SaaStr

MARCH 16, 2022

Jenn Knight, Co-founder and CTO of AgentSync, and Daryna Kulya, Co-founder of OpenPhone, discuss how different approaches have helped each brand reach its target audience and accomplish its goals, the potential of product-led growth, and how to scale growth strategies to yield desirable results. tip their toes in new growth strategies.

New CTO 244

New CTO CTO Scale Innovation 244

TechEmpower SaaS

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We recently completed a web-based application that uses a unique algorithm to match professionals with new career opportunities. And if this description doesn’t resonate with Mark, he can ask for a new one, while providing feedback. Share an anecdote that showcases your innovative teaching methods.

Generative AI 443

Generative AI Artificial Intelligence AI New CTO 443

TechEmpower SaaS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

New features always require significant rewrites, and consequently a lot of time. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas Developers seem unconcerned about bugs or system downtime. Developers become annoyed at testers for finding bugs. And it never hurts to get an outside opinion !

Underperforming Technical Team 390

Underperforming Technical Team Development Software Review Technical Review 390

TechEmpower SaaS

AUGUST 21, 2023

Most innovators don’t have a technical background, so it’s hard to evaluate the truth of the situation. Common Signs You Need a Technical Review We’ve already mentioned the most common signs that you might need a technical review: Slow or late delivery: “I’ve authorized two new developers, and we’re still behind.” And what causes that?

Technical Review 390

Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review Systems Review 390

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The goal is to help each other learn something new, find mentorships, create partnerships, and exchange strategies. Braindates are 1:1 and small group networking sessions designed for you to share knowledge and network with like-minded SaaS leaders during SaaStr Europa.

VP of Engineering 297

VP of Engineering Technical Cofounder Outsourcing Services CTO Coach 297

SaaStr

JULY 29, 2020

Juggling People, Processes & Priorities: CTO Leadership Lessons from the Front Lines. Somersault Innovation. [link] . Tarik Faouzi. Rose Nuñez. Channel Management. IBM. [link]. 9:00 – 9:50AM. Marianna Tessel. Intuit. [link] . 9:00 – 9:20AM. Catherine Wong. Mariano Suarez-Battan. Co-Founder & CEO. Co-Founder.

Technical Cofounder 264

Technical Cofounder Enterprise New CTO CTO 264

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Ben Calderon, Samsara’s CTO who runs the hardware team did the hardware at Meraki. Between Samsara’s innovation and market changes, they effectively unlocked a larger TAM. Once you start hearing 80 percent of customers are interested in something, a new product expansion, feature, or hardware, you should probably do it.

Scale 279

Scale CTO Coach AI New CTO 279

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 31, 2023

Click here to join the beta waitlist for our AI features or receive AI news from Intercom. We’ve built some exciting new features into Intercom using this new GPT technology and have given access to several hundred customers – and the response has been astounding. Our team has been using the new AI Inbox features a lot.

AI 188

AI Artificial Intelligence New CTO ChatGPT 188

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? Price increases are where folks go when they don’t know how to innovate,” Jason says. And funds aren’t just coming from new folks, but existing investors with bigger funds. We’ll see,” Jason says.

AI 300

AI Pricing Artificial Intelligence Scale 300

SaaStr

JANUARY 4, 2024

“Doubling Down” is a new series where we hear from top B2B SaaS investors on their most recent activities and takes on the current market. Jason Warner , who was CTO of GitHub before and during my time as COO there (and a former partner at Redpoint!) Check that out here. What’s your most recent disclosed investment?

Management 276

Management CTO Hire New CTO CTO 276

SaaStr

MARCH 7, 2021

5/ Moving from CTO-led -> VPE-led dev team. Most of us hire a VP of Engineering to take over from our CTO because we see the CTO is getting burnt out, or has trouble building a dev team > 8-9 folks, or gets disinterested in solving technical debt, bugs, etc. That’s when you want to lean in. More here.

