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The Power of Software Engineers in Building Billion Dollar Companies
15:54 - 25:23 (09:28)
The ability to build technology and software is crucial to a company's success, as software engineers are capable of creating products and services that society desperately needs. The average profit per employee for most tech companies ranges from half a million dollars to tens or hundreds of millions of dollars worth of market value.
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The speaker reflects on his experience of joining a startup that makes software for hedge funds and his belief that if one is smart and skilled in making things for others, money will come.
15:54 - 17:50 (01:55)
Summary
The speaker reflects on his experience of joining a startup that makes software for hedge funds and his belief that if one is smart and skilled in making things for others, money will come.
ChapterThe Power of Software Engineers in Building Billion Dollar Companies
EpisodeGarry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator
PodcastThe Social Radars
This podcast episode explores the importance of software engineering in successful tech companies, using Palantir and Y Combinator as examples.
17:49 - 21:21 (03:31)
Summary
This podcast episode explores the importance of software engineering in successful tech companies, using Palantir and Y Combinator as examples. It emphasizes the value that engineers bring to society and the market.
ChapterThe Power of Software Engineers in Building Billion Dollar Companies
EpisodeGarry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator
PodcastThe Social Radars
The success of a startup lies in its technology that can solve a specific problem or meets a particular need.
21:21 - 23:32 (02:11)
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The success of a startup lies in its technology that can solve a specific problem or meets a particular need. Posturist was successful in making it easy to get photos off an iPhone, just by clicking email within the Photos app.
ChapterThe Power of Software Engineers in Building Billion Dollar Companies
EpisodeGarry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator
PodcastThe Social Radars
The founders of a successful startup reflect on their experience raising seed investment on the same day Lehman Brothers crashed and how a subsequent economic recession affected their business.
23:32 - 25:23 (01:50)
Summary
The founders of a successful startup reflect on their experience raising seed investment on the same day Lehman Brothers crashed and how a subsequent economic recession affected their business.