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Fractional CTO Services Explained

Valerian Tech

The role of a Fractional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is to provide technical expertise and leadership to a company on a part-time or temporary basis. This can be a useful option for startups or small businesses that may not have the resources to hire a full-time CTO or may not need one on a permanent basis.

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What are the biggest mistakes first-time startup founders make, and how can they be avoided?

SaaStr

Not hiring a good enough CTO. But if you hoped to sell to cool tech companies, and you end up selling to government somehow — embrace it. But if you have a bunch of $5 a month customers, and then a few offer to pay you $500 a month, at least seriously consider it. Even if you don’t like sales, or big companies, or whatever.

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5 Secrets to Moving Upmarket – How the Right Sales Tax Technology Can Support SaaS Growth

SaaStr

Sales tax is governed at the state level, not the federal level, so instead of dealing with one set of convoluted tax laws (hi, IRS.GOV), you get to deal with sales tax laws in some or all of the 46 US states with a sales tax. . hiring in-house talent). For example, you hire a developer to move you over to an ERP like NetSuite.

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Stax Payments, Inc Appoints Jeremy Krahl SVP, ISV Business Development

Stax

Krahl brings more than 25 years of experience in integrated payments partnerships and sales across verticals such as healthcare, government, and technology companies, including senior level roles with Elavon, TSYS, and at his own successful consulting firm. Stax Payments , Inc.,

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Justin Bedecarre, Jen Nguyen, Jason Lemkin, and Aaron Levie

SaaStr

One of the things that you and I talk about a lot is hiring for skill and impact over proximity, right? Jason Lemkin: Box Shield has a rule-based hire, I can pick rules. And then obviously, I think there’ll be more remote hiring in this environment. So, that’s effectively what we’re working on.

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2021 in conversation: Learnings from the podcast

Intercom, Inc.

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. Government services shouldn’t be renowned for their endless queues, confusing forms, and excessive bureaucracy. Sarah Tran: I’d love to shift gears and talk about creating accessibility and creating an accessible government.

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Security at Intercom: How our InfoSec team protects our customers’ data and trust

Intercom, Inc.

Hiring and cultivating incredible talent on our Information Security team. The team’s remit covers: security and abuse; governance risk and compliance; and IT. We do that by: Investing in your trust through compliance with industry security and privacy ISO standards or frameworks such as SOC 2. Shipping quickly and securely.

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