151 | Leaving a Job to Build a Company

Zeno talks James and Amy through his YC process that brought his side project dream to real life and what it’s like being a CEO now.

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Show Notes

• 00:00 Introduction
• 00:52 Sponsor: Contentful
• 01:57 Zeno’s Start
• 08:39 Processing Negative Feedback
• 12:08 Transition from Job to Project
• 15:58 Being a Front End CEO
• 24:34 Speed or Quality
• 27:11 Intro to YC
• 38:25 Building Something That’s Needed
• 42:35 Picks and Plugs