Crafty CTO

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I’ve learned so much … most importantly, I think, that I love being a fractional CTO, a role that allows me to make use of everything I’ve learned and experienced over a long technology-focused career. What’s changing, rather, is the entity I’m delivering through – a new company called Crafty CTO.

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SaaStr

JULY 23, 2021

Brian Peterson, CTO @ Dialpad. Dave Walters, CTO, Hired. Jenn Knight, Co-Founder, CTO, AgentSync. Grab 30% off the best passes here: The post 30+ Incredible New Speakers for 2021 SaaStr Annual appeared first on SaaStr. Take a look at our latest speaker additions here: Martin Mickos, CEO, HackerOne, Inc.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 8, 2020

We caught up with one of the SaaStr community’s favorite speakers, Dharmesh Shah CTO and co-founder of Hubspot on lessons learnings launching a second product. If a second product from a trusted vendor is strong, you can avoid so more cognitive overload from learning a new UI, new security processes, new systems, etc.

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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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SaaStr

JULY 26, 2022

CTO at Okta. CTO at Circle. CTO at Carta. CTO & SVPE at Ripping. A sample Elevate session from SaaStr Europa 2022 here: The post New!! Join the SVPE and CTOs of Slack, Okta, Amplitude, Carta, Rippling, Notion and More at Elevate at SaaStr Annual 2022! CEO at Coda. SVP of Eng at Amplitude.

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Valerian Tech

JANUARY 5, 2023

It can be beneficial to hire a fractional CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in a variety of situations. When you don't have an in-house technology leader: If you don't have a CTO or a similar technology leader on your team, a fractional CTO can fill that role.

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SaaStr

JULY 18, 2022

Co-founder and CEO of Plato, Quong Hoang, the #1 mentoring platform for engineering leaders , helped moderate a discussion between CTO of Change.org, Elaine Zhou, and Head of Engineering at Notion, Michael Manapat, on this subject. Focus on retaining your engineers from day one. More like this at 2022 SaaStr Annual, Sep 13-15 in SF Bay Area!!

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SaaStr

MARCH 16, 2022

Jenn Knight, Co-founder and CTO of AgentSync, and Daryna Kulya, Co-founder of OpenPhone, discuss how different approaches have helped each brand reach its target audience and accomplish its goals, the potential of product-led growth, and how to scale growth strategies to yield desirable results. tip their toes in new growth strategies.

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TechEmpower SaaS

JULY 24, 2023

The conversations are interesting and varied because they’re about new, exciting, different things. Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. Will you need to add arbitrary new pages?

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TechEmpower SaaS

JULY 31, 2023

channels (search, social, viral, new media), cost-efficient distribution We often reference Dave’s work when talking to innovators. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas Be sure to check out the entire presentation. Conclusion Startup metrics are an invaluable tool for founders and innovators.

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TechEmpower SaaS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

New features always require significant rewrites, and consequently a lot of time. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas Developers seem unconcerned about bugs or system downtime. Developers become annoyed at testers for finding bugs. Developers can’t explain why changes will require more or less development time.

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Infinicept

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

New Role Extends Infinicept’s Leadership in Embedded Payments and Drives Advancements in Embedded Finance DENVER – February 9, 2023 – Infinicept, a leading provider of embedded payments, today announced that it has appointed Anne-Jeanette LeBell as the company’s Chief Technology Officer.

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IT World

MARCH 14, 2023

ChatGPT creator OpenAI announced the new large language model in a blog post, saying it will have better features than its predecessor, GPT-3.5 Word of GPT-4 first leaked last week when Andreas Braun, CTO of Microsoft Germany, let slip that it would be launched this week. To read this article in full, please click here

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SaaStr

JUNE 25, 2023

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. The best CEOs and founders are just fast. Fast to iterate, fast to learn, fast to fix. But you usually at least have to speed up after that.

