The Heavybit Library
The Heavybit Library is an extensive catalog of educational content featuring hundreds of hours of expert presentations, insightful podcasts, and articles focused on helping technical founders achieve breakout success.
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Old School Reading for New Founders Part 1
I get it. I’m ancient. But when I realized that so few self-taught developers and young developer companies knew of the following...
Thanksgiving Podcast Download: Michael Dearing on Pricing
Just in time for your Thanksgiving travels, we’re releasing one of the most popular talks from the Heavybit Library as an audio...
1000 Tickets Per Day with 1 Support Employee
AtRainforest, our tagline is “never ship bugs to production again” and the way we do that is by employing an army of testers to...
Outsourcing and Process with Heroku and Zimbra
The following videos were recorded during Heavybit’s weekly members-only Speaker’s Series: Outsource like a Boss: Kevin...
Heavybit Show & Tell Part 2 w/ Ray Morgan & Chad Arimura
In our last post we released 3 Heavybit Show and Tell presentations focussed on developer traction and go-to-market strategy. The...
Developer Blogs: Editorial Planning and Distribution
Iris Shoor is the co-founder and VP of Product and Marketing at Takipi, a Heavybit member company that helps developers...
Cloudant: Y-Combinator to IBM Acquisition
Hot on the heels of Y-Combinator’s demo day, we’re releasing Cloudant co-founder Mike Miller’s talk about his company’s journey...
Nightmares and Fixes in Support, Operations and Sales
The following videos were recorded during Heavybit’s weekly members-only Speaker’s Series: Operations Nightmares and Fixes with...
Heavybit Show & Tell, Part 1 w/ John Sheehan, Justin Larimer & Paul Biggar
In November we hosted Heavybit’s first ever Show and Tell — an opportunity for our members to share recent releases, launches,...
PR Launch Basics: What Most Startups Forget
One of the most common mistakes for early startups is the failure to account for approvals when building your PR assets. While...
From YC to Liquidity: Behind the Curtain
As Co-founder and Chief Scientist of Cloudant, Mike Miller started database-as-a-service Cloudant after recognizing the need to...
No One Reads Your Board Package
Most founders in early stage companies have poured over their board packages only to find that one or two directors simply...