The 5-Minute Startup CTO #82

Hiring for weaknesses, Scaling sustainably, Product chat, One-man architecture

Hi there,

I hope you’re well - here’s your 4 tips for this week:

👭 People

Benji Weber takes on a very interesting approach to recruitment: rather than looking for top talent, hire for weaknesses.

Meaning: instead of aiming to judge candidates’ ability in the abstract, look out for the person who will best match your team’s weaknesses. Which makes a lot of sense, especially for early-stage, relatively small teams.

🔄 Process

A good panel discussion organised by LeadDev, on scaling sustainably. Too many good points to summarise here, so have a watch!

🥫 Product

Nice visual summary of the main points from a fireside chat on Product Management:

The Product Folks 🚀🚀🚀 @TheProductfolks

In case you missed the fireside chat with @shreyas on our Unfiltered Product Conversation Fundraiser series, here's a neat sketchnote covering the key takeaways :)

⌨️ Tech

Last but not least, Anthony Najjar Simon put together a very detailed description of the architecture behind his one-man-band SaaS startup. Might trigger an idea or two!

Until next time, have a great week

Fabrice

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