SaaStr

JULY 10, 2021

Which role should you hire for first? For starters, your first hire should be someone who can complement your skills, someone who is strong in areas where you’re weak, but it goes much deeper than that. I am guessing it’s probably the hardest problem to solve, hiring a job, let alone at this level. And for good reason.

Sales Hiring 261

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review CTO Hire 261

FastSpring

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

If you’re running a smaller digital business, you may find it challenging to hire great talent. Larger technology companies can pay more, offer more benefits, and provide a more marketable brand on a candidate’s resume. Why is it so hard for SMBs to hire the best talent when competing with big companies?

SMB 106

SMB Sales Recruiting Branding Sales Hiring 106

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Your CTO probably does not need to be on the first Demo, but instead that could be an opportune time to loop in a Manager or director. Third, review the critical areas where reps may need the most support. Seller (Ham): I’ll help build rapport, set the upfront contract and handle next steps towards the end of the call.

Underperforming Technical Team 131

Underperforming Technical Team CTO Hire CTO Coach Technical Review 131

User Pilot

MARCH 7, 2024

I asked DALLE to ‘Give me an image of a tech CEO’. Then I tried regenerating the image to see on which try it would give me a tech CEO of a different gender (or colour). Check out this viral post by Andrew Gazdecki to learn more about what a ‘tech CEO’ is like US Census data from 2022 revealed that only 17% of tech CEOs are female.

Technical Review 105

Technical Review CTO Coach Sales Hiring CTO Hire 105

User Pilot

AUGUST 17, 2024

Digital transformations often fail due to unclear vision and outdated methods, not team adoption or tech implementation issues. He also organizes ProductCon, a conference that takes place in San Francisco, New York, and London and attracts thousands of product professionals every year. Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia.

Underperforming Technical Team 104

Underperforming Technical Team AI Technical Review CTO Coach 104

Scytale

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Penetration Testing Explained Imagine you hire someone to try to break into your business – not physically, but digitally. If penetration testing is like hiring a hacker to test your defenses against security threats, then a compliance audit is like inviting an official inspector to verify whether you’re playing by the rules.

compliance 52

compliance CTO Hire Technical Review Software Review 52

Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Great to see a lot of repeat attendees and some new ones. A thanks to [Marsh 00:00:34] for stepping in at the beginning of the month, and a great session with our own Jason Warner and Adrian, the CTO of Zendesk. Lionetti, the CMO at Confluent, and most recently, the CTO from Zendesk, Adrian. I’m Travis Bryant.

CTO Coach 164

CTO Coach Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting CTO Hire 164

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

And then, in the 50s, they introduced this new thing, and there was resistance. Evernote’s CTO on Your Biggest Security Worries From 3 to 300 Employees. Adam: Thank you, it feels a bit surreal still, mainly due to just how quickly the company has gone from seed to series, all in under a 12-month span. Caught your interest?

Scale 211

Scale Software Review compliance Technical Review 211

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Hiring and cultivating incredible talent on our Information Security team. Understanding the guardrails we need to build means closely tracking meaningful change across Intercom and making sure we’re on top of new initiatives”. Being part of Intercom’s R&D organization also has other advantages. Continuous risk management.

Data 118

Data CTO Hire Technical Review compliance 118

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Throughout the year, we’ve talked to business leaders, experts, and pioneers about all kinds of topics: from creating world-class customer experiences to the challenges of running a business during the pandemic, from being an ally and addressing gaps in diversity to building technical leadership careers. Will Larson , CTO of Calm.

VP of Engineering 118

VP of Engineering Technical Review Scale Outsourcing Services 118

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Today on the show, we’ve got Vishal Sunak, CEO and co-founder of LinkSquares, a company that applies AI to your contract. Major challenges facing a new CEO [19:40]. Sam Jacobs: Today on the show, we’ve got Vishal Sunak, CEO and co-founder of LinkSquares, a company that applies AI to your contract.

Scale 120

Scale CTO Hire CTO Coach Scaling 120

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Managing a technical team as a non-technical person [24:13]. Hiring managers are also just trying to sell as well. And where you were spot on is that this is not a review site. Users come to us all the time and they say, Hey, this company looks awesome. Are they hiring? That goes to the hiring manager.

