Project A is a European venture capital investor. With €500m under management, the company focuses on early-stage startups. In addition to capital, Project A provides its portfolio companies operational support from over 100 experts across the startup building stack. The Project A Podcast is the place to go for entrepreneurs and founders looking for expert advice and actionable tips to take their startup to the next level. We know it can be a long, difficult journey. Challenges are infinite and resources limited. In this podcast, you’ll learn from our experience as an Operational VC working with 100+ early-stage startups and find the inspiration you need to get going. Featuring our in-house Marketing, BI, and Organizational Building experts, as well as fellow founders from our broad portfolio of companies, we give you valuable insights on what it takes to build a successful company.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 12 hours 50 minutes
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episode 1: When to choose a product- vs a project-based approach to achieve your goals?
In this session, our CTO Stephan Schulze talks about why he sees things in terms of "products" vs "projects". For example, he's said that building a company website is a project. Conversely, an organization is a product — meaning that you should...
episode 2: Discussing a16z’s “Cost of Cloud” Analysis
Our take on the post "The Cost of Cloud, a Trillion Dollar Paradox"
episode 3: To roll back or not to roll back? How to handle critical incidents in production
Merlin talks to our CTO Stephan Schulze about how he handles critical incidents. This week, Fastly had an outage that made headlines across the world. One could only imagine what their SRE team went through to resolve it. In this discussion, we go...
episode 5: Post-mortems don't have to be painful
Recently, our CTO Stephan talked about . But what do you do after the emergency is over? This week we talk about how to pick up the pieces and learn from the experience. And it's not just about process. We also cover the emotional, human aspect of...
episode 5: Is your development project in jeopardy? Common red flags and how to raise them
Common red flags and how to raise them
episode 6: What startups should know about observability
If your tech team is tiny, what do you prioritize?
episode 7: How to market to developers —according to a CTO
With the , it seems everyone’s trying to get developers to notice their products. But getting the attention of developers is famously difficult. Traditional marketing and sales tactics tend to fall flat. So how do you do it? Well, one way to find...
episode 8: Career progression beyond the role of senior developer
What do mid-career developers do next? You could go down the leadership and management path and become a CTO. But is that the only path available? In this edition of TechInsights, we talk about some of the different tracks that senior developers can...
episode 9: Tech Insights #9: Measuring Developer Productivity
Team performance and productivity—can you really measure it accurately? And is it worth the effort? These are eternal questions that most managers are perpetually re-evaluating. Fortunately, most software development tasks are logged in one way or...
episode 10: Do you need to go to CTO School?
As the startup grows, the founding CTO has to undergo a painful metamorphosis into a fully-fledged executive. Or not. Some eventually step aside and allow a more experienced hire to assume the role. Could continuing education help technical...
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