S8 Bonus: Adam Nathan, Almanac

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Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

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4.6 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Adam Nathan was born and raised in New York. His parents were small business owners, his brother is entrepreneur, so starting a business was just in his blood. He has always been interested in complex systems, working in the government and in the airline industry. Outside of tech, he is a big skier, cyclist and works out every day. He's also a big reader, and reads 60-70 books a year. Adam found himself inundated with messages and emails, all surrounding the workflow of reviewing and approving documentation. Keying off what Github accomplished for developers, he wanted to became a centralized, beautiful place, for business users to collaborate on documents. This is the creation story of Almanac. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	I think a unique thing about startups is that it's just a very different work environment than
0:05.7	really any other kind of company or organization out there. You know, when you're working at a startup,
0:10.7	you're not just an engineer or a product manager or a marketer or a salesperson. I think the real
0:16.0	job description is startup team member. And it requires, I think, a unique set of skills and interests.
0:23.6	You have to be okay with significant ambiguity and uncertainty. You have to be fundamentally a
0:29.0	generalist and able to do whatever the company throws at you, which often is very different than
0:35.5	the thing you were hired to do or the thing you're doing on day one.
0:40.0	My name's Adam Nathan. I'm the founder and CEO of Almanac.
0:46.6	This is Code Story.
0:49.4	A podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries.
0:52.4	It's six months moonlighting.
0:53.9	There's nothing like the backcats.
0:55.8	Who share what it takes to change in industry.
0:58.3	I don't exactly know what to do next.
1:00.2	Just took many goes to get right.
1:02.0	Who built the teams that have their back.
1:04.5	The company is its people.
1:06.1	The teams help each other achieve.
1:07.5	Most proud of our team.
1:09.0	Keeping scalability top of mind.
1:11.6	All that infrastructure was a pain.
1:12.8	Yes, we've been fighting it as we grew.
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