David Cauthron
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automate those expenses directly in the application, and then manage those by categorizing them as well as limiting what you can spend on. So it's really changing the way that you think about expense management.
automate those expenses directly in the application, and then manage those by categorizing them as well as limiting what you can spend on. So it's really changing the way that you think about expense management.
I did the thing you probably would never set out to do is I picked technologies that I had no idea how to implement at the time. So my background was in Java development. I did architecture development for a number of years at TI. But when we come to this, we really looked at what is the customer problem we need to solve and how do we scale it?
I did the thing you probably would never set out to do is I picked technologies that I had no idea how to implement at the time. So my background was in Java development. I did architecture development for a number of years at TI. But when we come to this, we really looked at what is the customer problem we need to solve and how do we scale it?
I did the thing you probably would never set out to do is I picked technologies that I had no idea how to implement at the time. So my background was in Java development. I did architecture development for a number of years at TI. But when we come to this, we really looked at what is the customer problem we need to solve and how do we scale it?
And we needed to pick technologies that would do both. Java will scale, but it's generally very single node scaling, depending on how you architect it. And we really were looking at something that was a newer platform, easier to develop on, and we could easily hire into. And so that's why we went with an AWS platform with Node and Express and React.
And we needed to pick technologies that would do both. Java will scale, but it's generally very single node scaling, depending on how you architect it. And we really were looking at something that was a newer platform, easier to develop on, and we could easily hire into. And so that's why we went with an AWS platform with Node and Express and React.
And we needed to pick technologies that would do both. Java will scale, but it's generally very single node scaling, depending on how you architect it. And we really were looking at something that was a newer platform, easier to develop on, and we could easily hire into. And so that's why we went with an AWS platform with Node and Express and React.
It also gave us the latest and greatest from just building that front-end technology to make it easy for our customers to utilize. And so one of the things that we really focus on at the company is simplification and wanted some technologies behind that to make it easy.
It also gave us the latest and greatest from just building that front-end technology to make it easy for our customers to utilize. And so one of the things that we really focus on at the company is simplification and wanted some technologies behind that to make it easy.
It also gave us the latest and greatest from just building that front-end technology to make it easy for our customers to utilize. And so one of the things that we really focus on at the company is simplification and wanted some technologies behind that to make it easy.
One of the focuses that we have at Outpave is outside-in thinking. And I define this a little bit as kind of the fish situation of how to win friends and influence people, if you've read that book. There's a story in that book that talks about do you catch fish with ice cream sundaes or do you catch fish with worms? And you don't like to eat worms. You like to eat ice cream sundaes.
One of the focuses that we have at Outpave is outside-in thinking. And I define this a little bit as kind of the fish situation of how to win friends and influence people, if you've read that book. There's a story in that book that talks about do you catch fish with ice cream sundaes or do you catch fish with worms? And you don't like to eat worms. You like to eat ice cream sundaes.
One of the focuses that we have at Outpave is outside-in thinking. And I define this a little bit as kind of the fish situation of how to win friends and influence people, if you've read that book. There's a story in that book that talks about do you catch fish with ice cream sundaes or do you catch fish with worms? And you don't like to eat worms. You like to eat ice cream sundaes.
And one challenge that a lot of companies get into is they create ice cream sundaes. They create things that they want to see in a product. And what we really focused on was we wanted to create a product for our customers. Every single day we're trying to think about from an outside in. So where we started and how we started with our roadmap is actually just meeting with customers.
And one challenge that a lot of companies get into is they create ice cream sundaes. They create things that they want to see in a product. And what we really focused on was we wanted to create a product for our customers. Every single day we're trying to think about from an outside in. So where we started and how we started with our roadmap is actually just meeting with customers.
And one challenge that a lot of companies get into is they create ice cream sundaes. They create things that they want to see in a product. And what we really focused on was we wanted to create a product for our customers. Every single day we're trying to think about from an outside in. So where we started and how we started with our roadmap is actually just meeting with customers.
We sat down with pool companies, we sat down with turf companies, lawn companies, And we utilize our investors, but also our contacts, my family. And we just found everybody we could talk to that was in the industry and talked about what problem are you having and what would you like to see in the product?
We sat down with pool companies, we sat down with turf companies, lawn companies, And we utilize our investors, but also our contacts, my family. And we just found everybody we could talk to that was in the industry and talked about what problem are you having and what would you like to see in the product?
We sat down with pool companies, we sat down with turf companies, lawn companies, And we utilize our investors, but also our contacts, my family. And we just found everybody we could talk to that was in the industry and talked about what problem are you having and what would you like to see in the product?