Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 14, 2024

Kevin Scott, CTO of Microsoft, framed the opportunity in AI this way : work on problems that used to be impossible, but are now really hard. But, this point isn’t purely about technical innovation. But, this point isn’t purely about technical innovation. What business problems are newly solvable?

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Valerian Tech

DECEMBER 30, 2022

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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SaaStr

MARCH 7, 2021

These are all full-time jobs by $1m ARR. Fixing it yourself becomes the biggest time sink and excuse for not hiring there is. You end up spending all your time backfilling roles you should have hired. And even worse, you often sort of give up trying to make the hire. And hire against it. More here.

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SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2024

Q: What Do You Think AI Will Do to the Next Generation of Innovators and Disruptors? Is the CTO involved in these decisions? App contraction is still happening, and AI is absorbing all of the energy in the industry. Will It Affect Entry Level Jobs? We’ll see,” Jason says. Give everyone x amount of money to go find the best one.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 4, 2024

Jason Warner , who was CTO of GitHub before and during my time as COO there (and a former partner at Redpoint!) The pace of innovation in AI today is like nothing I’ve ever seen before in my career. This week we’re focusing on Erica Brescia, Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures! #1. Why did you do the deal?

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Today, triangulation is how people prioritize who they will reach out to — what’s happening on their list of accounts, if they’ve posted a job, if they’ve hired a new CTO, etc. By freeing up that space, you can start to ask your team where the innovation is. Second, AI is changing how ZoomInfo ranks and prioritizes accounts.

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SaaStr

JULY 28, 2021

We’re continuing to innovate. I retired from SunGard Treasury Systems as their CTO. We decided at that point to bite the bullet and say everything we’re going to do, whether it’s how we architect the software, how we go to market, how we actually contract everything is SaaS from here on out. background music].

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 19, 2018

Some of the things we talked about were operational overhead and cost of various data stores we were running, along with whether or not we needed to hire dedicated database administrators for various different technologies. Ciaran, our CTO , came up with this magical line. Geoffrey: Let’s talk about hiring.

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Valerian Tech

JANUARY 22, 2024

Introduction Innovation – a term that resonates deeply within the halls of tech firms and startup incubators alike. At the core of every technological breakthrough and digital advancement lies a single, unifying element: the relentless pursuit of innovation. Companies must continuously innovate to stay relevant.

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Valerian Tech

MAY 4, 2023

In this article, we'll explore the benefits of DevOps for legacy businesses and how a Fractional CTO can help overcome the challenges of DevOps adoption. When the existing culture of a business is not conducive to innovation, it can lead to a lack of buy-in and slow adoption of new technologies.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Julian Lemoine, Co-Founder, and CTO of Algolia will share his lessons learned on how to stay focused and innovative as you scale while also avoiding the innovation for innovation’s sake pitfalls. Julien Lemoine | Co-founder and CTO @Algolia. So I’m Julien, Co-founder and CTO of Algolia.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 21, 2022

“The biggest thing I can do for Slack is to hire people who know a lot more than I do and give them free rein to do their best work” Adam Risman: You mentioned the team started with performance marketing. And so we hired somebody who had a lot of experience and could recommend ways to build the team. Andrew Chen: Exactly.

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OpenView Labs

JULY 2, 2020

Now’s the Time to Revisit Your Pricing. This post will guide you through 10 innovative pricing plays you should consider, along with high-profile examples of companies who are testing them. Pricing in a Time of Uncertainty. At the enterprise level, discounting SaaS contracts is expected, not optional.

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Panintelligence

JUNE 7, 2024

In this blog, we asked Panintelligence CEO Zandra Moore and CTO Ken Miller what they think are some of the most frequent mistakes in SaaS development and offer actionable insights to help you steer clear of them. It’s a factor of their size as they become successful – it’s hard to innovate at a very large scale. We’re complex.

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User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

Before hiring, assess your current needs and hire as your company grows. What to do before building a team for your SaaS company You can’t just jump into hiring without some forethought, or you’ll make many mistakes. Before the hiring process, take some time to decide on your current needs and hire as your company grows.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

I think it’s more around a consciousness of what you know, or what you may not know, and then hiring around it to become successful. ” I’m kind of like, “Even if you make one or two sales in the next couple of months, with your VP sales, it’s going to take you three months to go and hire.”

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SaaStr

AUGUST 22, 2020

And the purpose, obviously, was to enhance face-to-face collaboration, innovation, and productivity. Jen Nguyen: And we create this entire infrastructure to support this 1-to-1 seating model so that everyone under one location could be there at the same time. Jason Lemkin: Box Shield has a rule-based hire, I can pick rules.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 12, 2020

Find innovators (10:36). ? Identify who your innovators are, seek out those innovators. Somebody that has a passion for innovation — somebody that is upwardly mobile within their career — they are looking for something new, something great, a way to stick out. Down the road, you can say, “ I demand a two year contract.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Hiring and cultivating incredible talent on our Information Security team. In most SaaS companies, R&D is the organization that innovates the most, and therefore introduces the highest level of potentially risky change. . Shipping quickly and securely. Continuous risk management. Intercom is no exception.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 4, 2023

