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Why Your Startup Needs a Fractional CTO – TechEmpower

TechEmpower SaaS

A Fractional CTO bridges the gap between founders and developers to help keep your tech strategy aligned with your business goals. This helps your startup stay agile and competitive in a fast-paced marketplace.

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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower SaaS

What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? Exploring new technologies? The role of a CTO varies as the company matures. A CTO can help you find the right answers. Instead, they should consider a Fractional CTO who can help close the gap.

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What’s The #1 Challenge After $1m-$2m ARR?

SaaStr

Or churn will increase, NPS will stagnate and decline, and upsell and revenue retention will be a fraction of what it could be. She can be your CTO forever. That’s a different, and critical, job than CTO. You’ll need more than 5–6 core engineers to go big. 95% of the time, your super-smart hacker co-founder is not that person.

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Dear SaaStr: What’s The Number One Challenge for Scale-Up Stage Founders?

SaaStr

Or churn will increase, NPS will stagnate and decline, and upsell and revenue retention will be a fraction of what it could be. She can be your CTO forever. That’s a different, and critical, job than CTO. You’ll need more than 5–10 engineers to go big. 95% of the time, your super-smart hacker co-founder is not that person.

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Product Transformation: Adapting Your Solutions for Cloud Models

Speaker: Ahmad Jubran, Cloud Product Innovation Consultant

Whether you're a seasoned CTO or an industry trailblazer, this webinar will help make your product ready to meet the competition by adopting an architecture that is optimized for innovation. Join Ahmad Jubran, Cloud Product Innovation Consultant, and learn how to adapt your solutions for cloud models the right way.

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10 Learnings From Jeff Lawson (CEO Twilio) + Byron Deeter (Bessemer Ventures): “Adapt, Plan, Deliver”

SaaStr

He joined StubHub as CTO, but didn’t get nearly as much equity as the other CTO — because he “wasn’t committed enough.” Jeff first advocates fro “revenue diversification” They’ve worked that down at Twilio so their Top 10 Customers now represent a small fraction of their revenue.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower SaaS

Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. The innovator/developer relationship needs to be a conversation.