Cloud Computing: Moneyball for Startups – How to Game Silicon Valley’s System
February 13, 2015
Grazed from Wired. Author: Klint Finley.
Running a startup isn’t fair. To succeed, you need talented software engineers who can write good code. You need experienced product managers who can guide those engineers along the way. And in the end, you need savvy marketing types who can promote the finished product. But inevitably, most of the top talent goes elsewhere.
Tech giants like Google and Facebook—not to mention incredibly well-funded newbies like Uber and Dropbox—always have an advantage in the talent wars. They can attract the best and the brightest with enormous salaries, juicy stock options, and a host of other perks, from chic Silicon Valley open office spaces to sprawling coffee bars to of-the-moment artwork…
But there are ways of leveling the playing field. Just as Billy Beane pushed the Oakland Athletics near the top of Major League baseball on a comparatively small budget—finding new ways of identifying useful players that other teams overlooked—tech companies can locate talented developers who’ve been marginalized by today’s rather single-minded tech scene. Or who just don’t like it…
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