SaaStr

MARCH 3, 2020

So you look at companies, Top 10 SaaS companies in history, none of those companies got their first VP of Sales wrong. You’re probably going to maybe give them some shares in an advisor. So I have a process, sort of a checklist. And you should prepare for a long process potentially to make this hire.

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Hull

JANUARY 22, 2019

The explosion of SaaS tools (and with it, data silos) together creates a need for a cross-functional, operations role to support go-to-market teams. These roles are filled by engineers that roll up to the CMO/COO (not CTO) as part of a growth team. But first, we need to set some context (albeit from the perspective of B2B SaaS).

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User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

Confused about trying to understand SaaS roles? SaaS companies have many moving parts, and it can be difficult to determine who does what. TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. What is a SaaS business model?

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 21, 2020

Today’s sponsor is Outreach , the leading sales engagement platform that enables sales reps to humanize their communications at scale, from automating the soul-sucking manual work that eats up selling time to providing action-oriented tips on what communications are working best. We were part of the office of the CTO.

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SaaStr

APRIL 18, 2019

Join G2 Crowd CEO Godard Abel for a session on the secrets to the top-rated vendors on G2Crowd, AppExchange, and other platforms. And I’ve been building SaaS Companies now for 20 years, so that’s a long time. And as a hobby we have just launched another SaaS company called ThreeKit. Join us for SaaStr Annual 2020.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 13, 2019

290: Yousuf Khan is a serial CIO, start-up and VC advisor. Harry Stebbings: And so with that, I’m super excited to welcome Yousuf Khan, serial CIO, startup and VC advisor. Yousuf Khan: Well, the CIO is fundamentally owning the business technology function of the company. It’s that simple. Definitely working on it.

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OnStartups

JULY 7, 2021

Is your title CTO? Dharmesh: Yes, CTO. The strategy behind it, I think, is strong in terms of it gets HubSpot into a thing which is where I think the future of SaaS companies is going to be heading. And I've worked in the service industry before, I know that those kinds of things matter. So this is Dharmesh. It's great.

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