Author

Colin Kleine

Co-founder of Scalerr. I work with technology companies scaling from Pre-Seed to Series C on the two things that decide whether they grow: who they hire into revenue roles, and how they enter new markets.

Colin Kleine, Co-Founder of Scalerr

Background

Scalerr is a recruitment and growth advisory firm I co-founded to do both halves of the same job: build the go-to-market strategy, then hire the team that runs it. Most firms do one or the other, and the handover is where scaling companies lose time they cannot afford.

To date the firm has supported 561+ startups and scale-ups, placed 456+ first in-market hires, and worked with 48 companies that went on to reach unicorn status, across Australia, Singapore, Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States.

What I write about

Compensation benchmarks for go-to-market roles, when to make senior revenue hires and when it is too early, how first in-market hires actually work, and what international expansion costs in practice. The numbers in these pieces come from searches we have run, not from surveys.

Speaking

I speak on GTM hiring and international market entry at industry events across the markets we operate in, including the Singapore FinTech Festival. Details and recent appearances are on the media and speaking page.

Writing

Articles by Colin

Recruitment · September 2026 · 8 min read How to Interview Enterprise AEs Recruitment · September 2026 · 8 min read AE or Sales Leader: Which First Sales Hire Comes First? Recruitment · August 2026 · 9 min read When to Hire a VP of Sales (Not Before) Recruitment · August 2026 · 9 min read VP of Sales Salary Guide 2026: US, UK and APAC Benchmarks Recruitment · August 2026 · 8 min read SDR Compensation Benchmarks 2026: What to Pay Sales Development Reps Recruitment · August 2026 · 9 min read SaaS Sales Commission Structures: OTE Splits That Actually Work Recruitment · August 2026 · 8 min read Founding AE Compensation: What to Pay Your First Account Executive Recruitment · August 2026 · 9 min read Customer Success Manager Salary Benchmarks: What to Pay in 2026 Recruitment · August 2026 · 9 min read Country Manager Salary Benchmarks in Asia: What to Pay in 2026 Recruitment · August 2026 · 9 min read What a Bad Sales Hire Actually Costs Recruitment · July 2026 · 9 min read When to Fire Yourself from Sales: A Founder's Guide to Hiring Your First Sales Leader Recruitment · July 2026 · 7 min read When to Hire a CRO (And When You're Too Early) Advisory · July 2026 · 7 min read What Investors Actually Want to See in Your GTM Go-to-market · July 2026 · 9 min read 4 Lean GTM Hacks to Break Into the US Market in 2026 (Without Burning $2M) Scaling · July 2026 · 8 min read Building a Revenue Org That Scales from Seed to Series B Go-to-market · July 2026 · 7 min read Reducing CAC Without Slashing Your Marketing Budget Recruitment · July 2026 · 7 min read Your First In-Market Hire: Country Lead or Local AE? Recruitment · July 2026 · 8 min read CRO Salary Guide 2026: What Chief Revenue Officers Actually Earn Market Entry · July 2026 · 10 min read How Australian Agentic AI Startups Should Actually Open EMEA (Not What Your Board Thinks) Go-to-market · July 2026 · 7 min read The 8-Week Playbook for Entering APAC Recruitment · November 2025 · 8 min read CRO vs VP of Sales: Which One Does Your Company Actually Need?