S8 E26: Josh Purvis, Assembly

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

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4.6 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Josh Purvis grew up in Missouri, on a lake in the Ozarks. He spent most of his time outdoors, and became a professional wakeboarder. Eventually, an injury took him out of the circuit and he went to entertainment school. During his time there, he and his roommate built a website - and he has been into tech ever since. Outside of tech, he reads a ton, owning about 400-500 books, and enjoys street tacos, wings, and a good plate of pasta. In the past, Josh and his current co-founder started to discuss employment engagement. They also noticed that sharing information across a large company was, well - inefficient, with many points of failure. On the side, they started building something that would improve both of these areas together. This is the creation story of Assembly. 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	It was a sort of a tech jamboree.
0:04.0	We had Slack for communication, Giro for keeping us on track, MongoDB for our databases,
0:10.0	we used eP analytics at the time.
0:12.0	Full Story really helped us understand our users.
0:15.0	AWS was our cloud backbone, and the design was pretty much everything to Sigma.
0:20.0	It was just faster than anything else.
0:22.0	We started in sketch but moved to Figma very quickly. Plus, I think a ton of others in the mix.
0:27.6	It was a real sort of patchwork of tech, to be honest. But it came together with influence with that, MDP.
0:33.4	I'm Joshua Purvis. I am the co-founder and chief product officer of assembly.
0:41.6	This is Code Story. A podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries.
0:47.3	Six months moonlighting. There's nothing at the backcountry. Who share what it takes to change in industry.
0:53.3	I don't exactly know what to do next.
0:54.6	She took many goes to get right.
0:57.2	Who built the teams that have their back.
0:59.8	The company is its people.
1:01.2	The teams help each other achieve.
1:02.5	Most proud of her team.
1:04.1	Keeping scalability top of mind.
1:06.7	All that infrastructure is a pain.
1:07.8	Yes, we've been fighting it as we've grew.
1:09.6	Total waste of time.
1:10.9	The stories you don't read in the headlines.
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