We talked about:

Elena’s background
Why do a startup instead of being an employee?
Where to get ideas for your startup
Finding a co-founder
What should you consider before starting a startup?
Vertical startup vs infrastructure startup
‘AI First’ startups
Building tools for engineers
What skills do you need to start a startup?
Startup risks
How to be prepared to fail
Work-life balance
The part-time startup approach
Startup investment models
No resources and no technical expertise – what to do?
Productionizing your services
When to hire an expert
Talking to people with a problem before solving the problem
Starting Elena’s startup, Evidently
Elena’s role at Evidently
Why is Evidently open source?
“People will just copy my open source code. Should I be concerned?”
Bottom-up adoption
Creating value so that clients engage with your product
Is there a difference between countries when creating a startup?
Does open source mean the data is safer?
When should you hire engineers?
Following the market
Startups out of genuine interest vs Just for money and for fun


Links:

EvidentlyAI: https://evidentlyai.com/
Elena's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elenasamuylova/
Elena's Twitter: https://twitter.com/elenasamuylova/


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