The Dog Who Caught the CarGrowing a dev team@nickgernert // Voce

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Let’s get started...

• A bit about me

• A lot about the team

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A bit about me

• From Winter Haven, FL

• Finance graduate from the University of Central Florida

• Developer by desire

• Head Platforms team at

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A lot about the team

• Custom app development team

• 21 full-time / 0 freelancers

• Account managers, developers and designers

• Distributed across Florida, NYC, Georgia, Iowa and Utah

• Sales team of zero

• Always looking for talented people

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The tl;dr

• Know yourself

• You can’t do it alone

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We’re all chasing

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Our “car”

• Create unique experiences

• Empower publishers

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Childhood

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Childhood

• Be honest about your strengths

• Develop your guiding principles

• Create relationships. (read: find partners)

• Invest. Invest. Invest.

• Find your captains

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Puberty

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Puberty

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Puberty• Federate the day-to-day

• Specialize roles

• Hire thoughtfully

• Standardize platforms

• Focus on delivering

• Do what you know is right

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The tipping point

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Young adults

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Young adults

• Empower problem solving

• Own development ops

• Invest in account management

• Create new opportunities

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The tl;dr

• Know yourself

• You can’t do it alone

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Questions?

nick@voceconnect.com | Twitter / Instagram / FB: nickgernert

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