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Startup 411: Building for Scale with Google Cloud, Stairwell, Mashvisor, and Inworld.ai (Video)

SaaStr

To convert an idea into a successful venture, startups need to be equipped to scale. Hiring a reliable team is an all-encompassing issue where startups dive in head-first but fail to optimize it for success. . Hiring a reliable team is an all-encompassing issue where startups dive in head-first but fail to optimize it for success. .

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Stripe’s Will Larson on engineering and infrastructure management

Intercom, Inc.

As a startup scales, the importance of infrastructure engineers simply can’t be overstated. As Stripe becomes an increasingly mature company, efficiency will get more important for us, but right now we’re very focused on making sure that we’re proving the very best possible experience to the merchants.

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How Basecamp, Netflix and Amazon think about communication

Chart Mogul

For startups especially, the speed at which decisions made and acted upon is critical — this should be considered a core competency of your company. The meeting culture. (or or the anti-meeting culture). In the startup world, hating on meetings is usually a default position. The Netflix company culture memo.