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Guillermo Rauch, CEO @ Vercel, on Fostering Talent; Community Building; Best Hires; API-First Companies; ChatGPT; Customer Delight; Most Valuable Feedback; Improving The World; … | Full Interview

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A FFP interview with the CEO at Vercel, Guillermo Rauch.

Guillermo is a highly accomplished fixture in the web development community with over a decade of experience in the field. He is widely recognized for his expertise and contributions, particularly for creating the popular JavaScript library, Socket.io, which allows for real-time bi-directional communication between web clients and servers. He has also played a key role in the success of several startups as a co-founder.

Guillermo Rauch is currently the CEO of Vercel, a platform that simplifies the process of deploying and scaling web applications. Vercel has become a highly popular choice for developers, companies, and organizations to build and deploy their web projects.

Throughout his career, Guillermo Rauch has achieved many notable accomplishments, including co-founding LearnBoost and Cloudup. His expertise, leadership, and contributions are recognized as a leader in the industry. Guillermo is frequently invited as a speaker to many conferences and events, and has been featured in multiple publications and media outlets.

Hear Guillermo Rauch's perspective on:

  • Unearthing Talent
  • Space To Thrive
  • Fostering Talent
  • Community Building
  • Best Hires
  • Great Product People
  • Product Ownership
  • Well-Defined Ownership
  • Field Insights
  • Working with Large Companies
  • Vercel CLI
  • Spectrum Of Abstractions
  • API-First Companies
  • ChatGPT
  • Promoting Quickly
  • Celebration Culture
  • Sharing Kudos
  • Best Feedback
  • North Star
  • Saying No
  • "Hell Yes!" Decisions
  • Customer Delight
  • And vs Or Products
  • Dismissing React
  • Simple vs Easy
  • Engineering vs Shipping
  • Protecting Crown Jewels
  • Value System
  • Software at Scale
  • Enabling Features
  • Psychological Safety
  • Reverse Engineering
  • Back Porting
  • Typical CEO Day
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Declarative Systems
  • Driving Change
  • Powerful Metaphors
  • Balancing Focus
  • Trusting Great Leaders
  • Stellar Feedback
  • Colleagues as Customers
  • Finding Exceptional Leaders
  • No or Hell Yeah!
  • Important Heuristic
  • Extremely Curious
  • Scaling Yourself
  • Guillermo's Motivation
  • Owing The Web
  • Customers as Partners
  • Absorbing Insights
  • Actionable Feedback Loops
  • Winning Means…
  • Metrics as Products
  • Guillermo's Personal Evolution
  • Biggest Lessons
  • Improving The World
  • Authenticity & Transparency

    • Links:

    Guillermo Rauch on Twitter

    Guillermo Rauch's blog

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