Part-Time VPE 299

Part-Time VPE Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale 299

SaaStock

MARCH 8, 2019

After five years at Ernst & Young in New York, she served as Vice President at Citigroup in the Big Apple. Kathleen Ting studied at Cornell University before joining the financial service provider BlackRock in New York as Global Consulting Relations Analyst. In 2016, she moved to Hong Kong to head Innovation at HSBC.

VP of Engineering 264

VP of Engineering CTO Coach Venture Capital SaaS 264

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Since 2010 we’ve seen more startups, funds, and capital than ever before, but with this drastic increase, investors are seeing unexpected new trends reshaping the future of the industry. The panel that we are in is called Is Seed the New Series A, and this is a question that I’ve been asking informally yesterday and today.

New CTO 164

New CTO Sales Hiring B2C CTO Hire 164

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.

Fractional CTO 52

Fractional CTO CTO Hire Part-Time CTO CTO 52

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.

Innovation 52

Innovation Technology CTO Hire Artificial Intelligence 52

FastSpring

DECEMBER 11, 2020

You need something that makes you think about your digital business in a new way, renews your motivation, and helps you be more innovative. I don’t create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.” – Elon Musk, CEO & CTO of SpaceX, Investor in PayPal. Communication. Ecommerce Inspiration.

Payment Methods 147

Payment Methods Underperforming Technical Team New CTO Payment Services 147

Frontegg

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Tel Aviv, October 14, 2020 – Frontegg , creators of the first platform for fast-tracking SaaS development and innovation, today announced a $5M Seed round led by Pitango , with backing from i3 Equity and Global Founders Capital.

DevOps as a Service 52

DevOps as a Service K8S orchestration (Kubernetes) Innovation New CTO 52

The SaaS Garage

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The funding was led by Hi inov, an international VC fund focused on digital innovation and supported by the existing investors BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Senovo, UVC Partners and The SaaSgarage (Alexander Bruehl). Christoph Straub, Loyalty Prime’s founder and CEO is excited about this new chapter of his company.

Generative AI 90

Generative AI Artificial Intelligence CTO Coach Venture Capital 90

Baremetrics

JULY 23, 2020

This trend is being accelerated in regions like the EU and California by new legislation such as GDPR and PECR. How I made it to $1,000 MRR Here are the tactics I used to grow Friendly from a brand new startup to a company that makes over $1,000 in MRR. Therefore the role of CTO was the most important addition for our team.

New CTO 87

New CTO Underperforming Technical Team CTO Technical Review 87

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 19, 2018

Ciaran, our CTO , came up with this magical line. Meanwhile, Intercom’s infrastructure grew, the architectures evolved, our product got way bigger, and we hired a bunch of new people who had different engineering skills. He said, “I want to run less software, not more software.

Outsourcing Services 192

Outsourcing Services Part-Time VPE Software AWS 192

Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 4, 2023

And, especially when you’re considering integrating a new technology platform into your business—like AI today, or cloud a decade ago—how do you invest in innovation without losing control of your runway and budget? In typical market conditions, new customers may be clamoring for new features.

Underperforming Technical Team 120

Underperforming Technical Team Benchmarks CTO Hire New CTO 120

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 21, 2022

For Slack, that was clearly the engineering and dev communities, who love new tools. They love new ways of working and were happy to bring Slack into their functional teams and say, “Let’s experiment with this new way of working.” There is definitely an innovation in that space. And it was very successful.

Outsourcing Services 215

Outsourcing Services Sales Hiring CTO Hire Acquisition 215

SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

362: The Future of the Customer with Bernadette Nixon, CEO @ Algolia, Jay Snyder, Chief Customer Officer @ New Relic, and Nick Mehta, CEO @ Gainsight. Nick Mehta: On a boat in Rhode Island and then our second guest Jay Snyder, who just recently took over as Chief Customer Officer of New Relic, publicly traded SaaS company.

