S9 Bonus: Leonardo Shapiro, Not Alien

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Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

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4.6 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Leonardo Shapiro is originally from Mexico City. His family was from Russia and Poland, but ended up being in Mexico City after being denied from the US. He is an outdoorsy person, and loves to walk and hike. And in fact, he used to be a scuba diving instructor in college, and he loves to spend time in spaces like the underwater. He's also a foodie, and loves coffee and wine. For Leonardo, the immigration process into the US was a very hard process. He went on the search for a product that would make this process easier, and he couldn't find it. He wanted to fix this, and provide something for his fellow "not" alien's. This is the creation story of Not Alien. 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	Make sure that you don't get too emotionally attached with what you're building.
0:05.0	You're definitely going to suffer confirmation bias.
0:08.0	That's a really bad place to be when you're building product.
0:11.0	I would say, make sure that you're asking for feedback for the right people.
0:16.0	And the right people are not your partners or your spouse or your parents or your siblings.
0:23.6	It's nobody who is actually emotionally invested in you because they're going to be biased
0:28.3	on what they tell you and you can be blindsided.
0:31.8	Make sure that you can detach yourself for what you're building and see it as just a product.
0:43.3	It's just an idea. My name is Leonardo Shapiro and I'm the founder and CEO of NotTedian.
0:52.3	This is Code Story, a podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries. It's six months moonlighting.
0:53.7	There's nothing on 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.
1:02.2	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.
1:09.1	Keeping scalability top of mind.
1:11.6	All that infrastructure was up pain.
1:12.9	Yes, we've been fighting it as a group.
1:14.6	Total waste of time.
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