# The tech leader's mandate: Use engineering to accelerate sales velocity

DevFeed: [The tech leader's mandate: Use engineering to accelerate sales velocity](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-tech-leader-s-mandate-use-engineering-to-accelerate-sales-velocity-13274.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/the-tech-leaders-mandate-use-engineering-to-accelerate-sales-velocity>)

Published: 2026-02-04T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [supply-chain-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/supply-chain-security.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard.md>), [chainguard-containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-containers.md>), [chainguard-for-startups](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-for-startups.md>), [chainguard-libraries](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-libraries.md>), [chainguard-startups-pricing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-startups-pricing.md>), [container-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container-images.md>), [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [packages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/packages.md>), [sales](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sales.md>), [sboms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sboms.md>), [secure-by-default](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secure-by-default.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [security-compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security-compliance.md>), [software-supply-chain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-supply-chain.md>), [velocity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/velocity.md>)

## AI overview

This article argues that security and compliance concerns can slow enterprise sales for startups. It recommends embedding security into the software development lifecycle and presents Chainguard's secure-by-default components as a way to reduce software supply chain friction while supporting product development and sales velocity.

## Source excerpt

Chainguard can help your engineering team accelerate sales velocity by reducing security friction and enabling engineering to be a growth accelerator.