TechEmpower SaaS

AUGUST 7, 2023

But hiring a lead developer, or even a VP of Engineering, can create a gap between the founders and the developers. Closing the Gap: Hiring A Fractional Startup CTO We’re not suggesting that early-stage startups should hire a full-time CTO. Instead, they should consider a Fractional CTO who can help close the gap.

CTO Hire 390

CTO Hire New CTO CTO Fractional VPE 390

SaaStr

MARCH 6, 2024

Founder CEO Todd McKinnon was VP of Engineering at Salesforce and left to start Okta in the depths of the last downturn. Seat Contractions Have Brought NRR Down From 120% to 111% While 111% NRR is still quite an engine at this scale, the drop in NRR from seat contractions explains a good chunk of the headwinds Okta has seen. #2.

Fractional VPE 276

Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE Scale SMB 276

SaaStr

JULY 12, 2022

The Number One Thing You Can Do to Accelerate Your Business Post-Initial Traction is Hiring a Great VP of Sales. What I want to talk about today is perhaps the mistake that most of us make, by my nonstatistical study, 70 percent of us make, which is not hiring the right VP of sales. It’s a cash-driven business.

Sales Hiring 278

Sales Hiring Part-Time VPE VP of Engineering Sales Recruiting 278

SaaStr

OCTOBER 24, 2022

WorkOS CEO Michael Grinich, Developer Success Manager Betsy Calender, and VP of Developer Experience Zeno Rocha share how to price your product for developers, how to market it to developers, how to how to support them as they scale and use the products. Doing Business with Developers. The contract size grows.

Outsourced Development 207

Outsourced Development Underperforming Technical Team Development Part-Time VPE 207

Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Code generators will be less deflationary than open source, and recurring revenue pricing will continue to be the greatest business model in the history of capitalism. Only SaaS businesses that can effectively demonstrate their impact will survive and thrive into 2026.” AI will complement, not replace traditional SaaS platforms.

Fractional VPE 40

Fractional VPE Software Review SaaS Part-Time VPE 40

Tom Tunguz

MAY 1, 2014

The graphs are broken out by last Series of investment (A, B, C and D) and show the equity compensation trends of CEOs, VP of Engineering and VP of Product. The chart above shows the trends in four graphs. The gray shadows around the lines represent the 95% confidence intervals. Venture capitalists.

Trends 100

Trends Fractional VPE Startup Part-Time VPE 100

SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2021

The problem is that he was in business school, working towards an MBA. Dharmesh : Then it occurred to me a few minute after that thought, that actually I was in business school, too… [laughter]. We’ve got a bunch of MBAs trying to build a SaaS business here. I’m paraphrasing… [laughter].

Part-Time VPE 283

Part-Time VPE Technical Cofounder CTO Hire New CTO 283