MEGA: how the antipodes came to Salamanca
summary
MEGA recounts five years of building its cloud storage business: origins, growth, work methodology, product management and communication with teams in distant cultures/time zones. It explains how MEGA competes against major providers (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Box), the product’s distinguishing features, and marketing strategies that helped it reach a top‑3 position in cloud storage.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 5:13My failures and successes
- 6:40MEGA origin and mission
- 8:27Salamanca growth
- 10:12Science Park support
- 12:39Expansion to New Zealand
- 14:02MEGA data and structure
- 15:26Agile methodology
- 17:54Managing teams across antipodes
- 18:36Professional philosophy
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