March 26, 2019

#41: Pete Martin - [CTO] @ WePlayed - An Atari 65 [&] The Startup Flu — TechniQ

Pete Martin is the CTO @ WePlayed [& the former VP of Engineering @ Pixibility & Tremor Video]. This is one that will have the brain churning and the blood pumping as we take things from his current startup - Founded by a former NFL Lineman - right back to his early days w/ an Atari 65 and bad grades (not necessarily in that order :) Listen in. Listen up. Learn!

Timestamp Listening:
00:02:39 - An Atari 65
00:04:12 - Saving your work [& losing your source code]
00:08:30 - Catching the startup bug
00:11:50 - Experiences being @ the helm
00:17:10 - The NFL and a CoFounding Experience
00:26:00 - The Anthropological Side of Culture
00:29:41 - Balance in Team-building
00:32:25 - Autonomy, Ownership = Power[ful]
00:35:35 - Leadership by the numbers
00:38:35 - Culture on my mind
00:44:16 - Learning to learn about your team 
00:45:37 - Makeup. Literally.
00:55:30 - Self Reflection and the 'big picture'
01:05:00 - They 'Why' Equation

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Justin Wissman

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