S7 Favorite: Killing the Feature Factory: Rebuilding a Legacy Giant from Scratch with Ian Small, Former CEO of Evernote

Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical Founders · Dec 27, 2022 · 31m

Ian Small is a Canadian, and claims that is the most important thing about him. Tech started for him when he was 12 years old, when he got a bad grade on a homework assignment, bought the manual, and became an expert on the machine. Outside of tech, he likes to do home renovation. As he says it, when there is a power tool in your hand, that could potentially cut your arm off, you tend to focus on it.

Ian joined Evernote in 2018, to solve a big problem. The company was stuck behind a wall of technical debt, which was blocking its way to innovation. In order for the company to grow and thrive…