Quick Left: Recent Episodes
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Chief Product Officer of Quick Left and repeat entrepreneur, Joe Stump, talks about the business of coding in this series of podcasts. Twice monthly, we will feature a new podcast with different industry experts that explore not only the challenges that face the technical side of business, but the business side of technology.
Each all-star guest shares their own experience on the technical and nontechnical aspects of running a company and imparts tips, tools and advice for the programmer and business person.
In this edition of Business of Coding, Quick Left CPO Joe Stump talks to Head of Engineering at Pinterest, Michael Lopp. Throughout this podcast, Joe and Michael talk about his new position as a manager at a pre-existing company. What are the first things you look to do when entering in as the outsider? Michael explains the importance of the company culture, and the two also discuss the possible red flags and green flags that a person should look for in the organization of a company. Listen to the full podcast here.
In this Business of Coding podcast series, CPO Joe Stump talks with former CTO of Simple and former API Leader at Twitter Alex Payne about his education and career. Looking back, what would a 16 or 17 year old Alex Payne want to learn more about? Joe and Alex discuss what helps and doesn't help a company dynamic and the importance of a company's mission. To hear more about Alex Payne’s experience at Simple and Twitter, listen to this podcast.
This edition of the Business of Coding Joe Stump chats with Jason Evanich, former product lead at KISSmetrics and now founder of GetLighthouse. They discuss why a metrics-driven approach from managers and throughout the company is important. Taking stock of where your business is at a given moment and where you want to be will determine the steps needed to take to get there. For many SaaS businesses this will be through measuring KPIs and customer churn. To hear more about what Jason believes is important for your product and as a product manager to be successful, listen to this podcast!