Episode 242 | Alex Papadimoulis - Inventions And Products

Guest: Alex Papadimoulis @apapadimoulis Alex Papadimoulis talks to Dave Rael about inventions and products, making a mark, DevOps, engineering and marketing, and scaling an organization Alex is a speaker and writer who is passionate about looking beyond the code to build great software. Alex is the founder Inedo, the makers of DevOps tools for the Enterprise, he also started The Daily WTF, a fun site dedicated to building software the wrong way. Chapters: 0:16 - Dave introduces the show and Alex Papadimoulis2:33 - Alex's business: Inedo4:37 - Alex's life with less emphasis on coding and shifting into business concerns as opposed to the technical9:43 - Building an organization to the lowest common denominator12:07 - Alex's passion for software and how it has changed13:36 - Inventions vs products and engineering and marketing18:32 - Alex's story of learning, the hard way, about what is really involved about building and selling a product24:03 - International markets and Inedo's Japan branch28:09 - Alex's stories of failure - trying to increase product market with a complex pricing model without success metrics, renaming The Daily WTF35:44 - The story of The Daily WTF38:05 - Alex's success story - having built and scaled a stable organization39:40 - Scaling teams and learning about strike teams vs armies44:33 - The rewards of building a business people like47:03 - Alex's current life and balance48:30 - Alex's advice about choosing books50:39 - How Alex stays current with what he needs to know54:10 - Alex's top 3 tips for delivering more value56:55 - Keeping up with Alex Resources: Inedo The Daily WTF ProGet The Four Ps of Marketing BuildMaster devopsdays Tokyo Alex's book recommendation: Alex's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Understand the problem you're solving at least one or two levels up Write as little code as possible Have some work/life balance