Engineering EngineeringDaniel Pepper

Move Fast, Be Bold

focus on the impact empower and trust done is better than perfect

You Are Not Your Code

own impact, not code fail fast

Minimize Distractions

who do you serve? avoid meetings

Questions?

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TEAMS & ADVISORSBuilding culture through people | TheFamily Paris, 2016

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STARTUPS ARE HARD> PG: Its about being like a cockroach; survival.

> Top reasons startups fail: resources & teams.

> What is a company other than people?

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punchda sample startup team

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WHY STARTUP?

2009 Job Market.

EARLY PUNCHD

@niket We put those crummy buy-10-get-1-free cards on your smartphone.

EARLY PUNCHD

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500 STARTUPS DEMO DAY

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FUNDRAISING

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> Operating in 14 countries> Many users!> 1,000+ businesses> 6 people

BUILDING A BUSINESS

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ELITE TEAMSthey dont just change the world, they define it

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WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?

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GOOGLE - 1997/8

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ELITE TEAMS

2012: 50% OF FIRST 20 PEOPLE STILL AT GOOGLE 15 YEARS LATER.

USD $350,000,000,000.00+USD $0

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FLIPKART

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Flipkart in 2015

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HRCULTURE

DEV PROCESS

HIRINGLONGER TERM STRATEGY / ALIGNMENT 75%

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Product might be easier than product company.Hiring and developing elite product (and other functional) talent was the largest challenge faced.

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What is a company but a group of people, anyway?

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COMPANYCOFOUNDERS

TEAMADVISORS

MURKY BUT ESSENTIAL

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COMPANYCOFOUNDERS

TEAMADVISORS

DEFINING YOUR NEEDS

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COMPANYCOFOUNDERS

TEAMADVISORS

COFOUNDER(S)

**Protect yourselves with vesting.

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COMPANYCOFOUNDERS

TEAMADVISORS

TEAM

APPSZOOM

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COMPANYCOFOUNDERS

TEAMADVISORS

Advisors support you & your company to be successful. They serve as a non-partisan sounding board. Keep you emotionally stable. Help you with specific tasks & strategy:

recruiting investment domain knowledge / experience (law, accounting) partnerships, deal-making, customer closing introductions

WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR?

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THANK YOU

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General Resources

Peter Thiel's CS183 Notes

Venture Hacks Archives

Quora: Startup-recruiting

Evaluating Objectives & Employees

OKR Template

Quora: OKRs

Finding Talent / Recruiting

AngelList People (Find startup-like people)

LinkedIn (Research people!)

Job Templates on Hacker News

Startup Salaries

More Startup Salaries

Cofounders

PG: Having a cofounder is important.

Seth on Finding Cofounders

Investor / Advisor Relations

Company Update Template

Startup Tools by Niket

Good Books on Culture

Work Rules by Lazlo Bock

Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

RESOURCES

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