Joshua Slayton

1. @joshuaxls Joshua Slayton angel.co/joshuaxls DOING THE WRONG THINGS THE RIGHT WAY

2. IN THREE YEARS Over $2 billion raised $9 million invested online 50,000 introductions between talent and startups 200,000 submissions to over 100 incubators Millions of API requests per day

3. SECRET? BIG WHAT’S THE

4. WHAT WE PLANNED ON Over $2 billion raised $9 million invested online 50,000 introductions between talent and startups 200,000 submissions to over 100 incubators Millions of API requests per day

5. WHAT WE DIDN’T PLAN ON Over $2 billion raised $9 million invested online 50,000 introductions between talent and startups 200,000 submissions to over 100 incubators Millions of API requests per day

6. WE MOVED FAST AND WE BROKE A LOT OF RULES. THROUGH TRIAL AND ERROR, WE DISCOVERED HOW TO RUN A SMALL PRODUCT TEAM.

7. NO Managers Schedules Code Reviews Tests CONSTANT Deployment Customer Support Hiring

9. IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE MANAGED, THEY SHOULDN’T BE AT YOUR STARTUP.

10. MANAGERS CREATE UNNECESSARY WORK.

11. GOOGLE “VALVE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK” AND READ IT.

12. * low resolution image stolen from Valve’s Employee Handbook

13. ALL BEGAN AS SIDE PROJECTS Over $2 billion raised $9 million invested online 50,000 introductions between talent and startups 200,000 submissions to over 100 incubators Millions of API requests per day

14. CREATE CUSTOMERS, NOT JUST FEATURES.

15. No Management Everyone is a manager Everyone owns their work Foster interpersonal skills Value customer, not feature, creation Recruiting is the hardest thing to do

17. EVERYONE RECRUITS. EVERY DAY. EVERYONE HAS VETO POWER.

18. HIRE OTHER FOUNDERS.

19. * low resolution image stolen from Valve’s Employee Handbook

20. YOU MUST LET GO OF PEOPLE THAT DON’T WORK OUT. YES, IT SUCKS.

21. Constant Recruiting Hire founders, generalists Everyone recruits all the time Release the bad ﬁts Improve your recruiting process

22. NO Management Schedules Code Reviews Tests CONSTANT Deployment Customer Support Hiring

23. YOU CAN’T SCHEDULE CREATIVITY. SOME PEOPLE COME IN AT DAWN. SOME PEOPLE COME IN AFTER LUNCH. SOME PEOPLE WON’T COME IN.

24. VALUE RESULTS, NOT TIME IN THE OFFICE.

25. COMMUNICATING PRE-INTERNET

26. COMMUNICATING IN 2013

27. STILL, FACE TIME BREEDS SPONTANEITY. BUILD A FUN OFFICE. TAKE CARE OF YOUR TEAM.

28. No Schedules Keep asynchronous channels open Keep synchronous channels open Have an oﬃce people enjoy being in Value results, not time in the oﬃce

30. Even good code stinks. Learn to deal with it, and keep moving forward.

31. SET EXAMPLES SPEND TIME WITH NEW HIRES COMPANY WIKI CODE COMMENTS “MASTERSTROKES” INTERNAL PRESENTATIONS

32. THE BOY SCOUT RULE ALWAYS LEAVE CODE CLEANER THAN YOU FOUND IT!

33. CRISES WILL HAPPEN IT MEANS THAT YOUR TEAM IS MOVING AT AN APPROPRIATE SPEED.

34. “Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors”

35. No Code Reviews Teach by example Document everything Leave code cleaner than you found it Crises will happen, learn from them

37. WE BEGAN WITH A TEST-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY.

38. TEST-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT TOO SLOW

39. TEST-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT TOO FOREIGN

40. TEST-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT TOO DOGMATIC

41. JUST BE READY FOR...

43. No Tests Alarms on everything Pipe them to email, chat, SMS Bug ﬁxes must be a top priority Tests are ﬁne, just not cumpulsory

45. Constant Customer Support Customers are priority #1 Everyone does customer service Respond to customers immediately Turn negative experiences into loyal customers

47. RELEASE CONSTANTLY.

48. Seven Deploys Two Hours

49. That’s 30,660 releases per year!* * we don’t actually release that much

50. OUR REPOSITORY master commit commit commit commit * * * ** ready to deploy

51. IF YOU MUST master commit commit commit commit feature

52. DON’T DO BIG FEATURES. SHIP AN MVP IMMEDIATELY, THEN ITERATE.

53. Constant Deployment master is always deployable Optimize deploys to be quick Rolling deploys, users see nothing No big releases, iterate instead

54. SO WHAT’S THE BIG PICTURE?

55. ELIMINATE PROCESS LEVERAGE CREATIVITY

56. TECHNICAL DEBT YOU CAN PAY IT DOWN LATER. BE SMART ABOUT IT. USE IT TO MOVE QUICKLY.

57. THE ONLY ADVANTAGE YOU’RE GUARANTEED OVER THE BIG GUYS SPEED

58. TEAM TEAM TEAM TE AM TEAM TEAM TEAM TEAM TEAM TEAM TE AM TEAM TEAM TEAM TEAM TEAM TEAM TE AM TEAM TEAM TEAM TEAM TEAM TEAM TE AM TEAM TEAM TEAM TEAM TEAM TEAM TE TEAM IS EVERYTHING

59. GOOD LUCK! (and I hope to see you all on AngelList)

60. THANK YOU! @joshuaxls Joshua Slayton angel.co/joshuaxls

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