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Working at a Startup vs in Big Tech

The Pragmatic Engineer

Willem is two and a half years into running his own startup, which just launched the public beta. I thought this a great time to ask about his experience between working at a startup, and working at a large company, as it’s the second time Willem has gone from a large company to startup.

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Snowflake Startup Challenge 2024: Announcing the 10 Semi-Finalists

Snowflake

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. Just as varied was the list of Snowflake tech that early-stage startups are using to drive their innovative entries.

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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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The state of startup funding

The Pragmatic Engineer

Here’s what Stripe CEO Patrick Collison thinks, from the company’s annual letter: “After a decade-long bull run, venture capital invested in startups declined by two-thirds in Q4 2022 compared to Q1 2021. While less startup funding – and fewer job openings! Was it a good thing?

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Snowflake Startup Spotlight: ZeroError

Snowflake

Welcome to Snowflake’s Startup Spotlight, where we learn about companies building their businesses on Snowflake. For a startup, time is everything: you need to go fast, iterate and continue to innovate. What’s the most valuable piece of advice you got about how to run a startup? What inspires you as a founder?

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Snowflake Startup Spotlight: Chabi

Snowflake

Welcome to Snowflake’s Startup Spotlight, where we learn about awesome companies building businesses on Snowflake. The entire founding team was part of multiple direct-to-consumer startups before starting Chabi. What’s the most valuable piece of advice you got about how to run a startup? How would you explain Chabi?

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A Roadmap To Bootstrapping The Data Team At Your Startup

Data Engineering Podcast

Summary Building a data team is hard in any circumstance, but at a startup it can be even more challenging. What are some of the tactical What are the most interesting, innovative, or unexpected ways that you have seen initial data hires tackle startup challenges? What are the rabbit holes that they should beware of?

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