Buffer Resources

JANUARY 30, 2023

Then he became CTO at Bezos Academy, a non-profit organization founded by Jeff Bezos. After leaving Bezos Academy, he decided to start a paid newsletter focused on career development, organization design, and hiring. He spent 12 years at Amazon, leading organizations as a general manager and technology director.

Social Media 22

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

He had to quickly determine which team members displayed a potential for leadership and teach them the fundamentals of management so they could make new hires and scale – without ruining the culture. Find a sponsor , not a mentor — someone who is in the room when opportunities arise and makes sure your name comes up.

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Leadership Engineering Part-Time VPE CTO Coach 141

User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

Before hiring, assess your current needs and hire as your company grows. What to do before building a team for your SaaS company You can’t just jump into hiring without some forethought, or you’ll make many mistakes. Before the hiring process, take some time to decide on your current needs and hire as your company grows.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 18, 2020

He even managed to help pivot the company from a programmatic transactional revenue model to a subscription model over the course of, not just the last three months during COVID, but over the course of the last few years. Sam Jacobs: Is it a subscription service? Is it recurring revenue, or is it delivered in a different way?

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Payment Features Subscription Scale Underperforming Technical Team 116

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

Evernote’s CTO on Your Biggest Security Worries From 3 to 300 Employees. Liam: So, let’s get into SOC 2 compliance, which I know is a bit like saying “let’s talk about taxes”, or “let’s talk about invoicing” But it’s so important. Caught your interest? The LinkedIn Incident.

Scale 211

Scale Software Review compliance Technical Review 211

Hull

JANUARY 22, 2019

These roles are filled by engineers that roll up to the CMO/COO (not CTO) as part of a growth team. Casey Winters Growth Advisor at Greylock. Common ares of ownership we often see include: Payment operations - integration billing, subscription, accounting, and sales opportunity data.

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SaaS Payments Engineering Technical Advisors Payment Solutions 77

Outseta

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The company had for a few years prior followed a growth-first path, hiring aggressively and prioritizing projects designed to make an immediate impact on their growth rate. That money brought us two phenomenal teammates, a really helpful mentor who's still on our board, and lots of connections and help from investors. of the $3.5M

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