Product Development To Turn Your Idea Into Your Next App Scale-up with Andreas Creten # 180

Andreas Creten is a software engineer and an entrepreneur who loves developing apps and building teams. He’s the CEO of madewithlove, an app development company that helps startups and established companies turn ideas into applications by offering development, consulting and ad interim management services, building both products and teams.They have been CTO in over 60 companies, mainly operating as CTO ad interim. You can regularly find Andreas working on open-source projects and speaking at conferences around the world.in this episode we cover:00:00 - Byldd - MVP Development Agency Based in New York01:12 - Intro02:19 - Introducing Legacy Code04:16 - Top Red Flags On The Due Diligence Process08:50 - What Is Technical Debt And How They Work It11:40 - Balancing Technical Debt & Product Development15:24 - Scenarios Where Refactoring The Code Can Work17:25 - Tools That Madewithlove Use To Ensure Code Quality20:20 - Building The Perfect Engineering Team23:24 - The App Development Process With madewithlove 28:35 - Madewithlove in Terms of Size Today30:07 - Andreas’ Favorite Activity To Get Into a Flow State31:13 - Andreas’ Piece of Advice for His 25 Years Old Self32:51 - Andreas’ Biggest Challenges at Madewithlove34:06 - Instrumental Resources for Andreas’ Success36:54 - What Does Success Means for Andreas Today38:07 - Get In Touch With AndreasGet In Touch With Andreas:Andreas' LinkedInMentions:Jason Fried from BasecampBooks:Getting Real by Jason FriedThe Phoenix Project by Gene Kim & Kevin BehrTag Us & Follow:FacebookLinkedInInstagramMore About Akeel:TwitterLinkedInMore SaaS Podcast EpisodesSaaS ConsultantsLearn How to Value a SaaS Company