Buffer Resources

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

But just because we're not tapping into all the mindful, demure trends of the moment doesn't mean we can't have social media success—and our hard work on LinkedIn this year proves it. Tagging your partner organizations, influencers, or thought leaders at your company (your CEO, CTO, etc.)

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

It’s really not surprising that many SaaS companies make this common mistake and find themselves unintentionally non-compliant. Meanwhile, new tax legislation for SaaS companies was brewing. Probably because you, like so many other SaaS companies out there, didn’t even know you had to collect and remit sales tax.

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BetterCloud

MARCH 3, 2021

Upon joining BetterCloud as its new CTO, Jamie Tischart was taken aback when he reviewed his professional biography with a colleague. The first line was, ‘With almost three decades in technology,’” he told me. What are some of the biggest challenges that you’d like to tackle as the company’s new CTO?

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Valerian Tech

DECEMBER 14, 2022

There are many benefits to hiring a fractional CTO, also known as a part-time or interim CTO. A fractional CTO can bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to your organization without the added expense of a full-time executive.

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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.

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SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2019

We needed to stay relevant along the customer’s journey and we needed to find our own cloud provider that was going to allow for us to scale quickly, to have the security that we knew customers were demanding when they were searching for cloud platforms. And what challenge that presented to us was how do we do that quickly.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Well, in the past several years, there’s been a tremendous number of companies that have built specifically for developers and use this as a way to get into these new markets, to displace incumbents and disrupt the competition. This trend is only going to grow. You’ll need to find developers where they are.

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Frontegg

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We are glad to share a list of 22 leading full stack developers you must follow in 2022 to stay in touch with the latest trends and developments in the SaaS and IT spaces. #1 You can also find his detailed articles and guide on his blog – AddyOsmani.com. #4 We can’t wrap up this list without our co-founder and CTO, Aviad Mizrahi.

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Development Technical Advisors Web Development Web Developers 130

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 13, 2019

I hope that by the end you have some new ways of thinking about what tools you use yourself, and some of the pitfalls that you might not be aware of. It highlighted all kinds of tools and techniques that would be useful in building a new type of self-sufficient lifestyle. Our philosophy and process on hiring. Our design process.

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SaaStr

APRIL 16, 2019

Again, we felt that there was much greater value in being authentic than trying to be someone that we weren’t and try to find positives. It’s never a waste of time to find a great customer and take care of them and that’s led to frankly a lot of our success to date. We had no New York city presence.

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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?

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Outseta

APRIL 11, 2019

Why most SaaS companies are blind to some of the best talent on the market By Geoff Roberts 9 min read I believe that most SaaS companies are missing out of a major opportunity when hiring—the opportunity to hire more part-time help, where the employee acts as a fully integrated (albeit part-time) member of the team on an ongoing basis.

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Neil Patel

AUGUST 23, 2021

Why You Should Follow Gary: With video content that delivers day after day, Gary sounds off on the latest trends, serving as a weathervane for the digital community, as well as informational videos about leadership and self-care. Why Larry is Successful: Founder and former CTO of WordStream, Larry has tenured experience in the digital realm.

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Marketing CTO Coach Entrepreneurship AI Search 128

User Pilot

AUGUST 17, 2024

He also organizes ProductCon, a conference that takes place in San Francisco, New York, and London and attracts thousands of product professionals every year. It isn’t the lack of team adoption or poor implementation of new tech. Hiring expensive consultants or setting up innovation labs doesn’t fly anymore. That’s crazy!

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Underperforming Technical Team AI Technical Review CTO Coach 104

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

So you were the first sales hire. Talk to me about the sales hires that you made back in the early days and talk to me about how it changed through the different stages. So my first sales hire was beginning of 2015. The very first few sales hire are I would say not your typical reps. Laura Bilazarian : Awesome.

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OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

To combat this and be more agile, SaaS management is morphing and restructuring functional management and multiplying the number of new C-Suite titles like Chief Customer Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, and Chief Product Officer, not to mention Chief Performance Officer and Chief Security Officer.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 5, 2021

RevOps leaders are talking about trends in the market, and how the move towards RevOps will change everything from marketing to sales development to post sales. Whether they started out as SDRs, marketers, engineers or even lawyers, their winding paths ultimately brought them to RevOps where they can solve new and challenging problems.

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SaaStock

MARCH 29, 2019

Don’t overextend your resources when testing new SaaS growth ideas. Here is what he writes: Kieran Flanagan , VP of marketing at HubSpot, shared some interesting insights on approaching new ideas for scaling up your business. The best part? Suddenly you find yourself creating your CV in the Canva software without realising it.

