SaaStr

JULY 8, 2020

We’ll have some time. It sounds minor or technical, but if you want to due diligence on a human being, I get to do it a few 100 times a year. I used it in kind of my breakfast pre warm-up, the crazy times we’re in. From Satya from Homebrew, we just heard that seed’s at an all time high.

Investment 213

Investment Technical Review Part-Time VPE Development Team Review 213

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

On day one as Reddit’s new VP of Engineering, Nick Caldwell faced a dilemma. He had just spent 13 years at Microsoft, most recently as the head of 300 engineers. At Reddit, he led a team of 35 – none of whom knew how to manage other engineers. Short on time? Managers and leaders are different.

Leadership 141

Leadership Engineering Part-Time VPE CTO Coach 141

SaaStr

OCTOBER 17, 2019

When it comes to seamlessly scaling your applications, a top-notch engineering team will be your foundation. We develop a search API to help any developer to have a very good search in their application. So today we are a distributed team. Of course, behind this product, we have a super strong team.

Scale 171

Scale Scaling CTO Hire Part-Time VPE 171

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Each person on your team has different needs, responds to feedback in different ways and evolves in different trajectories – and management should always reflect that. Even when you reach the perfect team dynamic – a new hire or budget cut can easily throw things off balance. What does good, actionable feedback look like?

Leadership 118

Leadership Part-Time VPE Management Underperforming Technical Team 118

Outseta

MAY 8, 2020

What I’m hoping this post provides is an objective look at the world of technology start-ups—the good, the bad, and the ugly. I find that refreshing. I can name dozens of people in tech that I genuinely find to be more impressive, smart, and thoughtful than our very best politicians, for example.

Part-Time VPE 102

Part-Time VPE Fractional VPE Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team 102

OpenView Labs

JUNE 23, 2021

It’s a great time to be a founder. Let’s qualify that statement: It’s a great time to be a founder of a revenue-generating, venture-funded company. These are optimistic times. A founder, on the other hand, has deep institutional knowledge, and many times only they know what they know. Why change?

Part-Time VPE 71

Part-Time VPE Scale Underperforming Technical Team Outsourced Development 71

OpenView Labs

AUGUST 2, 2019

But challenges and obstacles are just part of the reality of entrepreneurship. Giving in to stress and frustration only leads to bad decisions that could eventually sink you. During trying times, stakeholders could put undue pressure on you to deliver. Set boundaries with key stakeholders.

Startup 40

Startup Part-Time VPE Underperforming Technical Team Payment Solutions 40

SaaStr

JULY 30, 2020

When is the right time to hire their first sales reps? What are the most common mistakes founders make when hiring their first reps? What can be done to minimize ramp time of new reps? What are the core metrics founders should measure to determine the effectiveness of their reps and sales teams?

Part-Time VPE 288

Part-Time VPE Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring 288

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2020

Customer Success teams arise out of the need to provide high-touch guidance to your most valuable customers – without disrupting your Sales and Support teams. In Intercom’s early years, it wasn’t uncommon to find a support rep looped into a deal or asked to assist with onboarding. Can you help?”

Customer Success 244

Customer Success Underperforming Technical Team Scale Part-Time VPE 244

SaaStr

JULY 5, 2021

Ep: 413: Join four-time Founder and CEO Auren Hoffman as he breaks down how businesses can become the right model for explosive growth, emulate their strategy, and join the path to Unicorn potential in eight simple, hand-made steps. So hopefully we’ll have a lot of time for questions. This is also true with people you hire.

Part-Time VPE 279

Part-Time VPE Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Outsourcing Services 279