OpenView Labs

MAY 12, 2020

Today I’m talking to Eric Muntz, CTO at Mailchimp , to find out what he believes are the most important qualities of a leader, his secret to achieving inbox zero, and the TV show he’s been on twice. And if I could do that and coach baseball… it’d be the jam. The post ICYMI: Meet Mailchimp’s CTO Eric Muntz appeared first on OpenView.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

For those who don’t know him, Will has over 10 years of experience in the likes of Yahoo, Digg, Uber, and Stripe, and he’s currently the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app that helps millions of people to lower their stress levels and sleep better. It’s like, “Hey, you have to mentor a number of folks coming up.”

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Scytale

MARCH 12, 2025

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.

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The SaaS Garage

JULY 12, 2021

B2B SaaS start-up consalio backed by angel investors for an optimized advisor spend management Düsseldorf, 12.07.2021 ( SAASGARAGE ) — B2B SaaS start-up consalio has closed an angel round to drive product development and market entry. Advisory services can easily consume up to 10% of the costs in a company.

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The SaaS Garage

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

million dollar Series B to drive the development of its next generation AI-based loyalty software. The product development is led out of Germany by Jan Riedel, a software engineer virtuoso and veteran, who Loyalty Prime was able to win as their new CTO at the beginning of 2019. Loyalty Prime Raises $5.5

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User Pilot

AUGUST 17, 2024

TL;DR Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia is an author, speaker, coach, and the founder of Product School. Who is Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia is a sought-after speaker and product coach. He hosts Proddys, an annual awards ceremony recognizing outstanding software products, and The Product Podcast.

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Kellblog

APRIL 4, 2021

The CEO said to the CTO as we were leaving, “spend the $9M anyway.” Your investors and advisors will have plenty of opinions but if you end up buried, you will be buried alone. Unlike your VCs and advisors, you have but one life to give for your company [3]. The meeting adjourned shortly thereafter.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

If I’m about to do business with your company and your software is going to access my customers’ data, it’s my responsibility to ensure you have the proper controls in place to protect it. Evernote’s CTO on Your Biggest Security Worries From 3 to 300 Employees. If you sell software today, there’s a 99.9%

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

If you missed episode 128, check it out here: How to Unshackle Your Career Growth With a Mentor with Tom Martin. How to find advisors when you’re a CEO [22:32]. Rob May being the founder and CEO of the company, and a great mentor for me. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. We’re on iTunes. And on Stitcher.

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Payrix

OCTOBER 1, 2024

As businesses continue to embed payment solutions into their software platforms, ensuring compliance with PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards) is more important than ever. Candice offers valuable insights into why PCI compliance is critical and how software companies can navigate this complex landscape. is essential.

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Frontegg

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Co-Founder and CTO at Gainsight (Former GVP of Engineering at Marketo). Speaker, Author, Advisor, and Product Discovery Coach. Mentor, Advisor, Speaker, and Influencer. Whether you’re a newbie or an old-timer in the Software-as-aService (SaaS) space, knowledge is power. 8 – Mickey Alon.

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BetterCloud

AUGUST 6, 2021

” At that time, I said, “You know what, I think I really want to become a CIO or CTO.” When I decided I wanted to be a CIO or CTO , I was an associate director or what other companies might call a junior director. I’ve noticed this about software developers, but I also see it in many IT careers.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 5, 2021

In fact, she says that you will probably be thrown new software tools every three months in a RevOps job. Brad Smith , Co-founder and CEO of Sonar Software / Founder at Wizards of Ops. As the founding coach for SDR Nation, she helps those early in their sales career nail their jobs and get their net promotion. No, seriously.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

And most of our data now as a software company it’s because that’s my background, but you as a sales professional can go to RepVue and view detailed analytics about sales organizations related to compensation data. And is it worse in software? And I’m not dealing with payroll software. That’s a problem.

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User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. Average salary: $156,062/yr.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Businesses must take a step back, evaluate their software investments, and rework their implementations. You’ve found the perfect customer training software, and you’ve drafted a budget. CIO/CTO: Integrations and implementation. Today, not much has changed. This isn’t simply a matter of optimization.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 9, 2022

They have a core philosophy that you cannot have a successful high-growth software company if your core metrics around Customer Success are not strong, including NPS. Gabby: Yes, most successful software companies that we would look at measure Customer Success. What are their needs and how does our software help them do that?

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Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Part 2: How to Automate your SaaS Expenses – Payroll with Gusto and QuickBooks Part 3: How to Automate your SaaS Expenses – QuickBooks Bank Rules Part 4: How to Choose SaaS Billing Software This post – Part 1 – focuses on how to categorize your SaaS expenses properly by using QuickBooks or Xero, and what are the benefits of doing so.

