TechEmpower SaaS

MARCH 4, 2024

Other Notable Functions Generative AI is poised to revolutionize supply chain management by enhancing demand forecasting, enabling businesses to anticipate market changes and adjust inventory accordingly. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas

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Generative AI AI CTO Hire Sales Recruiting 443

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 can be a useful option for startups or small businesses that may not have the resources to hire a full-time CTO or may not need one on a permanent basis.

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TechEmpower SaaS

JULY 31, 2023

Get Users (= Acquisition, Referral) Drive Usage (= Activation, Retention) Make Money (= Monetize) Startup Challenges Management: Setting priorities, defining key metrics, reporting progress Product: Build the right features, getting product out quickly, testing for conversion/adoption Marketing: Accessing "web 2.0"

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Metrics Startup Scale New CTO 390

Valerian Tech

DECEMBER 14, 2022

There are many benefits to hiring a fractional CTO, also known as a part-time or interim CTO. A fractional CTO can bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to your organization without the added expense of a full-time executive.

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CTO Hire New CTO CTO Technology 52

SaaStr

DECEMBER 16, 2023

You really need a great CTO, not just a good business team. A mediocre tech team, a part-time CTO, or even just a decent CTO just doesn’t get you there. But the founders and CEOs need to attract even more types of managers, earlier, in SaaS. Every month, the Net New Revenue dial goes back to $0. Much better.

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Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Sales Recruiting VPCs (Virtual Private Cloud) 220

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 31, 2023

Click here to join the beta waitlist for our AI features or receive AI news from Intercom. We’ve built some exciting new features into Intercom using this new GPT technology and have given access to several hundred customers – and the response has been astounding. Our team has been using the new AI Inbox features a lot.

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AI Artificial Intelligence New CTO ChatGPT 188

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?

Technical Review 390

Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review Systems Review 390

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The goal is to help each other learn something new, find mentorships, create partnerships, and exchange strategies. with Yamini Jain, Co-founder at Global roots inc How to manage a SAAS startup effectively? with Dumindu Tennakoon, General Manager at appiGo International Pvt Ltd How to achieve more with OKRs?

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VP of Engineering Technical Cofounder Outsourcing Services CTO Coach 240

SaaStr

JANUARY 16, 2023

Mike Wiacek, CEO at Stairwell, Mo Jebrini, CTO at Mashvisor, and Michael Ermolenko, CTO at Inworld.ai, discuss with Helene Ambiana, Global SMB and Startups Marketing Director at Google Cloud, how they overcame the hurdles of scaling and reached their goals. . Accordingly, training programs to hone new skills should be introduced. .

Scale 198

Scale CTO Hire Cloud Scaling 198

SaaStr

JULY 13, 2023

Continuing the conversation on effective team members, it’s important to hire the right people to manage SDRs. But if they’ve never managed a higher turnover SDR team, they often melt. It’s too much to learn on the fly for most new VPs of Sales. Q: What Do You Think About Specialization In This New Era Of Efficiency?

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CTO Hire Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale 175

SaaStr

JULY 10, 2021

As a founder/CEO, building your first management team is something that you often lose sleep over. Obviously, I can’t imagine a chief executive not having loss of sleep over building a management team. What makes you feel that you need to level up your management, set up your first management team? Is it a time?

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Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review CTO Hire 256

SaaStr

JUNE 28, 2022

Don’t force VCs to find out in due diligence that only 2 percent of the pool, not the customary 15 percent or so, is available for new hires. Problematic on-site management due diligence. There are often problems on the management team. But don’t disclose this at the last minute. Too many founder vesting issues.

Finance 284

Finance Technical Review CTO Hire New CTO 284

User Pilot

MAY 1, 2024

There is a ton of product management advice out there, but most of it is generic tips repeated over and over again. Keep on reading to learn about his journey into product management , his recommended newsletters and podcast episodes, and his top tips for product management success.

