Founder's Guide to Building a Tech Product

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1. the founder’s guide to building a tech product Nikolai Chowdhury July 2014 @chowdhury
2. you need to build a tech product. ! how and where do you find technical talent to execute on your vision? ! and…what else do you need to know? @chowdhury
3. primer. ! @chowdhury
4. @chowdhury requirements design development testing implementation *onboard your technical talent development lifecycle
5. development lifecycle @chowdhury requirements design development testing implementation feature a requirements design development testing implementation feature b requirements design development testing implementation feature c
6. tech is difficult. ! really difficult. ! (that’s speaks to the high valuations!) @chowdhury
7. @chowdhury caching client side / server side REST APIs databases traffic & performance scalability “fun stuff” front end / ux / ui servers + users + security
8. @chowdhury you have a vision. need to quantify this vision and build a spec you have a technical co-founder hire a senior technologist (CTO/VP eng) } hire some “coders” onshore offshore
9. @chowdhury *nearshore *offshore *onshore
10. this is why. ! outsourcing fails. ! (is there a magic formula?) @chowdhury
11. the core elements of a successful offshore strategy @chowdhury engagement + communication + management + }
12. some guidelines to remember @chowdhury • can not go by price alone — need to make sure the people you work with share the same business philosophy • know what features need to be agile or waterfall and depend on PMs on both sides to ensure they are talking to each other • whatever country you pick, make sure there is engagement from your management team, go to that country, face to face meetings with people at least 2x a year. show you are all part of a team.
13. ! takeaways. @chowdhury
14. 1. have a very clear vision and plan of what you want to build @chowdhury
15. @chowdhury 1. have a very clear vision and plan of what you want to build ! 2. know your burn & think deeply about where should your team live
16. @chowdhury 1. have a very clear vision and plan of what you want to build ! 2. know your burn & think deeply about where should your team live ! ! 3. over communication is better than under communication
17. n@nikolai.in @chowdhury Thanks! Q&A. }