grow as you go: lesson learned as a tech startupper
DESCRIPTION
Build a product means continuously take decision to make it grow and at the same time consolidate it. Everyday you face the challenge of evolving the architecture, the design, the team, the culture, the development processes keeping them aligned with business' needs.TRANSCRIPT
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Grow as you go: lesson learned as a tech startupperStamplay - @giuliano84
Giuliano Iacobelli
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
This presentation uses GIFs.!if you want to fully enjoy it !
download the .key version here
BEFORE YOU START
http://goo.gl/MxNP51
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
Software Engineer. 30yrs old. !Co-founder at Stamplay
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
Software Engineer.. co-founder..
=!CTO right?
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not really..
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
CTOCOO
SalesMarketingAnalytics
StrategyCFO
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
Startups are really hardand there is no secret ingredient to succeed
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
Stamplay 1.0
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BUILD ALL THE THINGS
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LONG STORY SHORT?
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
Built, shipped…… Trashed!
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
MY STARTUPFACEBOOK
no matter how cool you feel..
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Revenue
Traction
Learning
YOU ARE HERE
the sad truth
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LESSON LEARNED !
Incomplete knowledgeof the market
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Develop as less software as you can before testing the market
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Dont address multiple markets at the same time
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THEN A NEW EPIPHANY…
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A MEGA PLATFORM TO CREATE SOFTWARE!
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
LEARN EARLY,!LEARN OFTEN
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1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4
BUILD A PRODUCT RESPONSIBLY
©Spotify
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
1. Demo video & interviews
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2. Fake product
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3. Landing page and some traffic
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A real MVP
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Users dont really act as you imagined
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Bug report coming after first release
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But we’re doing better and better(try it at https://editor.stamplay.com)
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WHAT IT TAKES
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• Positivity and happiness!• Transparency!• Never complain!• Be a “no ego” doer!• Make time to reflect!• Live smarter, not hard
SOLID VALUES
©BufferApp
- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
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BUILD!KICKASS!
TEAM
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WHAT WE LOOK FOR IN A DEVELOPER?
• Enjoys problem solving!• Quick learner!• Listen first, then listen more!• Solution oriented!• Positive attitude!• Focus on self improvement
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Teamwork is the secret that makes common people achieve uncommon results
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DEV STUFF!TIME!
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DatabaseEvents Processing
GET static content
API requests
Node HTTP
PROXY
Bricks VM
Pages renderer
New requests as System or Logged User
Database Database
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DatabaseEvents Processing
GET static content
API requests
Node HTTP
PROXY
Bricks VM
Pages renderer
New requests as System or Logged User
Database Database
CORE
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
DatabaseEvents Processing
GET static content
API requests
Node HTTP
PROXY
Bricks VM
Pages renderer
New requests as System or Logged User
Database Database
EVENT PROCESSING
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@giuliano84
- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
DatabaseEvents Processing
GET static content
API requests
Node HTTP
PROXY
Bricks VM
Pages renderer
New requests as System or Logged User
Database Database
WIDGETS
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@giuliano84
- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
DatabaseEvents Processing
GET static content
API requests
Node HTTP
PROXY
Bricks VM
Pages renderer
New requests as System or Logged User
Database Database
STATIC CONTENT DELIVERY
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
Ask great mentors
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
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Beware of technical debt
- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
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How you would love to have it
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Good debt, bad debt
- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
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Trying to aim to this
- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
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Though challenge, but it pays off
- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
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Receiving good feedbacks
- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
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LESSON LEARNED !
Write core-business code only!
User feedback is higher priority than technical quality
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Technical debt accumulated during that process is “good debt”
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
PROCESSES & TOOLS
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
You dont want this
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Fixing thing in production
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
LESSON LEARNED !
Dont overengineerproblems you dont have yet
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Agree on tools value with the team!
Embrace change. Let it go.
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?Looking for the next
- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
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[email protected]://about.me/giulianoiacobelli
Giuliano Iacobelli
THANK YOU.
- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
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- GIULIANO IACOBELLI
REFERENCES !
http://thecodinglove.comhttp://www.slideshare.net/Bufferapp/buffer-culture-04
http://www.slideshare.net/ssuser6cf9c3/how-spotifybuildsproductshttp://blog.crisp.se/2013/10/11/henrikkniberg/good-and-bad-technical-debt