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Sept. 13, 2023

Ep45: Dev Tools, Magic, and Founder Burnout; w/ Gregory Koberger, Founder & CEO, Readme.io — Product Market Fit podcast (startups | tech | AI | growth)

Ep45: Dev Tools, Magic, and Founder Burnout; w/ Gregory Koberger, Founder & CEO, Readme.io — Product Market Fit podcast (startups | tech | AI | growth)

This interview covers a wide-ranging set of topics including:

  • marketing dev tools to engineers,
  • building delight & whimsy into your product,
  • how to develop the right company culture,
  • the extremely important but often overlooked topic of founder burnout and mental health,
  • and even escape rooms and sitcoms.


Chapters:

(01:59) What is ReadmMe?

(05:17) Finding inspiration to start ReadMe

(07:35) Key takeaways from selling developer tools

(19:09) Navigating priorities: balancing indirect benefits

(22:28) Fundraising from a new perspective

(27:39) Building the right culture: choosing the right people

(29:13) Pitfalls in cultivating company culture

(31:54) Hiring lessons learned from Mozilla

(34:57) A thoughtful approach to founder burnout

(46:18) Lightning Round


Guest Contact Info:

www.readme.io⁠

greg@readme.io

⁠twitter.com/gkoberger


Additional Resources:

Mental health is a topic that is very personal to me and something that we need to put a little more emphasis on in the hard-driving world of startups. Coincidentally, Andy Johns was on Lenny's Podcast earlier this week talking about this very topic. I found it to be super meaningful and I highly recommend it. Here's a link to that episode: ⁠https://www.lennyspodcast.com/when-enough-is-enough-andy-johns-ex-fb-twitter-quora/⁠


API Mixtape: https://youtu.be/uArKt9DPSgY?


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