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Eric Müller

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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence

So we went from nothing all the way up to our fourth audit, and they've been really good. And then I've been with the company for, it's 11 years since August. And the reason I always draw that is I started with the company as a consultant. So everyone started in the company as a consultant, except for our founder. And then at some point, I'd say about six, seven months in, he brought me on board.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence

And then as we grew, I started off leading projects and then started to take on leading the overall development team.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence

And then as we grew, I started off leading projects and then started to take on leading the overall development team.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence

And then as we grew, I started off leading projects and then started to take on leading the overall development team.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence

Someone once said it's not minimum viable product, but minimum lovable product. I actually prefer that. And the reason I say that is like, what does viability even mean? You can have so many different ideas around that. Engineering might have one idea. Product might have another idea. Design might have another idea.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence

Someone once said it's not minimum viable product, but minimum lovable product. I actually prefer that. And the reason I say that is like, what does viability even mean? You can have so many different ideas around that. Engineering might have one idea. Product might have another idea. Design might have another idea.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence

Someone once said it's not minimum viable product, but minimum lovable product. I actually prefer that. And the reason I say that is like, what does viability even mean? You can have so many different ideas around that. Engineering might have one idea. Product might have another idea. Design might have another idea.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence

And you put that in front of your clients and none of them think it's actually viable. They're like, why are you showing this to me? But I think lovable says something. When they're working with it, you look at it, it should give them a smile. They should feel proud about it. That's what they're getting out there into the market.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence

And you put that in front of your clients and none of them think it's actually viable. They're like, why are you showing this to me? But I think lovable says something. When they're working with it, you look at it, it should give them a smile. They should feel proud about it. That's what they're getting out there into the market.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence

And you put that in front of your clients and none of them think it's actually viable. They're like, why are you showing this to me? But I think lovable says something. When they're working with it, you look at it, it should give them a smile. They should feel proud about it. That's what they're getting out there into the market.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence

And when you have that feeling about your product, I think your clients are going to have that feeling about the product. The first one of those at Presence was actually a really small product. We were working on a redesign and API rebuild for a gaming company. There was this moment, I remember our CEO came by, I was sitting at my desk and the team was remote, we were all remote.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence

And when you have that feeling about your product, I think your clients are going to have that feeling about the product. The first one of those at Presence was actually a really small product. We were working on a redesign and API rebuild for a gaming company. There was this moment, I remember our CEO came by, I was sitting at my desk and the team was remote, we were all remote.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence

And when you have that feeling about your product, I think your clients are going to have that feeling about the product. The first one of those at Presence was actually a really small product. We were working on a redesign and API rebuild for a gaming company. There was this moment, I remember our CEO came by, I was sitting at my desk and the team was remote, we were all remote.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence

And we were really just trying to get it into the perfect place to launch it. And I remember I was like maybe inches away from my screen. I just really wanted to know, is this lined up the way we want it lined up? I know there are better ways to measure that, but it just felt like I had to have that level of intensity. And not long after that, we launched and everyone was very happy.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence

And we were really just trying to get it into the perfect place to launch it. And I remember I was like maybe inches away from my screen. I just really wanted to know, is this lined up the way we want it lined up? I know there are better ways to measure that, but it just felt like I had to have that level of intensity. And not long after that, we launched and everyone was very happy.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence

And we were really just trying to get it into the perfect place to launch it. And I remember I was like maybe inches away from my screen. I just really wanted to know, is this lined up the way we want it lined up? I know there are better ways to measure that, but it just felt like I had to have that level of intensity. And not long after that, we launched and everyone was very happy.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence

The reason that kind of comes to mind is I think when you're thinking about minimum viable, minimum lovable, you're sweating those kinds of details. It's not about just cobbling something together and pushing it out the door. It's about we're proud of it. We love it. We're going to put our name behind it. This is our first step out the door, and we are just so pleased.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence

The reason that kind of comes to mind is I think when you're thinking about minimum viable, minimum lovable, you're sweating those kinds of details. It's not about just cobbling something together and pushing it out the door. It's about we're proud of it. We love it. We're going to put our name behind it. This is our first step out the door, and we are just so pleased.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence

The reason that kind of comes to mind is I think when you're thinking about minimum viable, minimum lovable, you're sweating those kinds of details. It's not about just cobbling something together and pushing it out the door. It's about we're proud of it. We love it. We're going to put our name behind it. This is our first step out the door, and we are just so pleased.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence

Every product that I've ever worked on, we go into thinking we have all the budget in the world, and everyone has very lofty ideas, and you have that first round where you decide, what do we absolutely need to go live with? And that first pass at that early on in the project, I think is really critical, right?