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Almost no enterprise that I can find hires any IT positions anymore outside of software engineers and application engineers (who are just software engineers that develop for cloud platforms.) There’s pretty much no carry over for those who have skills sets in running their own infrastructure. For example, I’m a senior systems engineer. My company uses various SaaS ...
Appropriate equity stake to offer a CTO?[IT, other]
Posted 1 year ago
Background:
Our niche B2B SaaS company is about 3yo, and has been bootstrapped so far with a couple hundred K$ FnF investment.
Team is really just one full-time founder (me) and another silent partner who's an industry advocate, along with a great industry advisory board --and a couple part-time sweat-equity folks and technical contractors.
We've stood up a simple, ...
My $1/ Month SaaS Experiment (It's working!)[IT, other]
Posted 1 year ago
Background: we just launched thedailyintelligence.com on Monday (3 days ago), the accessible Bloomberg News Terminal for everyone
$1/ month?
Yes, $1/ month. Technically $1/ month for life (billed annually). No it doesn't cover our costs - the purpose of this is to identify users who are serious about what we are building, give us product feedback so we can iterate fast and grow
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What percentage of your emails are viewed and clicked from cold outreach?[IT, other]
Posted 1 year ago
Fellow startup community,
I am getting a bit frustated now. I don't know if market is shit and no one is acknowledging it OR my email copies have problems. I have changed subject lines (short vs long), email copy changed 10 times, added offer, increased offer.
I do see custom email software that people are opening up emails. But, again that ...
Curious. Is there non saas ' startups' anymore... Or anyone not concentrating on chat gpt open ai. And maybe I don't understand the space. Is a ' startup ' always a saas? Does it ever include anything else like say.... 2 sided marketplaces or professional services... Or is startup usually saas related and other businesses are not ' startups' rather.. Simply.. ...
What process do you guys use for keeping AWS costs in check?[IT, other]
Posted 1 year ago
For those who have their infrastructure hosted on AWS, GCP etc, do you use any process// system for keeping the costs in check and possibly reducing and optimising them?
Do you or your tech team members do it yourself? Or have you hired a consultant for it? Or maybe use a SaaS that helps you do it. I'm curious how ...
Webmaster/Developer (Remote) (Irvine)[IT, other]
Posted 1 year ago
Are you an experienced web developer that is looking for an opportunity to create outstanding work that speaks for itself? Do you have a passion for building beautiful websites that convert visitors to clients?
TorkLaw is a fast-moving, innovative, and award-winning law firm that is all about delivering the absolute best client experience and unmatched legal representation to each and ...
16 YOE as a sysadmin with no certs or degree. Wanting to become more employable on paper.[IT, other]
Posted 1 year ago
Hey everyone. I took a computer networking program out of high school which led me into a help desk role.
After that I got a job as the sole IT person for a production office in the entertainment industry. Wore a lot of different hats. Some days I would be working on our networking devices, some days fixing hardware/software ...
Any advice for Founder (me)[IT, other]
Posted 1 year ago
Hello
I have recently started working with an Accelerator in the UK on a new company concept. It's a SAAS to help companies go global faster through a tech platform by taking care of the boring/mundane/annoying stuff.
My tasks for the upcoming 6-12 months
- Find a technical cofounder and hire a core team (with help from the ...
We launched today and onboarded our first two customers ($500 MRR) - Are we pricing ourselves correctly?[IT, offer services]
Posted 1 year ago
My startup is a SaaS management platform that helps businesses do a better job of buying, managing, renewing and paying a better price for SaaS. We also have a service element where we handle renewals, purchasing & negotiation.Our product centralises your SaaS stack information in one place (everything from upcoming renewals, access, contracts, spend etc). We also provide spend optimisation ...
