SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Before starting JFrog, the founders had built a successful IT consulting firm, AlphaCSP, which focused on developing Java solutions. However, since the adoption was so strong from users, the founders quickly realized that there was a big-time business opportunity with JFrog. JFrog offered 11.6

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SaaStr

JULY 5, 2024

Also, determine whether you have the right CTO to handle these changes. To win, you have to hire hackers and tinkerers who love working on the bleeding edge of technology. If they aren’t sure how to integrate AI into your product, ask if you need a new CTO. Profitability isn’t the end state for investing or an exit.

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CTO Hire Sales Hiring New CTO Venture Capital 211

SaaStock

MARCH 8, 2019

At Click Ventures, Carman uses her impressive skills to lead companies on the right path, with an unheard of failure rate of funded businesses – below 10%. She is also an active tech investor in Asia, complementing the financing with business development insights. Diny Gomes. Everything about Diny Gomes screams energy.

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VP of Engineering CTO Coach Venture Capital SaaS 264

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 5, 2015

What percentage of SaaS IPOs in the last four years have the founding CEOs of the business been CEO at the time of IPO? In what fraction of cases does the founding CEO remain at the company? Of the cases I surveyed, all but one of the founding CEOs remained with the business. percentage points.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 11, 2020

Intercom has responded by hiring a diversity and inclusion consultant, updating our recruitment strategy and hiring practices to reduce bias, scheduling allyship training for all employees, and amplifying Black voices in our podcast and blog. And the response was overwhelming. The question was not, “should we do this?” Share the work.

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Technical Review Software Review Systems Review CTO Hire 289

SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2021

Co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah shared with us how they got there — and the top mistakes they made — just 3 quarters after their IPO. We have someone that probably 98 percent of you know virtually or socially in some sense, Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO of HubSpot. But of course, it wasn’t always quite that big!

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Part-Time VPE Technical Cofounder CTO Hire New CTO 294

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. And that is precisely the gap that a strong fractional CTO can fill.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 14, 2018

Now the Vice President of Product at Business Talent Group , she has honed her expertise into a set of best practices and published them in two books: UX for Lean Startups and Build Better Products. When I wrote Build Better Products in 2016, it honestly came out of a ton of consulting. Balancing business goals with user needs.

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VP of Engineering Underperforming Technical Team CTO Coach New CTO 190

Tom Tunguz

MAY 7, 2014

They have been written by salespeople, CTOs, speechwriters, consultants and magnates. Unlike most business stories which are penned from the point of view of the CEO, this one is written by the CTO/founder, David Hitz. Systems thinking means looking at a business as a collection of positive and negative feedback loops.

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Underperforming Technical Team New CTO CTO Government 157

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.

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SaaStr

JULY 10, 2021

Nikos Moraitakis, CEO @ Workable, moderates this insightful session with Dan Adika, CEO at WalkMe; Mallun Yen, Chief Business & Product Officer at RPX Corp; Craig Walker, CEO at Dialpad; and Wade Foster, CEO @ Zapier. Obviously, I can’t imagine a chief executive not having loss of sleep over building a management team.

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Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review CTO Hire 264

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 31, 2023

Robin Salimans, CTO at Luna “I say this about every new Intercom feature, but this time, I’m telling the truth – this could be my favorite! A number of our customers love this feature and have had great success with it so far: “Intercom’s new Expand feature is a game changer for me and my team at Kala Burdo Consulting. Great stuff!”

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AI Artificial Intelligence New CTO ChatGPT 188

CloudGeometry

JULY 8, 2021

When you treat your cloud provider as a fractional colo. When business-critical applications move out of the data center with “lift and shift”. Well-Architected Framework scorecard : One of the great advantages AWS has over other cloud providers is what it learns from the Amazon consumer eCommerce business.

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SaaStr

JUNE 27, 2019

Erica has led New Relic through massive growth, scaling the company’s enterprise business 10x since she joined the business pre-IPO. In my experience, for example when I started at New Relic running the enterprise team, one moment I might find myself collaborating with the C-suite on the business value positioning. That was it.

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Scale Enterprise Scaling Sales Hiring 230

Valerian Tech

MAY 4, 2023

Introduction: Digital transformation can be challenging for any business, but it can be especially daunting for legacy businesses with entrenched cultures and systems. However, embracing digital transformations is essential for staying competitive in today's fast-paced business environment.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 11, 2020

But as a digital seller and online business owner, sometimes you need a quote that gives you more than warm, fuzzy feelings. You need something that makes you think about your digital business in a new way, renews your motivation, and helps you be more innovative. We love reading and sharing these small snippets with one another.

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Payment Methods Underperforming Technical Team New CTO Payment Services 147

Valerian Tech

JUNE 5, 2023

Introduction In today's digitally connected world, cybersecurity is a top concern for businesses across all sectors, and insurance companies are no exception. The Role of Fractional CTO in Enhancing Cybersecurity A Fractional CTO can provide invaluable expertise and guidance in strengthening an insurance company's cybersecurity defenses.

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OpenView Labs

JULY 2, 2020

After four months of an unprecedented global crisis, SaaS companies are bouncing back while product led growth businesses are trading at almost 2x higher revenue multiples they started with. Tom Tunguz explains what each strategy means for your business and which companies have successfully pursued them. SaaS pricing is complicated.

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Pricing SaaS Payments Payments SaaS 135

Valerian Tech

MAY 30, 2023

Introduction In the competitive landscape of e-commerce, leveraging data analytics has become crucial for businesses seeking sustainable growth. Efficient data analytics allows e-commerce companies to gain valuable insights into customer behavior, optimize their operations, and make informed business decisions.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 5, 2021

Ask him about how to start a Salesforce consultancy.). Channing’s career path has taken him from consultant to head of client development strategy, VP of sales to VP of global sales operations and finally, VP of Sales Operations and Strategy. Eddie Reynolds , CEO, Union Square Consulting.

