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Building an an Early Stage Startup: Lessons from Akita Software

The Pragmatic Engineer

In every issue, I cover topics related to Big Tech and startups through the lens of engineering managers and senior engineers. In this article, we cover one out of five topics from today’s subscriber-only deepdive on Advice on how to sell a startup. To get full issues twice a week, subscribe here. She got her Ph.D.

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Going from Developer to CEO: Chronosphere

The Pragmatic Engineer

In every issue, I cover topics related to Big Tech and startups through the lens of engineering managers and senior engineers. It’s not common to have only engineering founders at a company: my gut feel is that at infrastructure startups, such a setup can make a lot more sense. I founded a text messaging startup at first.

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Snowflake Startup Challenge 2024: Announcing the 10 Semi-Finalists

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In 2020, Snowflake announced a new global competition to recognize the work of early-stage startups building their apps — and their businesses — on Snowflake, offering up to $250,000 in investment as the top prize. Let’s meet the 10 companies competing for the 2024 Snowflake Startup Challenge crown! SignalFlare.ai

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Top 5 questions Data Engineers should ask before joining a startup

Towards Data Science

Advice from a startup founder in the data space on how to find a startup that works for you Photo by Leeloo Thefirst from Pexels.com So you want to join a startup huh? I’m not talking about a fancy Series E startup that’s about to go IPO funded by a16z. What’s the difference between a “big company” and a startup anyway?

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The Verdict Is In: Maxa Is the 2023 Snowflake Startup Winner

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Since launching this year’s contest in October, receiving hundreds of submissions, and completing three rounds of judging, the wait is over: Maxa is the 2023 Snowflake Startup Challenge grand prize winner! Congratulations to Maxa for taking home the grand prize in the 2023 Snowflake Startup Challenge!

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Startup Spotlight: Patch Helps Devs Unblock Pipelines With Data Packages 

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Welcome to Snowflake’s Startup Spotlight, where we feature awesome companies building businesses on Snowflake. Patch enables software engineers to build highly scalable and performant production apps using Snowflake data, without ETL or changes to your existing infrastructure, and with no boilerplate code in the application.

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Inside Pollen's Software Engineering Salaries

The Pragmatic Engineer

Pollen was an events tech startup founded in 2015, which raised more than $200M in funding and employed about 600 people by 2022. Much of Big Tech and some well-funded startups belong in this tier. Employees at those companies have known the value of their equity since the early stages. Regional pay differences.