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Joshua Slayton's Keynote at AngelHack Santiago Winter 2013
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- 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
- 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 DIDNâT 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.
- 9. IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE MANAGED, THEY SHOULDNâT BE AT YOUR STARTUP.
- 10. MANAGERS CREATE UNNECESSARY WORK.
- 11. GOOGLE âVALVE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOKâ AND READ IT.
- 12. * low resolution image stolen from Valveâs 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.
- 19. * low resolution image stolen from Valveâs Employee Handbook
- 20. YOU MUST LET GO OF PEOPLE THAT DONâT WORK OUT. YES, IT SUCKS.
- 21. Constant Recruiting Hire founders, generalists Everyone recruits all the time Release the bad ïŹts Improve your recruiting process
- 23. YOU CANâT SCHEDULE CREATIVITY. SOME PEOPLE COME IN AT DAWN. SOME PEOPLE COME IN AFTER LUNCH. SOME PEOPLE WONâT COME IN.
- 24. VALUE RESULTS, NOT TIME IN THE OFFICE.
- 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 oïŹce people enjoy being in Value results, not time in the oïŹce
- 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 âMASTERSTROKESâ 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. âSmooth seas do not make skillful sailorsâ
- 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.
- 41. JUST BE READY FOR...
- 43. No Tests Alarms on everything Pipe them to email, chat, SMS Bug ïŹxes must be a top priority Tests are ïŹne, 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
- 49. Thatâs 30,660 releases per year!* * we donât 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. DONâT 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 WHATâS THE BIG PICTURE?
- 56. TECHNICAL DEBT YOU CAN PAY IT DOWN LATER. BE SMART ABOUT IT. USE IT TO MOVE QUICKLY.
- 57. THE ONLY ADVANTAGE YOUâRE 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)