SaaStr

JUNE 26, 2022

SaaStr 564: Top 10 Learnings Architecting a High Throughput Critical API with RevenueCat CTO Miguel Carranza. Growing & Scaling SaaS Businesses from $1M to $500M in ARR with Intercom CEO Karen Peacock. The post Top SaaStr Content for the Week: Gusto CEO, RevenueCat CTO, Intercom CEO, Notion CRO, and More!

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stripe’s CTO, David Singleton, shares how they use a system of feedback, iteration, and fast shipping to create products that meet users’ expectations. Even with the best technology, your business can still flop if you fail to listen to users and give them what they want.

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SaaStr

JUNE 18, 2022

Farrah B, VP Business Operations @ Cribl. Shradha Kothari, Chief of Staff, SVP & GM North America Sales @ Twilio. Elias Torres, CTO @ Drift. Shradha Kothari, Chief of Staff, SVP & GM North America Sales @ Twilio. Elias Torres, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer @ Drift.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 23, 2022

But You’ll Probably Need 50 Million Active Users for Freemium to Actually Work as a Business Model. SaaStr 600: Founder Confidential with HubSpot Founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah, & Founder and Executive Chairperson Brian Halligan. ?. 5 Interesting Learnings from Figma at $300,000,000+ in ARR. Top Podcasts This Week: 1.

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SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2022

Miguel Carranza, CTO at RevenueCat, shares ten learnings from firsthand experience in architecting an API & SDK that is currently on 5,000+ apps and has seen 3x growth Year-over-Year. . Instead, the CTO suggests that you avoid adding new pieces of infrastructure until absolutely necessary. What makes a great API?

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

It was a very big company and they were being asked to work on other parts of the business that weren’t related to Meraki. Kiren Sekar, who’s spoken previously at SaaStr Annual , was Meraki’s CMO before becoming Samsara’s Chief Strategy Officer and founding chief Product Officer.

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SaaStr

MAY 26, 2023

Dan Robinson, current Advisor and former CTO at Heap , shares five essential learnings from nearly a decade of building a SaaS business. What Your Job Is (And What It Isn’t) Your Job is to Make the Company Win A CTO may imagine their primary job is to provide technical expertise, lead engineers, and help build the product.

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SaaStr

MARCH 16, 2022

OpenPhone and AgentSync are two SaaS businesses with very different growth strategies, but the same ultimate goal: to continue selling while simultaneously problem-solving for current customers. Unlocking the economics of small business sales. business that would turn into long-lasting partnerships. Forces product excellence.

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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. What does the business do? One way to approach that last question is to use this simple model: Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) How will your business reach prospects? How does it meet customers’ needs?

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Or at least where the co-founder CTO is a true equal partner to the CEO. Unless again, you have a true CTO as well, that is also leading the company. But usually there is an amazing CTO from Day 1. All but one run by ex-engineers as CEOs, or, business CEOs that have a true CTO co-founder. How to be super agile.

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TechEmpower SaaS

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In the 25 years that TechEmpower has been in business, we’ve seen thousands of companies come and go. cto , product , saas This vast pool of talent showcases a wide range of experience and portfolios, quality of work, and inquisitiveness. tew_cta text="Do you have an idea for a software project? Either way, we can help!"]

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TechEmpower SaaS

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This presents businesses with an opportunity to enhance their search functionalities for both internal and external users. This expansive, and ever-increasing knowledge base allows them to provide insights, answers, and context that may not even exist in a business's specific dataset or repository.

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TechEmpower SaaS

MARCH 4, 2024

This shift allows business to reallocate human resources to more complex and strategic roles, or eliminate those positions entirely. 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.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Including: CEO Snowflake CEO HubSpot CEO DropBox CEO Descript CEO Clio CEO Flock Safety CEO Own CRO ServiceTitan CMO Databricks CMO Infinite Reality CTO Rubrik CCO Canva CCO Bill CCO GitHub VP AI Wiz CEO Calendly and 100s more!! Investor Connections and Funding Opportunities — And $5m AI VC Pitch Stage!!

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TechEmpower SaaS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Founder-Developer Gap and A, B, C Players The challenges that business leaders face when assessing development teams are a good example of the Founder-Developer Gap. Knowing how to spot these signs can help you keep your business on track. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas Missed deadlines.

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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. This isn’t B2C and virality won’t accelerate the process enough in the early days. It’s just too competitive today.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Or at least — where the co-founder CTO is a true equal partner to the CEO. But usually there is an amazing (in terms of cleverness, if not always pure skillset) CTO from Day 1. If either the CEO or the CTO wasn’t at one point a great engineer or at least a super-smart hacker, they just don’t know how to iterate quickly.

