SaaStr

JULY 10, 2021

As you said, people take it hard if suddenly you say, “Hey, this is your new EVP. As a B2B enterprise company, sales was our first key. If I wasn’t at the programming background, probably a CTO was a good idea, but for us it was sales, definitely sales and marketing. You’re going to do what he or she said.

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Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review CTO Hire 264

User Pilot

MAY 1, 2024

He worked as a Product Lead at Airbnb for 7 years, where he managed a number of teams, supported strategy for the anti-discrimination team, and built new tools for hosts. How to be more innovative | Sam Schillace (Microsoft deputy CTO, creator of Google Docs) – Lenny interviews Sam on the journey toward building Google Docs.

Underperforming Technical Team 102

Underperforming Technical Team New CTO Interviewing CTO 102

Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 20, 2024

And so, the thing that was really new about LLMs was the ability to, at extremely low cost, generate an answer instantly to any question. Adam: And so, based on all that, we landed on building Poe as a new chat-oriented AI product. We thought about, [as Quora] , what is the role that we’re going to play in this new world with AI?

AI Search 143

AI Search AI Artificial Intelligence Scale 143

Casey Accidental

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Product: Product Leadership , Product Strategy , User Insights for Product Decisions , Product Management Foundations , Mastering Product Management , Data for Product Managers (new). Engineering: Scaling Product Delivery , Technical Strategy , Engineering Management (new). Product Leadership. Apply to Join Reforge ].

CTO Coach 52

CTO Coach CTO Hire New CTO Scale 52

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Major challenges facing a new CEO [19:40]. Vishal Sunak: I began my journey in B2B SaaS at Backupify, and got the opportunity to learn the SaaS game from some real experts. And I had done that even before I got into B2B software, doing military electronic design, right? Show Agenda and Timestamps. Show Introduction [00:10].

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Scale CTO Hire CTO Coach Scaling 120

Upscope

JANUARY 5, 2020

April Dunford's definition: " In order to break through the noise, companies would need to take into account their own strengths and weaknesses, then contrast them with their competitors to create a unique leadership position in the minds of customers. My really crude definition : When I come across a new product I tend think "Wtf is this?

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Strategy Marketing Sales Hiring Engineering 128

SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2024

The biggest thing on many of our minds is what the future of AI will be in B2B. In B2B, we will be stuck with AI because there’s no one to work at our companies. Is the CTO involved in these decisions? The only way to win in B2B is to materially increase customer count. Q: What Are You Most Excited About with AI?

AI 304

AI Pricing Artificial Intelligence Scale 304

SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

He is well-known in the B2B SaaS space for his product. Alexander Theuma is the founder of SaaStock – a one-stop source for B2B SaaS companies to supercharge their growth. Dev is also a prominent speaker who helps B2B SaaS companies scale their business through demand generation strategies and solutions. Alexander Theuma.

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VP of Engineering Scale SaaS Venture Capital 10

SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The hot topic that is running around in the SaaS industry is the need for customer success to have a seat and a voice at the leadership table. This makes a case for customer success to have a seat at the leadership table. C-Suite executives need to have strong leadership and communication skills.

Customer Success 10

Customer Success Part-Time CTO CTO Scale 10

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

and a New Era in Sales Tech Last week, we unveiled Operator , the first company incubated within GTMfund, alongside the announcement of a $3.6 The Co-Founders brought in an insanely talented team: Pleasant Middelhof , (COO), Jeremy Jonas (CTO), and Carl Gunderson (Software Engineer). Interested to learn more, click here.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Scale Technical Cofounder New CTO 76

SaaSHolic

MAY 5, 2023

The cost of capital has gone up, and digital markets have returned to normal market sizes, leading to a new environment of lower valuations and less money in the market. Responsible tech in an era of hostile tech Rebecca Parsons, CTO (Thoughtworks.) Web Summit Rio, day 3.

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Technical Review VP of Engineering Development Team Review Software Review 90

Teamgate

JANUARY 14, 2019

In my opinion, the biggest downside to working in-house, whether it is a big brand or a startup, is that the messaging remains the same: the tech can evolve and it may have new features, yet the story around it tends to remain the same. Why PR is important for B2B companies? PR works similar in both B2B and B2C.

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Interviewing Startup Technical Review Technical Advisors 81

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 9, 2020

. “The real advances in SEO come from people trying things out and sharing them with the community” Alexa: You mentioned trial and error there and given that SEO is really a new discipline, how has trial and error helped you be at the forefront of a discipline that has emerged within your career span? Kevin: Absolutely.

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Technical Review Scale Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 199

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Value to B2B Customers Translates to 1 Thing: Revenue [26:01]. Zvi has leadership experience across a wide range of organizations, from his various fledgling startups to large national military organizations. He co-founded and served as CTO of Safend, an endpoint security solution acquired by Wave Systems. Sam’s Corner: [39:12].

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Scale CTO Coach Cloud New CTO 55

SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

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.

Sales Hiring 162

Sales Hiring Outsourcing Services Scale CTO Hire 162

Sales Hacker

MARCH 11, 2025

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Cassie Young is a General Partner at Primary Venture Partners, a $1B AUM early-stage venture capital firm in New York that has backed category-defining companies such as Chief, Alma, K Health, Latch, Alloy, Dandy and Vestwell.

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Scale Technical Advisors Sales Hiring Technical Review 86

SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2024

At SaaStr Annual we had a great session with HubSpot Founder & CTO, Dharmesh Shah, and their Chief People Officer, Katie Burke, on building happier employees. We are a Boston B2B marketing software company, we are super excited and passionate about this, but we cannot outspend Facebook or Google. It’s really tough.

Part-Time CTO 290

Part-Time CTO CTO Hire CTO Coach CTO 290

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 10, 2024

It’s in New York. The other thing is, I live in New Orleans. Levelset was the only venture-backed company in New Orleans. Martin Roth: [11:21] But the other thing, it’s funny, you say you can convince leadership. I remember there was this podcast. I don’t even know if it exists anymore. Bowery Capital.

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Scale Sales Hiring Scaling CTO Coach 116

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

He is a seasoned, multi-stage operator, bringing over two decades of experience in investment banking advisory, public equity investing, high-growth operational and military leadership roles. So you guys are open up a new chapter down there. You are the customer service representative for our CRO, our CTO. They might be new.

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Sales Recruiting Scale Finance Underperforming Technical Team 92