Marketplace as a Service 113

Marketplace as a Service CTO Hire Sales Recruiting Scale 113

Valerian Tech

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

They are based on blockchain technology, a decentralized ledger that records transactions across a network of computers. Cryptocurrencies have gained popularity due to their potential to offer greater privacy, security, and decentralization compared to traditional fiat currencies. What is a Cryptocurrency Project?

Part-Time CTO 52

Part-Time CTO CTO CTO Coach CTO Hire 52

Baremetrics

MARCH 16, 2021

This allows anyone building an app that applies blockchain technology to do so by building directly on top of QuikNode’s globally distributed Web3 infrastructure. Background In 2017 and 2018, many new blockchain projects started offering their tokens for sale. Table of Contents.

Blockchain 90

Blockchain Payment Solutions Artificial Intelligence Payment Services 90

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

What about, as someone who’s gone from your own solo GP fund in 2012 to a team, how does a founder think about a new partner? Because, on the one hand it’s exciting, and what I see a lot today is founders often bond with a new partner. If I get picked, do I want the more experienced partner, the new partner?

Sales Recruiting 219

Sales Recruiting Development Team Review Technical Review Sales Hiring 219

OpenView Labs

JULY 2, 2020

New for 2020: SaaS Pricing and COVID-19. In this brand-new report, we finally answer the question “Freemium or free trial?” Why You Need to Review Your Pricing Strategy Today (and How to do it Right). Pricing Low-Touch SaaS: How to Approach Pricing and Packaging a New SaaS App, by Example.

Pricing 135

Pricing SaaS Payments Payments SaaS 135

SaaStr

APRIL 9, 2019

And also, we always prioritize the features requested by our existing customers over the new prospects. Mallun Yen : So, you were an engineer by training and then you became an engineering leader, as the CTO of Webex, and then you became a CEO. Eric Yuan: Because, at that time, we really needed a product. Welcome Eric.

Sales Hiring 141

Sales Hiring Scale CTO Hire Marketing 141

Sales Hacker

JUNE 12, 2020

Have they created something new before? Have they ever created a new program, created a new event themselves, and how do they talk about what they care about? If you are trying to overcome no brand and market, you can’t ask somebody for a three year contract. Have they done something unique before?

Enterprise 82

Enterprise CTO Hire Startup Technical Cofounder 82

OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 11, 2019

At Hired, we started out with a transactional model that was—at the time—a super disruptive approach and one of our key differentiators. This is why, when it came time to shift from a transactional to a subscription pricing model, our team at Hired didn’t hesitate for a moment. No unexpected costs. No sliding scale.

Sales Hiring 40

Sales Hiring Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Technical Review 40

OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Drive new levers of growth. Through this work, it can drive new revenue opportunities. A health scoring system helps prioritize customer interactions, so your CS team can be more strategic with their time. But then you’re relying on technology to answer questions that you need to be able to answer yourself.”.

Startup 91

Startup Scale Systems Review Technical Review 91

ProfitWell

JANUARY 2, 2020

Not only does your sales team need to bring new customers through the door, but they also need to ensure that what they’re selling matches up exactly with those customers’ expectations. Custom pricing makes more sense for B2B customers due to the specific needs of enterprise businesses. Contract length. B2C contract length.

B2C 52

B2C Payment Features Subscription Payments 52

Upscope

JANUARY 5, 2020

My really crude definition : When I come across a new product I tend think "Wtf is this? Is sending and receiving mails a new shiny technology? It has some unique new features, though it's not positioned around those. It turns out they don't have mental energy to spare to learn about something new.

Strategy 128

Strategy Marketing Sales Hiring Engineering 128

Crafty CTO

APRIL 17, 2023

.” Here’s a summary from phind.com , a ChatGPT-backed web search similar to (but better than, in my opinion) Bing Chat: In the Expanse series, “the churn” is a term used to describe the cycle of chaos, change, and upheaval that the characters face due to various factors such as political, social, or criminal turmoil.

Artificial Intelligence 8

Artificial Intelligence CTO Hire ChatGPT AI Search 8

Point Nine Land

APRIL 9, 2021

So if you’re a US-based startup, you might be able to shoot slightly higher ;) Unlike SaaS companies which have been around for years, B2B marketplaces are a relatively new category and not many investors have invested in them yet. Experienced VPs with a track record of building successful companies have been hired across multiple functions.

