Intercom, Inc.

JULY 21, 2022

Along the way, we’ve interviewed trailblazers, business leaders, makers and doers to share their experience and insights on all things startup strategy, product management, design, marketing, customer experience, and much, much more. And so we hired somebody who had a lot of experience and could recommend ways to build the team.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

So the actions are define and design the funding strategy seed extremely well. 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. It’s known that you can probably sell those first couple of contracts. ” That’s not proven.

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User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

Before hiring, assess your current needs and hire as your company grows. Chief Technical Officer : Responsible for outlining the company’s technological vision, implementing technology strategies, and ensuring that the technological resources are aligned with the company’s business needs. Average salary: $196,172/yr.

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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

AUGUST 17, 2024

He spearheads various initiatives to promote innovation and excellence in product management. Importance of clear product strategy in the age of AI. The key culprit is the lack of clear vision and strategy. Hiring expensive consultants or setting up innovation labs doesn’t fly anymore. Did you know? There’s more.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 12, 2020

Find innovators (10:36). ? First strategy here is to build the relationship on a human level , and I think one element of that is you’ve got to get in person. Identify who your innovators are, seek out those innovators. Down the road, you can say, “ I demand a two year contract. Map the status quo (11:30). ?

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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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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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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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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

I guess, if my strategy was to show up and to try and lead an $80 million round and write a $50 million check to do that, and you’re like, “Wait a second, 275 divided by five people, your piece of that’s probably 55. ” So, depends on the strategy. I don’t know if they should think anything of it.

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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

In this blog post, we will explore the significant role of data analytics in driving e-commerce business growth and discuss effective strategies for leveraging this invaluable resource. Understanding Customer Behavior Data analytics enables e-commerce businesses to gain deep insights into customer behavior and preferences.

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Casey Accidental

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Over the past four years, I’ve worked closely with the Reforge team to create three of the 16 programs it currently offers including: Product Strategy. Build, communicate, and execute a cohesive product strategy across feature, growth, scaling and innovation product work. Advanced Growth Strategy. Product Strategy.

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Valerian Tech

JULY 18, 2023

Here are some recent trends and developments in the cloud computing space: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Adoption: Many organizations are adopting hybrid and multi-cloud strategies to leverage the benefits of multiple cloud providers. Vendor Lock-In: Vendor lock-in is a concern when relying on a single cloud service provider.

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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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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. We use the community from time to time to promote our services. . #9

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 1, 2019

A strong people strategy can create a noticeable competitive advantage by marrying culture, innovation, leadership, and inclusiveness. When HubSpot first launched its culture code, Dharmesh Shah, CTO and Founder of HubSpot, felt it was important to share it with candidates. Mistake 5) Promoting your culture on your careers page.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

We know, by persona, by ICP, how people respond to what, for a long period of time, and how we can, more specifically, get meetings with these individuals,” because that was the name of the game. We brought in this brilliant CTO who’s got a PhD in informatics. I see this online all the time. ” Seriously?

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SaaStr

MAY 27, 2024

Public valuations are still at a fraction of their 2021 peaks, but seed rounds are more expensive than ever. Investors should immediately engage with the CTO to assess their technical capabilities and potential, as great CTOs can demonstrate their exceptional skills quickly. Is it sustainable?

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SmartKarrot

MARCH 14, 2022

Considering this, companies are contemplating hiring a C-suite executive to head their AI team and handle related matters. If you follow the discussions happening within the industry, you would be aware of the arguments against hiring a CAIO. At the same time, there are a respectable number of discussions in favor of hiring a CAIO.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Know the best strategies to enhance your SaaS career Make use of key insights from leaders, companies, and communities Engineer your SaaS marketing strategy based on their expertise. Many others have adopted his strategies at Box to create scalable products. His strategies and tips in SaaS have helped many users.

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SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2019

Erica Schultz is Chief Revenue Officer @ New Relic, the company that gives you the real time insights your software driven business needs to innovate faster. Welcome to Episode 214! I came back to North America. We have to help them solve their most urgent problems that they encounter every day in their roles.

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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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SaaStr

JULY 30, 2018

At our inaugural SaaStr Europa last June, podcast host-with-the-most Harry Stebbings sat down with MuleSoft Founder and CTO Ross Mason to discuss the organization’s sales strategy, building a strong company culture, how to think about international expansion, and much more. Harry : It’s being innovating on those themes.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 17, 2020

How does Yousuf advise CIOs to approach pricing strategy when pitching CIOs? What other elements of the contract should startups really spend a lot of time focusing on? But it also means that SaaS has had a much bigger impact in the growth of businesses and in the ability for companies to execute a great go-to market strategy.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Mark’s decision to eliminate credits – a disliked industry standard – goes beyond pricing strategy. The Co-Founders brought in an insanely talented team: Pleasant Middelhof , (COO), Jeremy Jonas (CTO), and Carl Gunderson (Software Engineer). It’s purpose-built to turn flat, commoditized data into dynamic, 3D insights.

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OpenView Labs

JULY 16, 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. This time I’m talking with Leela Srinivasan , CMO at SurveyMonkey , to talk about Weird Al, Dr. Who, and the most underrated attribute of a leader.

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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. There just wasn’t enough square footage. Justin Bedecarre: Right.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Is there hiring decisions? So product strategy decisions, vision documents. If you’re hiring right now, I think it’s extra important to have the hiring criteria all the way down to specific things you’re looking for, for a candidate or red flags documented, so that everyone is super tightly aligned.

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Stax

APRIL 16, 2025

Stax CTO, Mark Sundt , recently sat down with John Gaffney from PYMNTS for an eye-opening conversation about the exciting future of AI and how it’s poised to revolutionize the business world. With a solid strategy in place, you’ll be well on your way to unlocking the full potential of AI.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 11, 2025

Pursuit helps companies hire elite go-to-market talent on a non-retainer basis. If you’re hiring for sales or marketing roles, reach out to Pursuit at pursuitsalessolutions.com/gtm or message a GTMfund team member. So that became a churn mitigation strategy for us was if we had a high risk customer.

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SaaStr

JULY 19, 2019

Previously, Peter was also the CTO/CIO of CBS Interactive where he brought CBS into the cloud. At Sun, Peter was the CTO of the Liberty identity consortium that designed SAML 2. Why is it no longer to come into large enterprises with a small contract and expand? How has Peter found the transition from CTO to CEO this time?

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Conversations reveal the unshared details behind how they have grown companies, and the go-to-market strategies responsible for shaping that growth. You’ve got your host, Scott Barker, fresh off of some much needed out of office time. You are the customer service representative for our CRO, our CTO. Hey everyone.

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