A Software Engineer givin' love where it's needed (frontend, backend, mobile) @5byrocks.
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Marc Meszaros shares his insights on building MVPs from a technical perspective, how he's previously done ideation, and how everyone should participate in an accelerator if they can.
Episode Overview
Marc Meszaros is the co-founder of Snapable and a Canadian software engineer givin' love where it's needed (frontend, backend, mobile) at 5By. He's worked with many different startups including: AddIn Social, Gijit, Snapable, OpenEra and LiveQoS.
Marc joins us to share how he learned to code, how he got into startups, and how he approaches building an MVP from a technical perspective.
Some Of The Questions We Ask
1:28
Where are you from, what did you study and how did your passion for entrepreneurship start?
5:58
You’re currently working at 5By, we had Greg on the show a while back, but before we talk more about that tell us more about some of your background in startups. What was your first startup?
7:28
You were part of a team that got accepted into Toronto’s Extreme Startups Accelerator for a product called Gijit. What was that product?
12:34
What were some of the biggest challenges you had going through Extreme Startups?
15:58
What’s it been like moving from Ottawa to San Francisco to work in tech?
20:01
Where do you see the biggest opportunities for entrepreneurs? Any technologies or industries that really interest you?
22:46
Do you have any funny or unbelieveable startup stories that very few people know about that you can share with us?
26:42
What apps, books, devices or tools are you obsessed with right now?
What You Learn In This Episode
- How Marc taught himself how to code before going to study it in university.
- How he ended up in startups and how he approaches building MVPs from a technical perspective.
- What it's like to move from Ottawa to San Francisco to work at 5By.
- And more!
Important Links
Here are some of the most important links and resources mentioned throughout the show.
Twitter Handles & Websites
Marc on Twitter
Marc on the Web
5By on the Twitter
5By on the Web
Day Job
Tyler Copeland on Twitter
Franco Varriano on Twitter
Devices, Apps & Books
5By
Slack
Circa
PocketCasts
Audible
Swarm
FourSquare
Feedly
Inbox
Google Keep
The Tipping Point
Lean In
Age Of Context
The Everything Store