July 2017 Summaries

In this text, the author discusses a podcast episode titled "To Be Continuous," which features discussions on various topics related to startups and entrepreneurship. The key points covered in the podcast include celebrating failure, founder guilt, serial entrepreneurs, startup myths, and the role of an "everything else person" within a company.

LaunchDarkly has achieved Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type 1 certification, demonstrating its commitment to security and availability for its feature management service. The report covers various aspects of the company's practices, including security policies, access controls, change management, data backup strategies, system monitoring, alerts, and alarms. This certification provides additional assurance that LaunchDarkly has implemented appropriate measures to protect customer data and ensure service availability. To request a copy of the report, contact [email protected].

LaunchDarkly co-founder shares their three-year journey of developing software for better feature management and risk elimination. The company has customers worldwide, with similar use cases such as moving away from long-lived branches and getting code out more quickly. They have been recognized by Gartner as a Cool Vendor in DevOps. LaunchDarkly's team culture emphasizes collaboration and bringing one's whole self to work. The company is expanding its functionality for effective feature management, hiring new talent, and attending industry events.

In this episode of the a16z Podcast, Sonal Chokshi sits down with Edith Harbaugh and Paul Biggar to discuss their experiences building developer tools companies. They talk about how important it is for founders to understand sales, marketing, and product development in parallel rather than sequentially. The conversation also covers the different metrics used by SaaS companies compared to infrastructure companies when raising a Series A round of funding. Edith shares her experience with LaunchDarkly, while Paul talks about his new venture. They discuss how important it is for founders to understand sales, marketing, and product development in parallel rather than sequentially. The conversation also covers the different metrics used by SaaS companies compared to infrastructure companies when raising a Series A round of funding. Edith shares her experience with LaunchDarkly, while Paul talks about his new venture.