David Mytton

Category: Startups

  • The hard part was never building

    The hard part was never building

    The ability to complete no longer hinges solely on how many features you can build. The engineering gap between a two-person startup and a hundred-person org has collapsed.

  • The logistics of moving from London to New York

    The logistics of moving from London to New York

    How to move from London to New York. Considering US visas, getting a US bank account, dealing with US / UX tax, and other logistics for the move.

  • Building the future of developer security at Arcjet + seed funding from a16z

    Building the future of developer security at Arcjet + seed funding from a16z

    I decided to start Arcjet. We’re building a suite of core security components which help developers protect their apps in production.

  • Developers spending time on go-to-market

    Developers spending time on go-to-market

    The most important lesson I’ve learned is that most developers do not focus enough on go-to-market.

  • You can only have one top priority

    You can only have one top priority

    Can you have more than one priority? No. That just means nothing is your top priority.

  • Devtools startups – standing out to investors

    Devtools startups – standing out to investors

    When I’m talking with a startup founder about a possible investment I’m trying to find out a few things: team, scale, timing, product, developer flow, stickiness.

  • Focusing on developers

    Focusing on developers

    Developers face an onslaught of marketing and an unrelenting velocity of releases to keep up with. This is why we started Console.

  • My new startup – Console – the best tools for developers

    My new startup – Console – the best tools for developers

    What’s next? 1) Console – a free weekly email digest of the best tools for developers; 2) researching sustainable computing at Uptime Institute.

  • Barriers for startups tackling data center energy consumption

    Barriers for startups tackling data center energy consumption

    There is scope to start something tackling the problem of data center energy consumption. However, there are significant challenges: how to measure the problem, the uncertainty around the current situation, and the limited number of growth buyers.

  • The prosumer software commercial go-to-market approach

    The prosumer software commercial go-to-market approach

    Pure prosumer software might be new but the fundamentals haven’t changed. Products cannot be successful without a deliberate commercial go-to-market approach.