I created a $350M software company knowing nothing about software (2015)
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#2This resonates well with Paul's "How not to die" [1]
Re: I created a $350M software company knowing nothing about software (2015)
#3This company was just acquired by Zoom for ~$15B
Re: I created a $350M software company knowing nothing about software (2015)
#4It's not clear what this person actually did. It sounds like it's his employees/partners did all the work.
Re: I created a $350M software company knowing nothing about software (2015)
#5> Knowing nothing about software.
A few lines in:
> I created a horse-racing simulation game in Applesoft BASIC in Manhattan Beach Middle School’s computer classroom and ran a small gambling operation.
... Ok.
Re: I created a $350M software company knowing nothing about software (2015)
#6The guy knew about multi-tenant SaaS and Voice over IP and built a company around that before his competitors, I would not say he “knew nothing about software” any more than Steve Jobs.
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#7F me — I didn’t need to read this tonight. My ‘sewer pipe’ feels light years in length, and I’m in a row boat.
Much love to all those burning the candle at both ends with a blowtorch, may you make it out alive
Re: I created a $350M software company knowing nothing about software (2015)
#8> Knowing nothing about software. A few lines in: > I created a horse-racing simulation game in Applesoft BASIC in Manhattan Beach Middle School’s computer classroom and ran a small gambling operation. ... Ok.
Yeah that was hilarious. Also:
> Many of my friends who are founders of their own companies tell me how they exhibited the entrepreneurial spirit as a kid… But that wasn’t me.
Literally next sentence:
> I ran a small gambling operation
Re: I created a $350M software company knowing nothing about software (2015)
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Re: I created a $350M software company knowing nothing about software (2015)
#10It's not clear what this person actually did. It sounds like it's his employees/partners did all the work.
From my reading of the article it sounds like sales and product vision — both as essential as coding.