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Podcast: Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode: Episode 751 | TinySeed Tales s4e2: From Developer to Manager
Description: In this episode of TinySeed Tales, Rob Walling catches up with Colleen Schnettler, co-founder of Hammerstone, about the progress her team has made since their initial check-in.
Colleen describes the tough decision to focus on one product stack, and their recent pivot toward building a reporting MVP. They also discuss Colleen’s shift into a more managerial role.
Topics we cover:
(2:10) – Motivations behind building additional functionality
(7:07) – Repositioning the reporting dashboard
(10:08) – Focusing in on the successful part of the product
(14:30) – How shifting focus affects the team dynamic
(16:19) – ”Hiring is horrible”
(22:20) – What has management been like?
(26:11) – Growing as a manager