Payment Methods 262

Payment Methods Merchant Services Scale Payments 262

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

“Understanding the guardrails we need to build means closely tracking meaningful change across Intercom and making sure we’re on top of new initiatives”. Understanding the guardrails we need to build means closely tracking meaningful change across Intercom and making sure we’re on top of new initiatives. Evolving security landscape.

Data 118

Data CTO Hire Technical Review compliance 118

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 9, 2020

. “The real advances in SEO come from people trying things out and sharing them with the community” Alexa: You mentioned trial and error there and given that SEO is really a new discipline, how has trial and error helped you be at the forefront of a discipline that has emerged within your career span? Kevin: Absolutely.

Technical Review 199

Technical Review Scale Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 199

FastSpring

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The pace of innovation in the ecommerce industry is accelerating, and we aspire to play a significant role in leading this charge. With this new investment, we are already increasing our pace of innovation and have a very exciting roadmap of things to come over the next 12 months. We added three new executives to our team.

Payment Methods 87

Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments 87

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. But keeping what you’ve got is as important as bringing in new customers.

CTO Hire 98

CTO Hire SaaS Business Underperforming Technical Team 98

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?” This post will guide you through 10 innovative pricing plays you should consider, along with high-profile examples of companies who are testing them. Nudging Customers with Behavioral Tactics.

Pricing 135

Pricing SaaS Payments Payments SaaS 135

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.

Scale 146

Scale Scaling CTO Hire Part-Time VPE 146

Neil Patel

AUGUST 23, 2021

What Jay is Known For: Working with high-profile brands on innovative marketing campaigns, including Kindred Healthcare, Arizona State University, and Hilton. Why Larry is Successful: Founder and former CTO of WordStream, Larry has tenured experience in the digital realm. How can I find new marketing Instagram accounts to follow?

Marketing 128

Marketing CTO Coach Entrepreneurship AI Search 128

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. First, legacy businesses often face cultural barriers and resistance to change when it comes to implementing new technologies and practices.

CTO Hire 52

CTO Hire New CTO CTO Business 52

Unbounce

JUNE 24, 2020

I mean the sly, step-by-way manner in which new tech slides neatly into your existing stack and subtly reframes the game on you. No incoming martech makes a better case for this sort of incremental innovation than artificial intelligence. Yosem Reichert-Sweet, CTO, Unbounce. I’m not talking full-on paradigm shifts here. (“We

Artificial Intelligence 145

Artificial Intelligence AI Search Machine Learning Marketing 145

Valerian Tech

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

However, they are still relatively new and their value can be extremely volatile, making them a high-risk investment for some people. A cryptocurrency project is a venture or initiative that involves the development, launch, and management of a new cryptocurrency or blockchain platform. What is a Cryptocurrency Project?

Part-Time CTO 52

Part-Time CTO CTO CTO Coach CTO Hire 52

Neil Patel

JULY 7, 2021

Is it something we just have to continually improve and build on as new opportunities roll out? As new options roll out, keeping customer experiences seamless and continuous across all digital platforms grows is highly important. Are sales at a point where we can justify investing in and learning a new platform?

AI Search 124

AI Search CTO Hire Scale Artificial Intelligence 124

Unbounce

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

As we explored new ways to help you convert more, Unbounce kept running up into the limitations of A/B testing. You can even add new variants at any time—which is perfect for people who’s best ideas come to them in the shower, or in traffic, or during the duller moments of Thanksgiving dinner. Just want to make a small tweak?

Machine Learning 111

Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Marketing New CTO 111

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. You take, for example, the iPhone. Tim: There’s always a fear of change.

Artificial Intelligence 169

Artificial Intelligence Scale CTO Hire Technology 169

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. In the last two years there have been so many new services around security, around machine learning that literally did not exist. Just two years ago what type of services you had.

Cloud 173

Cloud Scale Trends Artificial Intelligence 173