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Why Is SaaS CRO Tenure So Short?

Posted by Paul French in May 2026
- News, Private Equity, Venture Capital

Introduction Twenty years ago, my role in Executive Search was far more straightforward. Broadly I would: Find clients Find candidates Deliver searches successfully That ...

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The Wrong CRO Hire Can Kill a SaaS Business

Posted by Paul French in May 2026
- News, Private Equity, Venture Capital

Introduction A few years ago, I was speaking to the CEO of an early-stage SaaS company. The business was not yet large, but all ...

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Why US SaaS Firms Often Get Hiring in Europe Wrong

Posted by Paul French in May 2026
- News, Private Equity, Venture Capital

Introduction This post was prompted by a conversation I held recently with a mid senior SaaS executive that was frustrated by the "one size ...

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SaaS CRO and CCO leadership hiring strategy illustration for scaling software businesses in 2026

Why Hiring the Right CRO or CCO Is Critical to Scaling SaaS

Posted by Paul French in May 2026
- News, Private Equity

Introduction I recently wrote about succession planning in SaaS leadership teams and the risks created when businesses become overly reliant on specific individuals, specifically ...

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Why Succession Planning Is a Blind Spot in SaaS Leadership Teams

Posted by Paul French in April 2026
- News, Private Equity

Why Succession Planning Is a Blind Spot in SaaS Leadership Teams Introduction I was interviewing a C level Executive recently for one of my ...

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SaaS Hiring in Sweden

Posted by Paul French in May 2025
- E-Commerce, Events, Fintech, Insurtech, Martech, News, Private Equity, Startups

After 15 years of hiring Technology / SaaS / Investment Executives in Sweden, this is what I have learned. Some of the ...

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The Private Equity Playbook for SaaS

Posted by Paul French in March 2025
- News, Private Equity

Opportunities, Challenges, and the Power of People with the Private Equity acquisition of SaaS firms Introduction Private Equity acquisition of SaaS firms is at ...

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Removing Guesswork in SaaS Hiring

Posted by Paul French in February 2025
- E-Commerce, Fintech, Insurtech, Martech, News, Private Equity, Startups, Venture Capital
- customer experience, employee experience, SaaS, VP DACH

Introduction How many of us have made a mistake when SaaS hiring? Most of us at some stage. In fact, one of the most ...

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SaaS Sales Recruitment – I want Rockstars

Posted by Paul French in January 2025
- E-Commerce, Events, Fintech, Insurtech, Martech, News, Private Equity, Startups, Venture Capital

SaaS Sales Recruitment - The Importance of a Compelling Interview Experience: A Real SaaS Recruitment Story Years ago, I was approached by a new ...

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Why Do People Leave SaaS Firms?

Posted by Paul French in December 2024
- E-Commerce, Events, Fintech, Insurtech, Martech, News, Private Equity, Startups, Venture Capital

Here are reasons why people leave SaaS firms... You spend time and money acquiring the best people so you need to be as focussed ...

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Ask These Questions When Considering a Technology Executive Search Firm

Posted by Paul French in June 2023
- E-Commerce, Events, Insurtech, Martech, News, Private Equity, Startups, Venture Capital

In Technology Executive Search “People are the lifeblood of our businesses” “It’s all about the people” When I started in Technology Executive Search, ...

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Uncomfortable Truths About SaaS Hiring

Posted by Paul French in March 2023
- E-Commerce, Fintech, Insurtech, Martech, News, Private Equity, Startups, Venture Capital
- customer experience, customer success, employee experience, Marketing Analytics, SaaS, start-up, VP DACH, VP Sales DACH, vp sales nordics

Introduction & Some History The photograph accompanying this post is a page from the Financial Times and dated Wednesday 10th March 2010. I kept ...

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Hiring Trends in Private Equity

Posted by Paul French in June 2022
- Private Equity

To say the private equity industry has grown over the past year is putting the matter mildly. Global private equity transactions exceeded $1.2 trillion ...

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Private Equity Sector News and Updates

Posted by Paul French in April 2022
- Private Equity

After bouncing back strong in the second half of 2020, private equity had a record-setting year in 2021, with some $2.3 trillion in dry ...

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Using Science to Identify, Hire & Retain Executives for your SaaS Firm

Posted by Paul French in January 2025
- News, Private Equity, Venture Capital

Using Science to Identify, Hire & Retain Executives for your SaaS Firm Hiring the right executive for your SaaS firm is a critical decision ...

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