Valerian Tech

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The role of a Fractional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is to provide technical expertise and leadership to a company on a part-time or temporary basis. This can be a useful option for startups or small businesses that may not have the resources to hire a full-time CTO or may not need one on a permanent basis.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 11, 2020

You need something that makes you think about your digital business in a new way, renews your motivation, and helps you be more innovative. Communication. Communication is at the heart of e-commerce and community.” – Meg Whitman, President, and CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Communication is a two-way street.

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Valerian Tech

JANUARY 22, 2024

Introduction Innovation – a term that resonates deeply within the halls of tech firms and startup incubators alike. At the core of every technological breakthrough and digital advancement lies a single, unifying element: the relentless pursuit of innovation. Companies must continuously innovate to stay relevant.

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SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2019

As a global technology provider powering thousands of SaaS companies, Google is at the forefront of driving exciting and innovative technologies to market. In the last two years there have been so many new services around security, around machine learning that literally did not exist. Just two years ago what type of services you had.

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User Pilot

AUGUST 17, 2024

He spearheads various initiatives to promote innovation and excellence in product management. He also organizes ProductCon, a conference that takes place in San Francisco, New York, and London and attracts thousands of product professionals every year. It isn’t the lack of team adoption or poor implementation of new tech.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 31, 2019

No, the amazing innovation of the iPhone was simply to bring a new generation of user interface to market with the touchscreen – and to really enable a different interaction that people have with the computing devices. They want ephemeral communication systems. You take, for example, the iPhone. They want messaging.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 19, 2018

If we are actually trying to win our market and be the absolute best customer communications company, we need to make exquisitely good use of our precious engineering resources. Ciaran, our CTO , came up with this magical line. He said, “I want to run less software, not more software.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

“Understanding the guardrails we need to build means closely tracking meaningful change across Intercom and making sure we’re on top of new initiatives”. Understanding the guardrails we need to build means closely tracking meaningful change across Intercom and making sure we’re on top of new initiatives. Evolving security landscape.

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Panintelligence

JUNE 7, 2024

In this blog, we asked Panintelligence CEO Zandra Moore and CTO Ken Miller what they think are some of the most frequent mistakes in SaaS development and offer actionable insights to help you steer clear of them. But keeping what you’ve got is as important as bringing in new customers.

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Neil Patel

AUGUST 23, 2021

What Jay is Known For: Working with high-profile brands on innovative marketing campaigns, including Kindred Healthcare, Arizona State University, and Hilton. His communication style is one of the keys to his success. Why Larry is Successful: Founder and former CTO of WordStream, Larry has tenured experience in the digital realm.

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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. DevOps is a combination of culture, tools, and processes that emphasize collaboration and communication between software development and IT operations teams.

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OpenView Labs

JULY 2, 2020

New for 2020: SaaS Pricing and COVID-19. In this brand-new report, we finally answer the question “Freemium or free trial?” This post will guide you through 10 innovative pricing plays you should consider, along with high-profile examples of companies who are testing them. Nudging Customers with Behavioral Tactics.

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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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User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

Customer Onboarding Specialist: Responsible for helping new customers get up and running with the company’s products. Time to Market for New Products : Also known as velocity, this metric measures the CTO’s effectiveness and speed in rolling new products /features. Come up with product and new feature ideas.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 20, 2024

In the same way that globalization can be a substitute for automation, social networking is, you know, like letting people access everyone else in the world for entertainment, for fun, for communication, for whatever you want to do. Adam: And so, based on all that, we landed on building Poe as a new chat-oriented AI product.

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Casey Accidental

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Build, communicate, and execute a cohesive product strategy across feature, growth, scaling and innovation product work. A step-by-step system to create, analyze, and communicate a growth strategy of compounding growth loops. Engineering: Scaling Product Delivery , Technical Strategy , Engineering Management (new).

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BetterCloud

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Our new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Andra Milender defected from a medical career track before finding her footing on a technology path. What does your role as the CTO entail? You wear all hats as CTO. The definition of CTO is so broad and that’s what I like about this role! I’ll do whatever it takes.

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Natalia Luneva

APRIL 30, 2021

If you are still unsure about the value of community marketing or are just about to launch yours, keep reading. . SaaS Community Marketing: 11 stories from software companies. Announcing new features, increasing customer satisfaction and retention are among the top functions of an online community. . #1

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OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

To combat this and be more agile, SaaS management is morphing and restructuring functional management and multiplying the number of new C-Suite titles like Chief Customer Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, and Chief Product Officer, not to mention Chief Performance Officer and Chief Security Officer. Chief Product Officer.

