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The Top 50 SaaStr Answers on Quora in 2020

SaaStr

What makes a bad CTO? What is the next big trend in SaaS (software as a service)? What types of due diligence are undertaken by VCs before investing in a company? Does the CEO need to know code? How much equity should I give my startup advisor? What should I do? How much does a VC partner earn?

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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

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. And it’s really thinking about the quality of the code in that area.

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Drata’s CEO Adam Markowitz on creating a culture of cyber security

Intercom, Inc.

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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4 Lessons For SaaS Startups From Optimizely's Early Days

Tom Tunguz

Last night, SaaS Office Hours hosted Optimizely co-founder and CTO Pete Koomen. Dan and his team wrote code to fine-tune sign-up flows, and the experiments meaningfully improved fundraising performance. First, hire a management coach to work with you as the company grows. These were some of the things I learned from Pete.

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B2B SaaS start-up consalio backed by angel investors for an optimized advisor spend management

The SaaS Garage

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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How World-Class Product Teams Are Winning in the AI Era by Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia

User Pilot

TL;DR Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia is an author, speaker, coach, and the founder of Product School. Digital transformations often fail due to unclear vision and outdated methods, not team adoption or tech implementation issues. These aren’t software companies, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t digital companies.

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PODCAST 129: The Keys to Building and Scaling a Company from Scratch with Vishal Sunak

Sales Hacker

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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