Philip JoubertWriting
Essays on building startups, hiring and teams. New here? Start with the startup hiring guide.
2024
2023
- Some startups just dream bigger4 min
- Lessons from Elon’s Biography2 min
- Mediocrity Manifesto: How to build a lukewarm career in tech2 min
- I have the same phone as Elon Musk2 min
- The Anatomy of Your Salary2 min
- Cheat Sheet for Building Startups in South Africa2 min
- Some dreams aren't worth chasing1 min
- The 40% rule for startups1 min
- How star employees become mediocre managers 🙈1 min
- Habits for high-velocity product development2 min
- Fake Startup Advisors1 min
- How much should founders pay themselves?2 min
- The Beer API: Org Design for Dummies2 min
- What Airport Security Can Teach Us About Managing Risk2 min
- The impact of AI on software engineering jobs2 min
- Winning the marshmallow test1 min
- Retaining junior employees2 min
- Why nobody wants to hire junior developers2 min
- Strong cultures offend people1 min
2022
- The Gender Pay Gap in Tech9 min
- Remote changes everything for South African tech talent3 min
- Startup Kama Sutra: Why positioning matters7 min
- Why I invested in Agrigistics2 min
- Mental models for surviving high-growth startups7 min
- 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing [Summary]5 min
- How I discover and read books6 min
- How OfferZen does Annual Planning8 min