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How to Bridge the Gap Between Sales and Tech Teams to Drive Customer Success with HashiCorp’s CTO and VP

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Sarah Polan, EMEA Field CTO at HashiCorp, and Louise Fellows, VP NEMEA at HashiCorp, explore the relationship between Field CTO and sales to help you understand why it exists and how you can leverage this relationship when you have a highly technical product. That’s where the CTO comes in. It’s a CTO motion. An SE motion.

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Top 10 Reasons SaaStr Annual 2025 Will Be Better Than Ever!! May 13-15 in SF Bay!

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1,000+ Networking Sessions Weve doubled down on networking opportunities, with over 1,000 sessions, including Braindates, AMAs, mentoring, and 1:1 meetings. Whether youre looking for a co-founder, a mentor, or your next big customer, youll find them here. It’s one of the best ways to informally meet VCs!

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Leadership Learnings: 5 Things I Wish I Could Have Told My 2013 Self With Advisor and Former CTO of Heap Dan Robinson (Pod 663 + Video)

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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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“What Do You Mean They Quit?!” Don’t Give Your Engineers a Reason to Leave with Notion’s Head of Engineering: Michael Manapat, Change.org’s CTO: Elaine Zhou, and Plato’s CEO: Quang Hoang (Video)

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Co-founder and CEO of Plato, Quong Hoang, the #1 mentoring platform for engineering leaders , helped moderate a discussion between CTO of Change.org, Elaine Zhou, and Head of Engineering at Notion, Michael Manapat, on this subject. Just as much as sheer growth, some companies must focus on engagement. #3.

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More of SaaStr’s Most Respected Leaders Awards List Revealed!

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Elisa Steele is the CEO of Namely and board member of Splunk, Cornerstone OnDemand as well as an advisor to Tile and People.ai. About Dug… Dug Song lands at number sweet sixteen on our list with high engagement from attendees who attended and loved the content from his session. Dug Song Duo Security Co-Founder/CEO, Cisco GM.

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Ham and Egg: How Team-Based Selling Boosts Win Rates

Sales Hacker

Wouldn’t it take away from allowing managers to manage and coach — not to mention the monstrous to-do lists of VPs and CEOs? Your CTO probably does not need to be on the first Demo, but instead that could be an opportune time to loop in a Manager or director. Third, review the critical areas where reps may need the most support.

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Top 10 Tech Startup Founders in the UK for 2025

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From advising the UK government on SME growth to mentoring startups and championing waste reduction, Tessa is reshaping how businesses and individuals think about consumption and sustainability. Will Donnelly Will Donnelly is a passionate entrepreneur tackling the eldercare industry. Backed by 1.93

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