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Natalia Luneva

APRIL 30, 2021

Announcing new features, increasing customer satisfaction and retention are among the top functions of an online community. . #1 Our community is the best way for us to inform our customers about upcoming updates and new features. Of course, our team is involved to an extent, and we have an external part-time moderator for support.

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Marketing Social Media SaaS New CTO 98

Crafty CTO

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Fractional CTO services can be a valuable asset for businesses that want to take advantage of technology to grow and improve their operations, but don’t have the resources or expertise to do so in-house.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

It may not reflect immediately on top line figures, but their follow through moves the needle on other metrics — productivity, discovery of new tools or techniques, and sharpened selling skills — any one of which will eventually translate to higher performance and attained goals. We Can’t Find Qualified Prospects.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

With that in mind, before we welcome the new year and all the good things to come, we’ve gathered our favorite insights and nuggets of wisdom from 2021 in a special wrap-up episode. Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. Zanade Mann , founder of Black Women’s Business Collective.

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Upscope

JANUARY 5, 2020

My really crude definition : When I come across a new product I tend think "Wtf is this? They built an engine to find the customers that loved their product, find the features they really liked and then built their value messaging around it. Is sending and receiving mails a new shiny technology?

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 20, 2024

This conversation is part of our AI Revolution series, which features some of the most impactful builders in the field of AI discussing and debating where we are, where we’re going, and the big open questions in AI. Find more content from our AI Revolution series on www.a16z.com/AIRevolution. How do you find it in the first place?

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BetterCloud

MAY 17, 2021

Prior to joining BetterCloud as our new VP of quality, Waithe was a director of engineering at MailChimp. Secondarily, I had a chance to chat with [CTO Jamie Tischart ] even before he joined the company. In those moments, I would always go back to my desk and start looking for a new job, it’s completely demoralizing.

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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. You’ll need someone familiar with your data—perhaps a CTO or someone responsible for business operations.

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BetterCloud

JUNE 10, 2021

A few weeks ago, [ CTO Jamie Tischart ] and I talked about this fork in the road that engineers typically get to where they either move into management or commit to writing code for the rest of their careers. As new products are released, we will be embedding our team earlier into the value chain so we can prevent problems before they occur.

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Engineering DevOps as a Service New CTO CTO Coach 52

Frontegg

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

We have shortlisted the top full-stack developer events you should consider attending to learn about the latest trends, engage with influencers, and improve your networking. You also have the option of getting certificated in trending fields like AI & ML, Cloud Management, and more. workshops, and even a hackathon.

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VP of Engineering Development Cybersecurity New CTO 59

Outseta

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The challenge in each case is the same—the company is hiring you at a lower level of commitment than a full-time hire, usually with the expectation that they will see some ROI relatively quickly. Full-time Head of Marketing I’ve been hired to lead marketing teams at four companies in a full-time capacity now.

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Natalia Luneva

APRIL 30, 2021

SaaS Community Marketing: 13 stories from software companies Announcing new features, increasing customer satisfaction and retention are among the top functions of an online community. #1 Our community is the best way for us to inform our customers about upcoming updates and new features.

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Marketing Social Media SaaS New CTO 40

BetterCloud

AUGUST 11, 2020

A lot of our employees have several roommates, so it was difficult for them to find a private place to take calls or to work from. When we realized this wasn’t ending anytime soon, we decided to offer another allowance for things to further improve the home office. Make sure you’re thinking about things like a desk chair.

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SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2024

It’s challenging to find super high-quality folks unless you’re in B2C, where customer support is sales. You can find some pirates and romantics, and you might have to use AI. At the CIO’s office, there’s a certain amount of budget for experimentation, but not that much. Give everyone x amount of money to go find the best one.

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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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Artificial Intelligence CTO Hire AI New CTO 10

SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Let’s try to find that out in this write-up. Here is a list of people who I believe are predominantly found in the C-Suite role: Chief Executive Officer Chief Customer Officer Chief Financial Officer Chief Operating Officer Chief Technology Officer.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

You can access the latest information, insights, trends, and data to enhance your knowledge of the latest SaaS industry developments. Knowing these trends will help you gain a competitive advantage and stay ahead of the pack in your business decisions. One of the top SaaS influencers is Dharmesh Shah , co-founder, and CTO of HubSpot.

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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. If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin. I’m sure many of you use New Relic.

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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. We have a lot of technology trends, so cloud was pivotal.

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