Here's a story about Steve, the CTO of a Series-B startup called SaaSCo. It's a story I've heard a dozen times before. To me, this story is now a fable, a cautionary tale.
The build vs buy debate comes up a lot on tech teams. In short, this debate is about whether the team should build a piece of functionality in-house or buy a third-party service, API, or library to fulfill the product need.
Lots of considerations factor in to the
Here's a piece of startup founder advice that's sure to be controversial: don't overinvest in engineering.
Bad things happen, and sometimes crises are unavoidable. I've spent time as an automotive engineer, a software engineer, a CTO and a startup founder, so I've had lots of opportunities to deal with crises. I've discovered that crisis management is a learnable and teachable skill.