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Describes building a company from solo coder to 100+ employees and what actually scales: start with laptop, pen, GitHub/Bitbucket, recruit generalists not specialists, write down processes and contracts, use one-on-one 30-minute meetings weekly, enforce code reviews and shared docs (Google Docs, team handbook), track decisions with internal mailing lists, use Slack and 1Password, adopt OKRs to align dozens of teams, watch technical debt and culture, mentor new leaders, and accept that explosive growth happens rarely (roughly 1% of startups reach that stage).
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chapters (21)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:27First phase
- 2:24Ask for help
- 3:10Pace yourself
- 5:00Get things done
- 6:26Things to do
- 7:57Things to beware
- 10:34Tools
- 13:11Values
- 16:55Conways Law
- 20:12Good Tools
- 23:08Work Rules
- 23:35Rocket Ship
- 24:39People
- 29:09Quality Tools
- 31:03Mentor Leaders
- 32:40Operations
- 33:03Culture
- 33:41Personal coach
- 33:51Exponential organizations
- 34:37Conclusion
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