SaaStr
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Dear SaaStr: Should SaaS Startups Really Have CROs or COOs? Is That Too Many Management Layers? Theres no way a SaaS startup needs a CRO or COO or other C-level Officers Without a Clear, Single Functional Area to Own Until $40m-50m+ in ARR. image from here ) The post Dear SaaStr: Should SaaS Startups Really Have CROs or COOs?
SaaStr
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Dear SaaStr: If a startup is at $1.5M You should find, hire, and manage the VPs of Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Product and Engineering and even Finance yourself. You should find, hire, and manage the VPs of Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Product and Engineering and even Finance yourself. I think $1.5m A bit earlier.
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SaaStr
OCTOBER 13, 2024
Lemkin Change his Point of View on The Value of a COO for Earlier Stage Startups? I felt part of your core job as CEO was to assemble a management team, not complain about how you couldn’t get it all done. I still believe a CEO should “do it all” in terms of building a decent management team first before hiring a COO.
TechEmpower SaaS
JULY 31, 2023
When talking to startup founders or other innovators, we always ask questions to better understand their business as a core. Conclusion Startup metrics are an invaluable tool for founders and innovators. Focus on building an MVP to gather startup metrics. What does the business do? How does it meet customers’ needs?
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SaaStr
APRIL 13, 2025
Don’t try to evolve into a compound startup later – Unlike conventional wisdom about starting focused and expanding, Conrad believes it’s “really hard” to transition from a point solution to a compound startup: “You kind of have to almost refound the company.” The advantages are substantial: 1.
SaaStr
MAY 23, 2025
Dear SaaStr: What Is It Like After Your Startup is Acquired? But its replaced by BigCo pressurehitting metrics, navigating bureaucracy, and managing expectations. Its a shift from managing a startup to managing within a corporate structure, which can be both exciting and frustrating. Its different.
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