economics from University of Passau. Passionate about the transformation of risk and leadership culture.

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Scytale

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Strong information technology professional with a Master of Science focused in Computer Science (IT Security, Communication Networks, Software Development), Minor in Law/Economics from University of Passau. Passionate about the transformation of risk and leadership culture.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team compliance Automotive 52

IT World

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Vira Tkachenko, CTO at Ukraine software developer MacPaw , spoke remotely to Apple admins at Jamf’s JNUC event. A real-world example of a woman in a leadership position in tech , she explained how her company planned for business continuity during the war in Ukraine.

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SaaStr

MAY 22, 2019

Hubspot is an inbound marketing and sales software company based in Massachusetts. His thoughts on leadership in a nutshell? .” From 200-2008 she held leadership positions at Allegis Corporation and Intuit before ultimately joining Intercom in 2017. Prior to Logickull Andy was a software developer at EDS (an HP Company).

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SaaStr

APRIL 27, 2022

When I was learning about the software development kit (SDK) concept, I realized that I could integrate CRM software into a mobile app. Inspired by Foursquare, a location technology platform that people were using to check into venues and restaurants, I wanted to build software that would allow people to check into apps.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 15, 2021

At his core, Jeff Lawson is a software developer first, and the CEO of Twilio second. He gets what goes on in a developer’s brain and the detailed process of building software, but he understands that businesses are motivated to move quickly. 7 Let your teams play with different toys.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

I started just with regular software development, doing software of different kinds. So, we developed this leadership talent for engineers, the first of which is build with purpose. How do you today think about leveraging internal engineering resources in terms of building software?

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Valuize Consulting

JUNE 9, 2022

In order to drive best-in-class Net Dollar Retention (NDR), you need seasoned CS Operations leadership with the right amount of strategic expertise, seniority, and influence that can act as a partner within your organization and across your business. The Business Impact Of Senior Customer Success Operations Leadership.

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Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

MARCH 23, 2020

I leveraged many of the 52 mental models while working at various software as a service (SaaS) companies, but in truth, they can be applied anywhere, regardless of industry. Customer > Team > Individual During my time at HubSpot, the leadership team shared this mental model to help with decision-making.

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User Pilot

AUGUST 23, 2023

You need to meet the project criteria and exhibit leadership, organization, and collaboration skills. Common tools and software Here are some common platforms that product analysts can use or learn as part of professional development. Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate.

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Totango

JANUARY 22, 2018

With more than 20 years in customer-focused leadership and management, Krista is an innovative leader passionate about engaging customers and creating excellence in customer experience across industries. Prior to joining Google in 2011, Dante has held several roles in higher education, consulting, and in software development.

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Neil Patel

MAY 6, 2021

Basecamp is a project management software developed by 37Signals, and it provides an excellent example of a successful unique selling proposition. Their entire philosophy is about creating software the meets very minimal requirements and not feature-rich software aimed to please everyone.

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User Pilot

JULY 17, 2023

A product team structure is how a business organizes the product team to best support software development. It brings together experts from different disciplines and functions who work together to design, develop, launch, and support a product. Book the demo to see how it can support your product team structure.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 5, 2018

These challenges created the need for a sales rep onboarding process that is faster and more flexible – areas in which the software industry is already well-versed. Taking a Page from Agile Software Development. Software companies used to spend months or years developing new products.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 11, 2021

From his background in software development and project management, Farhan learned how a data-driven approach is key when it comes to scaling your business – but for this to be effective, you need to keep your customer at the heart of everything you do. My background, as you outlined, started as a developer.

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Valuize Consulting

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Strategic Leadership For Smooth Scaling. While you may not need direct, hands-on-keyboard experience with the various systems and tools being used in your organization, a solid understanding of system administration strategy, including software development tools, practices and methodologies that support your processes is a must-have.

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FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2023

We’re enterprise software for a new category called LearnOps. So essentially building the first operating system for corporate learning and development teams in bringing thought leadership community best practices around the LearnOps category. Cognota didn’t necessarily start as a software business.

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Totango

JANUARY 22, 2018

With more than 20 years in customer-focused leadership and management, Krista is an innovative leader passionate about engaging customers and creating excellence in customer experience across industries. Prior to joining Google in 2011, Dante has held several roles in higher education, consulting, and in software development.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 18, 2019

Here are five quick takeaways: By 2022, half of the global economy is going to be digital – and more and more companies will become software companies. Developers are key to making this transformation happen. When launching a developer program for your product, you absolutely must have clear objectives and executive buy-in.

