#1 - Startup Tech Leadership - Jerome Poudevigne

<p><em>"Leading others is leading yourself first. That's a very big work of self awareness, and you should always do that."</em></p> <p>Jerome Poudevigne is a serial CTO who has co-founded multiple startups with multiple successful exits. Recently, he has been working at Google Cloud and AWS to help startups grow and make the most of cloud technologies.</p> <p>In this very first episode of Tech Lead Journal, Jerome shares with us his startup wisdom from his lessons learned; advice for hiring, building culture, pitching, and managing stakeholders. He also shares with us his "Rule of 50%", a practical strategy that you can use to build your startup/product from zero scale to planet scale. Moreover, Jerome shares his interesting anecdotes about cultural differences between different regions based on his experience.</p> <p>Listen out for:</p> <ul> <li>Jerome's career highlights, lowlights, and his lessons learned - [00:04:03]</li> <li>How to pitch yourself to (potential) investors, and how to assess good investors - [00:06:49]</li> <li>Some tips for hiring, especially in a startup, and how you can assess someone's personality and culture fit - [00:09:37]</li> <li>How to ensure that everyone works towards the same vision of the company - [00:16:37]</li> <li>"Jerome's Rule of 50%" - how to build your startup from zero scale to planet scale - [00:20:49]</li> <li>How you should not get distracted by the latest technologies when you're starting up - [00:21:07]</li> <li>Stakeholders management, and how to explain about technology to non-technical stakeholders - [00:28:42]</li> <li>Anecdotes about cultural differences between different regions - [00:32:40]</li> <li>Jerome's 3 Tech Lead Wisdoms - [00:43:56]</li> </ul> <p>_____</p> <p><em>Jerome Poudevigne's Bio</em><br> Jerome got his first computer when he was 12 and got into programming games, hacking copy protection schemes, and<br> putting together electronics during his school years. He decided that computers and software were too much fun, so he<br> got