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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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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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SaaStr

JUNE 18, 2023

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: About 70% of SaaS Public Companies Are New Versions of Existing Categories of Software (Updated) Growth Slowed Down About 33% On Average For Everyone in Q1 The Top 20 SaaStr Tips to Getting a SaaS Start-Up Going When Should You Add a Second Product?

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SaaStr

JULY 31, 2022

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: 8 Signs a New VP Won’t Work Out. An updated classic SaaStr guide on how to know if that new VP you worked so hard to find, recruit and get on board … is really going to make it. And 3 Things Not to Worry So Much About.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Well, we did the heavy lifting and highlighted a few here for you… Marianna Tessel, Intuit CTO + Cathy Polinsky, Stitch Fix CTO + Robin Ducot, Survey Monkey CTO. We’re especially excited about this all-star, CTO panel from three publicly traded companies. appeared first on SaaStr.

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SaaStr

MAY 16, 2021

But what they don’t have is a good enough founding team: Sometimes, if the prospective founder isn’t super technical, then the CTO/VPE isn’t really great. They’ve got a rent-a-CTO. Or sometimes they are great, but the team members are just not great enough for their new C-level roles (CEO, CTO, CMO, CSO, CBO, C?O).

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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

JUNE 6, 2021

There’s so much incredible new content on the SaaStr YouTube Channel and podcast — check it all out here ! And with 20+ sessions from the recent SaaStr Enterprise to dig into alone, as well as an incredible new session with the CEO of Klaviyo. OK — now on to The Top 10. The 10 most watched videos of the week.

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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. .

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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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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.

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SaaStr

JULY 13, 2020

Great CEO But Mediocre CTO. Sometimes, you can grow quickly at $1m-$2m+ ARR growing quickly even with a mediocre CTO. A mediocre CTO can’t keep up. That they need to burn too much for each new $1 they bring in. At least by the second meeting. Because that one 10x feature might be enough up to that point.

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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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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

“Mastermind Masterclass: The SaaS Org Chart by Series with David Sacks” David Sacks, founder of Craft Ventures and Yammer, and ex-COO, leads us on a new Mastermind class on opening day. #2. The Top 10 will change as more folks register, but here’s the leaderboard for now: #1.

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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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SaaStr

MAY 10, 2023

Combining Strong Growth With A New Level of Efficiency. We did a deep dive here with CTO Dharmesh Shah a little while back: And a few other interesting learnings: #6. And a good natured-challenge to all of us to keep growing! Let’s take a look at the latest 5 Interesting Learnings at $2,000,000,000 in ARR: #1.

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IT World

JANUARY 27, 2023

After Apple introduced its amazing M2 Mac mini , I caught up with one of the world’s biggest Mac mini customers, MacStadium , for some insights into how the company views the new systems. I’ve never been more optimistic for the Mac platform,” said Chris Chapman, MacStadium's CTO. It was specific.

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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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Tom Tunguz

JULY 8, 2020

This modern architecture for data analysis, operational metrics, and machine learning enables companies to process data in new ways. Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon wrote about how Amazon uses cloud data lakes to operate their business. Cloud Data Lakes are a trend we’ve been excited about for a long time at Redpoint.

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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

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Some leaders like Slack have seen the same, but most Cloud leaders at scale with high NRR end up getting more and more of their revenue from their existing base, not new customers. CEO Spencer Skates owns 8.5%, CTO Curtis Liu 8.0%. This is rare. But Amplitude has 51% growth in paying customers on top of 57% overall growth.

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SaaStr

JULY 29, 2020

Juggling People, Processes & Priorities: CTO Leadership Lessons from the Front Lines. Tarik Faouzi. Rose Nuñez. Channel Management. IBM. [link]. 9:00 – 9:50AM. Marianna Tessel. Intuit. [link] . 9:00 – 9:20AM. How to Design and Build a SaaS Platform Pressure Tested for the Enterprise. Catherine Wong. 11:00 – 11:50AM.

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