To improve the efficiency of spend on cost of goods sold (COGS), most growth-stage leaders can optimize seat-based spend or renegotiate consumption-based contracts in a quarter or 2. Measuring the efficiency of S&M spend is usually a matter of quantifying LTV:CAC , and most tech companies can identify inefficiencies within 2 quarters.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 31, 2019

No, the amazing innovation of the iPhone was simply to bring a new generation of user interface to market with the touchscreen – and to really enable a different interaction that people have with the computing devices. Tim: I was hired in 2010, when Facebook was what I like to call a “teenage company”. Calendars are broken.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

You’re going to have to either innovate or the other option. From contract signature to launch. And that transformed their ability to innovate. Touching it, playing with it in a way a CIO or CTO might not before? I can actually innovate rapidly in the system,” right? I have a one year contract.

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OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

To stay on top of the fast paced, evolving digital world, issues like hiring and managing a diverse and highly skilled SaaS workforce, as well as security and privacy concerns impacting everything from customer contracts to product strategies and new market development, HR and security management is being elevated into in the C-Suite.

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SaaStr

MAY 2, 2019

That means lots and lots of hiring and I don’t want to say firing, we did fire anyone, but people get reshuffled, you know? We just stayed the course, but we did and do have a recurrent revenue model, we had predictable revenues, we weren’t maybe hiring as fast as we would have otherwise, but we never had to lay off. We did not.

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Valerian Tech

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

These projects typically aim to address a particular problem or opportunity in the financial, technological, or other industries, and seek to bring about innovation and disruption through the use of decentralized technology. How can CTO’s help ensure the Success of a Cryptocurrency Project?

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Valerian Tech

JUNE 19, 2023

Safeguarding Intellectual Property Healthcare companies invest heavily in research and development to drive innovation in medical treatments, technologies, and pharmaceuticals. Protecting intellectual property is crucial to maintain a competitive edge in the industry.

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Neil Patel

JULY 7, 2021

A digital experience platform is not just a single experience provider, no matter how revolutionary or innovative. Do we have the technical support, in-house or contracted, to take on the learning curve of an emerging platform? Just as important as a definition of what a digital experience platform is what it’s not.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 25, 2019

Simmone talks about her experience building Gilt City and Kidpass as a woman of color and how she advises companies to build diversity and inclusion into their hiring practices and sales teams. How to build diversity into your hiring practices. It really starts in how you’re hiring. Unconscious bias is a part of all of us.

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Valerian Tech

MAY 30, 2023

By utilizing data analytics, e-commerce companies can innovate, differentiate their offerings, and create a unique value proposition that resonates with their target audience. Data analytics also enables businesses to develop more personalized marketing campaigns, target niche customer segments, and deliver tailored experiences.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

I just came out of Stripe, I just came out of Datadog, I came out of Fastly, I’m an engineer, I love the guy that was the CTO of Fastly who [inaudible 00:08:34] making it up. Just like a whole bunch of people said, “I’ll never hire remote.” And all of a sudden they’re like, “I guess, I could hire remote.”

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Valerian Tech

JULY 18, 2023

By integrating cloud computing into their business operations, companies can unlock the potential for innovation, collaboration, and growth. However, challenges related to security, vendor lock-in, and cost management need to be carefully addressed.

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Casey Accidental

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Build, communicate, and execute a cohesive product strategy across feature, growth, scaling and innovation product work. Programs are 4-6 weeks in length, part-time, and held in a virtual format, guided by an executive. A methodology for product and engineering leaders to ship innovative products at scale.

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SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2019

As a global technology provider powering thousands of SaaS companies, Google is at the forefront of driving exciting and innovative technologies to market. Megan Leuders: And when you were talking to CEOs and CTOs today, what do you believe is the biggest technology challenge that they are facing as a SaaS company?

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Hacking Revenue

AUGUST 4, 2016

We can put together a WordPress website and we have some fancy badges in CodeAcademy, but no CTO in his right mind will let either of us touch their production environment and/or keyboard. We know the tools, we know the methods and we know how to hire and manage people. You are no longer in “innovation” mode. Back to the point.

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Natalia Luneva

APRIL 30, 2021

Of course, our team is involved to an extent, and we have an external part-time moderator for support. 5 Sebastian Schaeffer, CTO at dofollow.io (B2B PR SaaS) says: “ Our community is primarily on Facebook and Linkedin and it has been live for over a year. . #9 But mostly our members help each other, and it works like a charm.

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OpenView Labs

JUNE 18, 2020

Welcome to In CASEYou Missed It, where I take a brief break from my Weekly Walks to get to know some of the most interesting and innovative personalities behind the greatest startups in the world. And hiring people who are better than you. ICYMI: Meet Mailchimp’s CTO Eric Muntz. What are the most important qualities of a leader?

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Crafty CTO

JULY 21, 2023

Last time around, Meta announced LLaMA but made the full details—most importantly, model weights—available only to a limited set of researchers. But someone leaked those weights within days of the announcement, and that led to an explosion of innovation among independent researcher-hobbyists.

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