Underperforming Technical Team 102

Underperforming Technical Team New CTO Interviewing CTO 102

SaaStr

JANUARY 18, 2022

Most surprisingly, my CTO — the most start-up-ey guy I know — is still there. Because no matter how you are managed, hands-on or hands-off … it isn’t yours anymore. You may be asked to own new stuff beyond just what your company / app does. Some folks will prefer post-acquisition life. And it is hard to predict. 7 years later.

Payment Solutions 343

Payment Solutions Payments New CTO Payment Services 343

SaaStr

MAY 10, 2023

Combining Strong Growth With A New Level of Efficiency. HubSpot has managed to continue impressive growth (30% at $2B ARR) while still getting radically more efficient than 12 months ago. We did a deep dive here with CTO Dharmesh Shah a little while back: And a few other interesting learnings: #6.

Scale 253

Scale SMB Headcount New CTO 253

SaaStr

MAY 22, 2023

And we’ll have a ton more Braindates and Workshops still to come last minute to sign-up for!

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VP of Engineering CTO Coach New CTO CTO 210

SaaStr

MAY 3, 2022

Bonney Pelley, SVP, Strategy + Operations @ New Relic. Ezinne Udezue, VP Product Management @ Procore Technologies. Rajalakshmi Srinivasan, Director – Product Management @ Zoho Corporation. Elias Torres, CTO @ Drift. Deep Nishar, Managing Director @ General Catalyst. Howie Liu, Co-Founder and CEO @ Airtable.

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New CTO Scale CTO AWS 184

SaaStr

JUNE 18, 2022

Bonney Pelley, SVP, Strategy + Operations @ New Relic. Ezinne Udezue, VP Product Management @ Procore Technologies. Rajalakshmi Srinivasan, Director – Product Management @ Zoho Corporation. Elias Torres, CTO @ Drift. Deep Nishar, Managing Director @ General Catalyst. Howie Liu, Co-Founder and CEO @ Airtable.

CTO 208

CTO Scale New CTO AWS 208

Buffer Resources

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Given that their guidance is so universal — both for people just stepping into new roles and those at fast-paced companies like Buffer — I thought I’d share their wisdom here. I've always been one to jump on the new thing as soon as I discover it. Social Media is always changing, and platforms come and go.

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VP of Engineering Part-Time CTO New CTO CTO 97

SaaStr

JULY 29, 2020

Channel Management. Juggling People, Processes & Priorities: CTO Leadership Lessons from the Front Lines. SVP, Managing Partner. The Future of Cloud: Navigating through Uncharted Territory. Tarik Faouzi. Rose Nuñez. IBM. [link]. 9:00 – 9:50AM. Marianna Tessel. Intuit. [link] . 9:00 – 9:20AM. Trisha Price.

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Technical Cofounder Enterprise New CTO CTO 203

SaaStr

JULY 4, 2022

Most surprisingly, my CTO — the most start-up-ey guy I know — is still there. Because no matter how you are managed, hands-on or hands-off … it isn’t yours anymore. You may be asked to own new stuff beyond just what your company / app does. Some folks will prefer post-acquisition life. It’s hard to predict who will.

SaaS Payments 224

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payments New CTO 224

SaaStr

OCTOBER 2, 2023

With the overall trend of budget scrutiny and more oversight on spend, it may come as no surprise that the data shows that most folks who came as a team brought their: CFO CCO CTO and CRO in that order of popularity. Second, there are a lot of rules and regulations to follow to bring in an activation.

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Trends New CTO CTO Data 219

SaaStr

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Not launching 3 Truly Game-Changing Features doesn’t mean you didn’t ship any new code or features. That opens up entirely new segments of the market. If you’re not sure if a feature counts, ask everyone on the management team. Of course you did. That materially increases close rates. Far behind.

New CTO 219

New CTO CTO Engineering Investment 219

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. This team and manager will own the post-sign-up experience.

