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saas org design

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People & Hiring

Engineering Manager Hire Timing: First EM vs Senior IC

A rigorous framework for deciding when to hire a first Engineering Manager at a $1–5M ARR SaaS company, what it costs to get the timing wrong, and how to structure the role so neither the team nor the roadmap stalls.

18 min read
Growth Strategy

SaaS Hiring Sequence by ARR Stage (Defensible Order)

The order in which you hire in SaaS determines whether growth compounds or stalls. This guide presents the defensible hiring sequence from $0 to $5M ARR — with the math behind each hire's justification and the signals that tell you when to move to the next hire.

10 min read