Episode Details

In this episode, Ishmael Samuel, the co-founder and CTO at Paragon, discusses how to effectively onboard new hires. He goes over what should be included in onboarding and thinking about the team's velocity when making a new hire.

Key Takeaways:

• Walk through the onboarding process
• A holistic view of products as a customer
• Importance of filing issues
• Opinionated frameworks and tools
• Integrations as a core value prop
• Understanding a new hire's biggest blocker is key
• Why is it important to ask team members for feedback?
• Building a real relationship with your team members.
• Sprint planning

About today’s guest: 

Ishmael Samuel is CTO and co-founder of Paragon, an embedded integration platform that allows SaaS companies to connect their product to their customers’ data and expedite their integration roadmap. Before Paragon, Ishmael founded CTRL LA, a software development agency that built web and mobile apps for companies, including Universal Studios and Uber. Alongside building Paragon, Ishmael advises technical teams and angel invests in startups.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ishmaelsamuel

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