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How VC backed startups assemble teams, hire outliers, and compete globally.

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02
Jun

Paying for Outliers: How the best startups think about compensation and employee value to secure outlier talent.

The idea that salaries or employee compensation is a 'special' kind of spend - one that has to be
6 min read
26
May

The Factory That Builds The Software: Why setting up production lines is the new job for software engineers.

The most popular summary of what AI is doing to software engineering is that "engineers can now write code
9 min read
22
May

Team Debt: The biggest trap facing startups today, and how to reduce the risk of it accumulating.

The concept of technical debt is familiar to most founders. In an AI world, it's also becoming less
5 min read
22
May

AI-Native Confusion: What it actually means to be AI-native, and why most startups and scaleups are far from it.

Many of the founders I meet claim to be building AI-native companies. Few actually are. They've integrated
5 min read
22
May

How to hire AI-augmented software engineers.

What you need to know about evaluating engineers in the age of AI-assisted software development. Why This Guide Exists
14 min read