As a SaaS founder, hiring the right marketing leader for your startup is one of your most important yet tricky tasks. The wrong choice means lost time, revenue and resources when you need speed, scale and skill.

How much experience is enough? Will they fit your culture? Are they going to get the growth results your investors demand, quickly enough? 

In this episode of B2B Marketing Snacks, our experts cover all the factors to consider before you go about hiring a B2B SaaS CMO, including:

• Best qualities to look for in CMO candidates
• Levels of candidate experience that work best for early-stage SaaS
• Budgeting for the right marketing team
• Hiring in-house vs agency vs fractional
• How to assure correct culture fit
• How to set expectations with a new leader
• The impact of equity in hiring
• How to maximize a new CMO's impact on your growth

With this expert perspective, you'll find the right marketing leaders for the right seats that can really move your company forward fast.

B2B SaaS Marketing Snacks is one of the most respected voices in the SaaS industry. It is hosted by two leading marketing and revenue growth experts for software:

B2B SaaS companies move through predictable stages of marketing focus, cost and size (as described in the popular T2D3 book). With people cost being a majority of the cost involved, every hire needs to be well worth the investment!

The best founders, CFOs and COOs in B2B SaaS work at getting the best balance of marketing leadership, strategy and execution to produce the customer and revenue growth they require. Staying flexible and nimble is a key asset in a hard-charging B2B world.

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