Pawel Solyga didn’t mean to create a software development company.
It was 2012 and he’d left his job to build a mobile trivia app. He secured some funding. Built a small team. Things were going okay.
But in the background of his workdays, his email inbox was brimming with requests from friends who wanted his help with their projects. And when things slowed down with the trivia app, he finally realized that his over-full inbox wasn’t a nuisance.
It was a business.
Today Tooploox has grown to more than 100 employees who work on state-of-the-art solutions for startups and enterprises, including ING, Coindesk and Lufthansa.
Louis talked to Pawel about his journey with Tooploox, the latest software trends and why launching the absolute best version of your product is sometimes a bad thing.
Highlights include:
- What is a software development company?
- How long does a software development company like Tooploox generally work on a project?
- What are the big trends in software development in 2021?
- What should companies ask a software development company when in the process of hiring one?
- When does it make sense to hire an in-house developer vs. hiring a software development company?
More on today’s episode, including a full transcript @ https://rocketplace.com/blog/podcast-episode-15-software-developer-pawel-solyga/.
[Guest / Host bios]
Guest: Pawel Solyga is a Polish programmer and entrepreneur. His company Tooploox provides state-of-the-art solutions for startups and enterprises, which altogether amount to over $4 billion in value.
Host: Louis Beryl is the founder and CEO of Rocketplace. A 3x founder, investor, and board member, Louis began his tech career as a partner at Andreessen Horowitz. When he's not building businesses (or talking about them!) Louis enjoys cooking for his family and talking at length about it to anyone who will listen.