Petersheim: Manageable is run by non-technical founders contracting out all development
Steve Petersheim · Economics of a $37,500 Pre Seed Uncapped Convertible Note · Oct 7, 2023 · at 9:08
Steve Petersheim, founder of B2B workplace software Manageable, explains how the startup operates without in-house technical co-founders.
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“Neither one of us is engineers. So we're non-tech founders, right? So we had to, we have to contract out all the development.”
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