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Trek Glowacki
November 11, 2011
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Cargo Cults
Opening remarks at Ann Arbor Hackathon about magical thinking in technology business.
Trek Glowacki
November 11, 2011
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GIVEN THAT: HERE IS SOME SHIT WE DO FOR THE
MAGICOF IT
BUSINESS PLAN
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BUSINESS PEOPLE
"We'd like to be ready for an initial A round
of ~ $10M after a year and we think you'd be the perfect fit for helping us build a product that gets there"
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GIVEN THAT: HERE IS SOME SHIT WE DO FOR THE
MAGICOF IT
"We have to use MongoDB. It's webscale, and we're going
to be big."
"Node is aysnc, so it'll solve all our problems"
GOOD SHIT. FAST.
<3 Ruby
more ≠ better.
better = better
BUSINESS PEOPLE
TECHNOLOGISTS
BUSINESS SAVVY
BUSINESS SAVVY
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