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Audacix

JANUARY 1, 2019

Then, agree on how they will communicate and share information and learnings to transform your culture to one that aligns to DevOps principles. State Of DevOps Report 2018 Communication is the key to solving most business challenges. So it will not surprise you to learn that sharing and communication is a "key pillar" of DevOps.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

It may not reflect immediately on top line figures, but their follow through moves the needle on other metrics — productivity, discovery of new tools or techniques, and sharpened selling skills — any one of which will eventually translate to higher performance and attained goals. The stingy gatekeeper won’t let me talk to the CTO.

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BetterCloud

JUNE 10, 2021

A few weeks ago, [ CTO Jamie Tischart ] and I talked about this fork in the road that engineers typically get to where they either move into management or commit to writing code for the rest of their careers. They’re candidates that are involved in the open source community, or they have a test work bench at home.

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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. Outreach supports sales reps by enabling them to humanize communication at scale and by automating the manual work. About Simmone Tait: An Introduction.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 12, 2020

Find innovators (10:36). ? Identify who your innovators are, seek out those innovators. Have they created something new before? Have they ever created a new program, created a new event themselves, and how do they talk about what they care about? Find innovators (10:36). Map the status quo (11:30). ?

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Audacix

JULY 18, 2022

Here are mine: Maximize collaboration and communication between developers and system operators. To incite this revolution in your own organisation you need to help your people work out how they can collaborate and communicate better. State Of DevOps Report 2018 Communication is the key to solving most business challenges.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Channel-Specific Optimization is Crucial Different communication channels require fundamentally different approaches. The key takeaway is that full automation is the new expectation, and it takes time and resources to build, but the cost will go down with advancements in technology and infrastructure.

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Chargify

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Looking back at their own experiences, Sonnenberg has this advice for new subscription-based startups: “Start with Stripe + Chargify. Common issues of the billing bottleneck include: Not having correct billing in place when new products launch. Robert Kern, CTO & Co-Founder, PredictHQ. Trial ending notification.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The platform allows sales reps to deliver consistent, relevant and responsible communication for each prospect every time, enabling personalization at scale. We launched REGIE, our product, back in February, but we’re releasing the new and improved REGIE now. We brought in this brilliant CTO who’s got a PhD in informatics.

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SmartKarrot

APRIL 12, 2022

As businesses and requirements evolved, more titles such as the CMO – chief marketing officer, CTO/CIO – chief technology/information officer, CHRO – chief human resources officer, and CSO – chief sales/business development officer emerged. All thanks to the new people and newer titles emerging in the C-Suite. Chief Inclusion Officer.

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SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2019

Erica Schultz is Chief Revenue Officer @ New Relic, the company that gives you the real time insights your software driven business needs to innovate faster. Prior to their IPO, New Relic raised over $214m in funding from some of the best in the business including Benchmark, Insight Venture Partners and Blackrock, to name a few.

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SaaStr

MARCH 20, 2019

Jeff Lawson is the Founder & CEO @ Twilio, the company building the future of communications allowing you to engage customers like never before on voice, SMS, WhatsApp or Video. Prior to founding Twilio, Jeff was the Founder & CTO @ Nine Star Inc and enjoyed a spell at Amazon as a Technical Product Manager. Just to name a few.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 4, 2023

And, especially when you’re considering integrating a new technology platform into your business—like AI today, or cloud a decade ago—how do you invest in innovation without losing control of your runway and budget? In typical market conditions, new customers may be clamoring for new features.

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SaaStr

MAY 2, 2019

Join Vlad Shmunis, founder, chairman, and CEO of RingCentral as he discusses RingCentral’s journey from a two-person startup to a $7B market cap global enterprise communications company (NYSE:RNG) — the good, the bad, and the ugly. RingCentral is a unified communications as a service space, UCAS. Vlad: So what’s the new reality?

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 13, 2019

I think the key thing that I had realized after several years in Her Majesty’s United Kingdom, it really centers on the fact that a lot of the technology that I was seeing was really, a lot of the innovation was happening in the Bay area. I think the combination of transparency and over communication is the key there, really.

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SaaSHolic

MAY 5, 2023

The article highlights the potential for Latin American startups to utilize AI to improve efficiency, generate global innovation and economy, and expand internationally. 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.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

311: Karl Sun is the Founder & CEO @ Lucidchart, a visual workspace that combines diagramming, data visualization, and collaboration to accelerate understanding and drive innovation. Karl has been in every interview for every new hire for the first 6 years of the business, why? How does Karl think about working with recruiters?

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SaaStr

AUGUST 22, 2020

And the purpose, obviously, was to enhance face-to-face collaboration, innovation, and productivity. Justin Bedecarre: And it’s a really inspirational thing to add technology and innovation to the workplace, how you find space, how you manage space, and build the office of the future. We’re already in this like a new gen.”

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