Marketplace as a Service 59

Marketplace as a Service Payments B2B SaaS Payments 59

Mucker Capital

APRIL 6, 2023

Obviously if you target enterprise customers, you usually have a very large ACV (Annual Contract Value) and the product usually is complex. If you're generating something that's brand new, like a brand new category, nobody understands about it. Because that (abandonment) wouldn’t be a solid foundation to acquire more new users.

Startup 52

Startup Scale CTO Hire Outsourced Development 52

ProfitWell

OCTOBER 1, 2019

When HubSpot first launched its culture code, Dharmesh Shah, CTO and Founder of HubSpot, felt it was important to share it with candidates. Since then, its culture code has been viewed more than 4 million times. A mother's room is a designated place where new parents can nurse or breast pump. Sales managers were the best reps.

Company Culture 40

Company Culture Sales Recruiting Scale Software Review 40

Crafty CTO

JULY 21, 2023

This time, I suppose Meta learned the lesson and preempted the leak. Another innovation explosion appears to be underway; already Llama 2 derived models are near the top of the HuggingFace Open LLM Leaderboard , and new Llama stories are still on the first page of Hacker News.

Artificial Intelligence 40

Artificial Intelligence Technical Review Generative AI AI 40

SaaStr

MAY 27, 2024

Public valuations are still at a fraction of their 2021 peaks, but seed rounds are more expensive than ever. Harry and Jason did a deep dive on this and so much more here: Intro (00:00:00) Seed investing is broken due to limited founders capable of triple-digit growth. Is it sustainable?

CTO Hire 292

CTO Hire Development Team Review Software Review Technical Review 292

SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2024

Many tech veterans don’t want to work anymore, and we can’t afford folks who want to work 10 hours a week and make six figures. 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.

AI 299

AI Pricing Artificial Intelligence Scale 299

SaaStr

APRIL 18, 2019

I remember when I was in business school the internet was brand new and back then the hero was Jerry Yang. And at that same time I met two Stanford computer science students. He reminded us of Max Redmond and he’s building an amazing 3D AR technology. This was in 1997, and I spent two years.

Sales Recruiting 231

Sales Recruiting VP of Engineering Scale SaaS Payments 231

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

star rating on G2 backed by over 7,300 verified reviews. and a New Era in Sales Tech Last week, we unveiled Operator , the first company incubated within GTMfund, alongside the announcement of a $3.6 Arrows – launched brand new CRM Cards for HubSpot. and a New Era in Sales Tech appeared first on GTMnow.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Scale Technical Cofounder New CTO 76

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. Prior to their IPO, New Relic raised over $214m in funding from some of the best in the business including Benchmark, Insight Venture Partners and Blackrock, to name a few.

Scale 210

Scale Enterprise Scaling Sales Hiring 210

SaaStr

MARCH 1, 2019

And this is not just about something you do in a later stage, when you raise that $120,000,000 that PJ from Sherpa had done, but something you can do at the series A stage when you’re doing small hires to build out your team. I used to be a CTO and operator, co-founder of a SaaS start up. One other thing would be talent pickup.

Outsourcing Services 111

Outsourcing Services Sales Hiring CTO Hire Technical Review 111

SaaStr

DECEMBER 3, 2020

When is the right time to hire the first sales rep? Should you hire 2 at a time? What does one look for in their first sales hire? Are marketing becoming the new sales team with their content being used more and more in the sales funnel? I worked in semiconductor before getting into the tech side of things.

Scale 247

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Sales 247

SaaStr

DECEMBER 13, 2019

I think the key thing that I had realized after several years in Her Majesty’s United Kingdom, it really centers on the fact that a lot of the technology that I was seeing was really, a lot of the innovation was happening in the Bay area. Yousuf Khan: Well, the CIO is fundamentally owning the business technology function of the company.

Technical Advisors 228

Technical Advisors Scale Technical Review Payment Solutions 228

SaaStr

JANUARY 17, 2020

What other elements of the contract should startups really spend a lot of time focusing on? What can they do to enforce a sense of urgency when signing new clients? And second, just last week he started an incredibly exciting new opportunity with his new company. Can you be a part of this?”

CTO Hire 173

CTO Hire compliance Scale Startup 173

Teamgate

JANUARY 14, 2019

In my opinion, the biggest downside to working in-house, whether it is a big brand or a startup, is that the messaging remains the same: the tech can evolve and it may have new features, yet the story around it tends to remain the same. If you have some sort of budget – I’d recommend hiring someone in-house.

Interviewing 81

Interviewing Startup Technical Review Technical Advisors 81