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Scale Technical Cofounder Technical Advisors Sales Hiring 109

The SaaS Garage

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The product development is led out of Germany by Jan Riedel, a software engineer virtuoso and veteran, who Loyalty Prime was able to win as their new CTO at the beginning of 2019. In addition to Prime Cloud’s rich feature-set, clients also benefit from Loyalty Prime’s extensive customer loyalty consulting expertise.

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Generative AI Artificial Intelligence CTO Coach Venture Capital 90

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The first sponsor is Sapper Consulting. Okay, it’s not that easy, but Sapper Consulting has built REGIE to keep the promise of sales enablement alive and keep your team doing what they do best, which is winning. Sam Jacobs : What’s the business model? Before we get there, we have two sponsors.

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Marketplace as a Service CTO Hire Sales Recruiting Scale 102

Valerian Tech

JULY 5, 2023

Introduction Technology implementation is a transformative force in the ever-evolving hospitality industry. From improving customer experience to streamlining operations, technology has revolutionized the way hospitality businesses operate and given companies access to extremely valuable insights. Book a free consult today.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

It’s been 10 years since co-founders Eoghan McCabe , Des Traynor , David Barrett , and Ciaran Lee sat in a small Dublin coffee shop and dreamed of making internet business personal, and we’re still every bit as excited. Zanade Mann , founder of Black Women’s Business Collective. Will Larson , CTO of Calm.

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VP of Engineering Scale Technical Review Outsourcing Services 118

User Pilot

MAY 1, 2024

Lenny is a newsletter writer, podcast host, angel investor, and product consultant. He has also invested in businesses, like Figma, Vanta, and Webflow, among others. How to be more innovative | Sam Schillace (Microsoft deputy CTO, creator of Google Docs) – Lenny interviews Sam on the journey toward building Google Docs.

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Underperforming Technical Team New CTO Interviewing CTO 75

SaaStr

MARCH 1, 2019

I used to be a CTO and operator, co-founder of a SaaS start up. There’s so many teams out there who are great people, but maybe their business hasn’t taken off the ground that well. And that kind of sets the incentives and kind of you can’t get a new co-founder or a team member multiple of those to your business.

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Outsourcing Services Sales Hiring CTO Hire Technical Review 113

Crafty CTO

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So once I made the decision to move ahead on the launch of Crafty CTO , I wanted to get on with it. Even for the impatient, though, there’s a minimum quality bar to hit if you want a credible business footprint. Then came the decision to launch Crafty CTO and suddenly I had a burning need for art, starting with a logo.

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SaaStr

MARCH 3, 2020

And so, I consult and advise for startups about 35 startups over the last three, three and a half years. He doesn’t come from business background, but he’s strategic, you know? So he’s the CTO? So I’ve got two and a half years of that and that’ll likely be the last of that. Seen him more than once.

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Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting CTO Hire Scale 207

Valerian Tech

JULY 18, 2023

Introduction Cloud computing has revolutionized the way businesses operate by increasing agility, scalability, and cost-efficiency. We will also discuss how different companies can integrate cloud computing into their business operations, along with the challenges they might encounter along the way.

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Audacix

JANUARY 1, 2019

Taking shortcuts diminishes you and your teams ability to truly understand, harness and exploit the DevOps' potential to supercharge your business results. Not only is this sound business practice, but also a great way to increase knowledge sharing and collaboration between, otherwise highly protective, stakeholders. And here you are.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

If everybody’s just doing a little sliver of the work, how do you roll it up into a meaningful business case? Provide a platform, not a tool, that can be a consolidator and something that can drive costs, but still have all the features necessary to get the business results. I don’t know anyone right now.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services Scale Payments 270

Hull

JANUARY 22, 2019

In short, we observe that Head, Director & VP of Growth titles are becoming more abundant, as are consultants around growth hacking but the "growth hacker" title is fading away. These roles are filled by engineers that roll up to the CMO/COO (not CTO) as part of a growth team. Martech is for engineers, not marketers.

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SaaS Payments Engineering Technical Advisors Payment Solutions 77

Scytale

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Today’s CISOs are strategic leaders who collaborate with other business units, understand the overall business objectives, and align their security strategies accordingly. He spearheads the development and delivery of high-impact technology and data solutions that resonate with the company’s mission and vision.

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Technical Advisors Cybersecurity CTO Scale 52

Outseta

APRIL 11, 2019

Let me be very clear—this is not an argument for consulting or the so-called gig economy and I’m not arguing against the need for full-time employees—if you’re hiring a COO, for example, you’re probably going to need that person full-time. “ You don’t need more people or more hours, you need fewer hours from better people. ”

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 25, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we interview Simmone Taitt , CEO of HeartSpace Consulting , and a longtime sales leader and consultant in the New York community. Chorus records, transcribes, and analyzes business conversations in real time to coach reps on how to become top performers. The first is Chorus.ai.

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Sales Hiring Revenue CTO Coach CTO Hire 76

Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

This series attempts to give practical advice to SaaS CEOs and Founders on how to organize and automate their financial backend , giving them freedom to spend time with more value-adding parts of their business like financial planning. Keep an eye on the Type column, and scroll down to see what do you currently have stowed away in there.

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Scytale

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Whether you’re a new entrepreneur in the software industry, scaling your startup, or a seasoned SaaS provider, securing a SOC 3 audit report can be a game-changer for your business , helping you strengthen customer trust while demonstrating your unwavering commitment to data security. The good news?

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