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The SaaS Garage

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

million dollar Series B to drive the development of its next generation AI-based loyalty software. The product development is led out of Germany by Jan Riedel, a software engineer virtuoso and veteran, who Loyalty Prime was able to win as their new CTO at the beginning of 2019. Loyalty Prime Raises $5.5

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OPEXEngine

AUGUST 23, 2022

Software quality after release: this KPI measures software bugs found after release to show the quality of the development and release management. Tech Debt: every agile company has technical debt, which is fixable problems with software that were not fixed before release. R&D Spend as a % of Revenue Benchmarks.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. Liam Geraghty: Will Larson is the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app. For us in building software, that’s how fast we’re executing. Zanade Mann , founder of Black Women’s Business Collective. Janeen Uzzell , COO for Wikimedia Foundation.

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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. We’re here to coach, train, and mentor the organization in how to think about software at scale.

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Audacix

JULY 18, 2022

DevOps is really a set of ideas and practices that emphasise a culture and environment where building, testing, and releasing software can happen rapidly, frequently, and more reliably. DevOps best practices that will help you to run your software development projects smoothly. Fail often, fail fast. Get Cyber Chief Free Trial Idea 5.

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OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Early in my career, I had a mentor who always said, “Your team is everything.” For us, that’s a big deal because our customers use our software to basically design and make the world around us. ICYMI: Meet Mailchimp’s CTO Eric Muntz. What’s the best part of your job? One is my team—I absolutely love my team.

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Outseta

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Curious how he felt reflecting on the decision to raise angel money - a decision that ultimately resulted in Wistia needing to take on $17M in debt - I asked Wistia Co-founder and CTO Brendan Schwartz if he’d do anything differently. I'm quite confident we would not be as successful without raising that money initially,” said Schwartz.

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Outseta

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Marketing Consultant As a marketing consultant , I’ve played roles ranging from strategic advisor to independent contributor to interim head of marketing. Just as a CTO may have to explain the importance of technical projects to a CEO, the CMO needs to educate the CEO on the various ways marketing can drive their business.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

He goes, “We’re excited to see the software. We brought in this brilliant CTO who’s got a PhD in informatics. One topic I want to make sure we cover is this idea of a dream meeting, the perfect person, the chief HR, the CHRO, if you’re selling HR software, the CFO, the CRO. Thanks for coming.

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Mucker Capital

APRIL 6, 2023

Hila is a mentor with Mucker Capital. For example, Amplitude is a product analytics software. And they already know the software so you just need to negotiate price. Finally, when my company has paid for this piece of software, my company need to be convinced of the ROI as well. This is awesome, but is this a fit for me?

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

The mentors. Michelle Burrows, Procare Software , CMO. Devon Galloway, Vidyard , Co-Founder and CTO. Sahil Sharma, Software Engineer – Samsung. The post 60 of The Top Mentors at 2020 SaaStr Annual appeared first on SaaStr. And that’s great. But you know what’s even better? and Business Dev.

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Founded by Sanjit Biswas, former CEO at Meraki and John Bicket former CTO at Meraki[link] Samsara builds software to manage physical operations: truck fleets, mining, food & beverage, oil & gas. If a business has to manage physical assets with drivers, there’s a Samsara product for it.

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SaaStr

MARCH 3, 2020

You’re probably going to maybe give them some shares in an advisor. People that can, not just from a numbers standpoint, but from a culture and mentoring standpoint. QUESTION 6: My company is a very technical product and somebody serious software and it’s a new category you were creating like scratch.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 24, 2022

Search for a mentor who can show you the way to the top. Once you tell a C-Suite executive how much you admire them and wish them to be your mentor, it can open doors for your career. It can give you a higher perspective that can help you make the right preparatory steps towards the C-Suite level in your organization.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

Find a sponsor , not a mentor — someone who is in the room when opportunities arise and makes sure your name comes up. Engineering leaders must do 2 things: a) execute and deliver high-quality software on a predictable schedule, and b) have the people skills to attract, retain and develop strong talent.

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SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Thanks to their extensive experience coaching and interacting with customers, CS teams have an exclusive perspective as they are on the frontlines of the customer-company relationship. The hot topic that is running around in the SaaS industry is the need for customer success to have a seat and a voice at the leadership table.

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SaaStr

JULY 28, 2021

I’ve spent my whole career in B2B software. I retired from SunGard Treasury Systems as their CTO. BlackLine started out by building wealth management software. He’s not necessarily interested in putting in the work that’s necessary or getting the coaching or the feedback that he needs. background music].

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SaaStr

APRIL 18, 2019

They were building time and expense software. But my co-founders has done an amazing job, creating a scale platform that now has 600,000 reviews and 3 million SaaS software buyers coming every month looking for products like yours. They’re going to be automated by software by robots. And it’s also scary.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 2, 2020

The transcript for this episode is below: Therese Tucker: I’ve spent my whole career in B2B software. I retired from SunGard Treasury Systems as their CTO. BlackLine started out by building wealth management software. Then, even if you get the software in and they love it, sometimes they take three or four months to pay.

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