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OpenView Labs

MAY 20, 2021

The same was true when I ran the People function at a software development consultancy that doubled its headcount to ~100 while reducing attrition from 40% to 5% voluntary in 18 months. I’ll never forget the ERP provider who snickered as they installed their software.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2019

Luckily for me, I found myself in a position where I was leading a design team in New York and an organization that was transitioning from waterfall software development to agile software development. People stopped asking me to design software and said: “Jeff, we’re also having all these same problems.

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Underperforming Technical Team Scale Innovation Startup 179

CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Can a software developer do sales? So hire a customer success leader, even if that person is doing the leadership position for the first time, so that the customer success team has a fair chance to make an actual impact. Here they make the mistake of making the customer support team do customer success. .

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Audacix

JULY 18, 2022

DevOps is really a set of ideas and practices that emphasise a culture and environment where building, testing, and releasing software can happen rapidly, frequently, and more reliably. DevOps best practices that will help you to run your software development projects smoothly. Fail often, fail fast.

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Kellblog

JANUARY 30, 2021

In an era where we (vendors) increasingly run our own software, running it is increasingly as important as building it. Leadership matters. I was used to remote work for individual creative positions such as writer or software developer. The ongoing rise of devops. Sometimes, more. Database proliferation slows.

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Technical Review Payment Services Payments AI Search 143

SaaStr

MAY 24, 2019

235: Andrew Filev is the Founder & CEO @ Wrike, the cloud based collaboration and project management software that scales across teams in any business. As for Andrew, he started his first software development company at the age of 18 and has been running Wrike for the last 13 years alongside advisory roles with both Ditto and Appulate.

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Sales Hiring Scale SMB Sales Recruiting 150

Valuize Consulting

JULY 15, 2021

Product Owners are at the center of software development in leading agile software companies. Jason is a Certified Product Manager who helps market-leading enterprise software companies maximize the impact, scale and efficiency of their CS technology investments. Connecting Customer Success Strategy With Technology.

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Valuize Consulting

JUNE 10, 2020

C ustomer success processes in B2B software businesses today are often inefficient, siloed and lacking scalability. Perhaps it was fueled by all of the strategic expertise, funding and time required to develop a category-leading customer success strategy—one that transforms your company’s revenue retention and expansion metrics.

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TriTuns

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

What this means for customer success teams is that they need to ensure they have the expertise, experience, tools, and methodologies to help their customers address user behavior change and ensure software adoption over the long-term. You will probably need to educate your customers on effective software adoption practices and methods.

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How SaaS Works

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The How SaaS Works series simplifies the complex world of software-as-a-service (SaaS) into the practical fundamentals for anyone involved in SaaS. Introduction The software-as-a-service business model appeals to companies of all sizes from tiny startups to massive Fortune 500 companies. The software product is continuously updated.

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Audacix

MAY 23, 2018

We know this because of two reasons, a) our customers told us about these problems when they started using our test automation services , and b) all of my colleagues in our leadership team have faced these issues in our previous lives. The issue of automated software testing tools is central to any such engagement.

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SaaStr

MARCH 20, 2019

Before that, he worked for 12 years at Trilogy, where he held key leadership roles helping the company grow from a start-up to a $300 million business. What does Jeff mean when he says, “the developer first approach is a maturation of the supply chain of software?” What were his core learnings from that? * Jeff Lawson: Sure.

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TriTuns

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

What this means for customer success teams is that they need to ensure they have the expertise, experience, tools, and methodologies to help their customers address user behavior change and ensure software adoption over the long-term. You will probably need to educate your customers on effective software adoption practices and methods.

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Customer Success Scale Technical Review Software Review 40

CloudGeometry

APRIL 13, 2023

Why can’t we escape hands-on cloud operations work to unlock software development nirvana (aka frictionless, faster development and deployment processes)? An environment where there’s virtually no hands-on operations work can deliver a faster, more frictionless development and deployment experience. Look quite similar?

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SaaStr

JUNE 14, 2023

“The fastest company will always win,” says Daniel Dines, CEO and Founder of UiPath, one of the fastest-growing software companies in the world. Ten years ago, no one would have guessed Europe would generate the largest software IPO globally, yet UiPath has done it, and net retention is 144%.

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