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SaaStr

APRIL 21, 2024

If you’re a “business” founder, know it’s really, really hard to win without a truly great CTO. Answer that instead of worrying about being first. Too many founders aren’t honest about why they will win. Make 100% sure the market will actually pay for your product.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

David considers product to be its own department that should also report directly to the CEO, instead of falling under the CTO. CTO (40 Employees). In addition, you will begin international expansion if applicable to your business. CTO (114 Employees). The Org Journey: Series A – Series C. Series A (~ 50 Employees).

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TechEmpower SaaS

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

To get to what’s right for you, you need a tech partner with a deep understanding of your business needs, software development experience, data engineering skills and AI expertise. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas But there’s a big difference between an LLM implementation and the right implementation for you.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 16, 2024

But second, if it’s a good deal, and a good acquirer — you just don’t know where it will all go for them. For our little team at EchoSign / Adobe Sign, now 13 (!)

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Founded by Sanjit Biswas, former CEO at Meraki and John Bicket former CTO at Meraki[link] Samsara builds software to manage physical operations: truck fleets, mining, food & beverage, oil & gas. If a business has to manage physical assets with drivers, there’s a Samsara product for it.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 21, 2024

May Habib, CEO and Co-Founder @ Writer.ai May Habib, CEO and Co-Founder @ Writer.ai May Habib, CEO and Co-Founder @ Writer.ai May Habib, CEO and Co-Founder @ Writer.ai

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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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TechEmpower SaaS

JULY 24, 2023

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. Background Questions Let’s start with some background questions about the business and product. Tell me about the business.

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SaaStr

MAY 10, 2021

“Enterprise, SMB and Everything In Between: How to Build a Business that Scales With Your Customers with Zendesk’s CTO.” . “Lessons in Scale: Building the Foundation for High Growth with Qualtrics’s CEO” This should be a great session. Register here. #2. ” Register here. #3.

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TechEmpower SaaS

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? What does a business leader do in this situation? Your reasons for needing a technical review will depend on your business goals. But is that the right strategy for your business?

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SaaStr

JANUARY 18, 2022

Most surprisingly, my CTO — the most start-up-ey guy I know — is still there. E.g., to be the head of all business services, or all web something or other. If that’s the case, you may spend a lot of time thinking about how to get that 20%, not the business. Some folks will prefer post-acquisition life. 7 years later.

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Payment Solutions New CTO Payments Payment Services 350

SaaStr

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Gartner: Business Software Spend Still Forecast to Rise 11.3% SaaStr 600: Founder Confidential with HubSpot Founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah, & Founder and Executive Chairperson Brian Halligan. ?. The Simple Reason Startups That Just Raised $100s of Millions Are Doing Layoffs. Customers Love a Good Product Roadmap Review.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 5, 2021

What makes a bad CTO? As a CTO in a startup, what should I do when the CEO wants to interfere with making technical decisions? How do I know when to quit trying to make a business work? How do VCs vet businesses? What are the signs that an entrepreneur will always be small time? What should I do?

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TurnKey Labs

JANUARY 9, 2024

Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) play a critical role in steering technology-driven businesses and tech startups towards success. From keeping pace with ever-evolving technologies to leading development teams effectively, the responsibilities of a CTO are multifaceted.

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SaaStr

MAY 17, 2021

SaaStr Enterprise is a flagship SaaStr digital event on May 26 + 27 where the top executives and leaders driving innovation in the Cloud share their playbooks on scaling your business to market and sell to the enterprise. Exclusively for CEOs, CIO, CTO, CXOs — our CEO <> CXO networking connects the very top leaders in SaaS and Cloud.

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SaaStr

MARCH 5, 2023

Almost all of them had an amazing CTO or CPO, and hired a simply epic VP or two. I love the session below with Okta’s CEO on how everyone knew the identity space matters, but no one thought it could be that huge as a business. Some wicked smart, some merely very smart. Some direct, some warm and friendly. Not just great, but epic.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

A mediocre “coder” CTO because you can’t code … won’t really work out. A mediocre “business guy” that can’t really marketing and sales won’t really get you those key early customers. You can’t settle here. You have to find someone at least as good as you, ideally better. And importantly, at least as committed.

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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. The first line was, ‘With almost three decades in technology,’” he told me. What are some of the biggest challenges that you’d like to tackle as the company’s new CTO?

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SaaStr

JULY 4, 2022

Most surprisingly, my CTO — the most start-up-ey guy I know — is still there. E.g., to be the head of all business services, or all web something or other. If that’s the case, you may spend a lot of time thinking about how to get that 20%, not the business. Some folks will prefer post-acquisition life. 10+ years later (!).

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TurnKey Labs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) play a critical role in steering technology-driven businesses and tech startups towards success. From keeping pace with ever-evolving technologies to leading development teams effectively, the responsibilities of a CTO are multifaceted.

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