Scale 268

Scale New CTO CTO Acquisition 268

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

They get CTO training. And for CEOs, especially reps 3-10, the ones that you are still managing. These webinars will also be great training for the new folks. Get rid of non-standard discounting and other dramas that will confuse new reps. Almost always there is a strong correlation to No Training. They get CEO training.

Scale 339

Scale CTO Hire Sales Hiring New CTO 339

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

What makes a bad CTO? How did Mark Zuckerberg manage to own 25% of Facebook? As the CEO of a startup, what should I tell my employees who keep asking for raises after they realized we just raised a new round of funding? (74k views). What were the signs you missed before you lost a major customer? (A A classic ) (72k views).

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Venture Capital New CTO CTO Startup 223

SaaStr

MARCH 7, 2021

Yes, you can manage the sales team yourself. Cash was tight and I didn’t know any great VPs of Biz Dev, so between myself and my VPs of Sales, Product and Customer Success, we all jointly managed our key partners. 5/ Moving from CTO-led -> VPE-led dev team. Others at account management. More here. Small deals.

Part-Time VPE 266

Part-Time VPE Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale 266

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Recently, I spent several hours with a new but great friend who has been on a vaguely similar journey to me. Third, my second start-up as a founder — once we had a great management team. Having a great founding team, and then, a great management team, to work together with. 20×7, near as I can tell.

Part-Time VPE 286

Part-Time VPE CTO Hire AWS New CTO 286

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

JFrog is the pioneer of Continuous Software Release Management, or CSRM. The initial goal was actually not to build a company; rather, it was just to solve the highly complex problems of managing software updates and delivery. The founders named their startup JFrog because a frog is agile and always leaping forward. JFrog offered 11.6

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New CTO CTO Benchmarks Consulting 211

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?

Part-Time CTO 52

Part-Time CTO CTO CTO Coach CTO Hire 52

SaaStr

JANUARY 12, 2022

You have to be careful to pair that with someone strong to manage the relationship, that has more time and that also can be trusted. As a founder, you’ll just run out of time to properly manage key customers and partners yourself. ” — Echeyde Cubillo, Co-founder and CTO, Acme Ticketing. Are we sure?

CTO Hire 277

CTO Hire Sales Hiring New CTO CTO 277

SaaStr

MAY 3, 2021

A new edition, new services, an outbound sales team, an account management / upsell team. Something new to boost your ACV and TCV. Double your pricing for new customer, on the largest deals. At least by the time you are hiring 1 new employee per month. Add a layer. At least on the big customers.

Part-Time VPE 278

Part-Time VPE Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Outsourcing Services 278

SaaStr

JULY 14, 2022

This led to our first meet-ups in 2013 and 2014, the first SaaStr Annual in 2015 , the industry’s leading podcast in 2016, the first SaaS founder coworking space in 2017, and SaaStr Pro , the first learning management system for SaaS founders in 2018. VPs were able to recruit and make new hires. 2020 SaaStr Annual At Home.

Scale 281

Scale Sales Recruiting CTO Hire New CTO 281

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

It’s happened to me, and I think for whatever my faults, I have a pretty high EQ and am a half-decent manager. But I forced us to hire him, over my CTO’s strong objection and my VPE’s grudging acknowledgment we had no choice. But not someone that could manage engineering. You have to try new things.

Part-Time VPE 278

Part-Time VPE Sales Hiring CTO Hire Scale 278

Valerian Tech

MAY 4, 2023

In this article, we'll explore the benefits of DevOps for legacy businesses and how a Fractional CTO can help overcome the challenges of DevOps adoption. First, legacy businesses often face cultural barriers and resistance to change when it comes to implementing new technologies and practices.

CTO Hire 52

CTO Hire New CTO CTO Business 52

BetterCloud

MARCH 3, 2021

Upon joining BetterCloud as its new CTO, Jamie Tischart was taken aback when he reviewed his professional biography with a colleague. We sat down with Tischart for an informal, but wide-ranging discussion about software development, management philosophies, and the future of engineering at BetterCloud.

Part-Time CTO 52

Part-Time CTO CTO Technical Review New CTO 52