{"podcast":{"title":"Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders","slug":"code-story","podcast_index_feed_id":735330,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/ac5e79a4-0405-49a3-af2c-02c37f0b3879","website_url":"https://codestory.co/","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2025/5/14/20/c82c3282-f0a8-4b37-b210-96f7da10be1e_4061-b148-29cd200c3504_full_1568830220-artwork.jpg","author":"Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO","episode_count":793,"summary":"Code Story is a startup podcast for technical founders building and scaling software products. Each episode features SaaS founders, engineers, and product leaders sharing how they built their product, found product-market fit, and navigated early-stage growth. We explore: Early engineering decisions and MVP development Landing the first customers Pricing and go-to-market experiments Scaling challenges and infrastructure bottlenecks Hiring the first team Lessons learned from growing a startup From first commit to first scale, Code Story focuses on the critical transition from building software to building a scalable business. If you’re a founder, engineer, or product leader interested in SaaS, startups, and scaling technology companies, this podcast breaks down how great products are built — and how they grow.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/code-story"},"episode":{"title":"S12 Bonus: Martina Zrnec, Stacklist","slug":"s12-bonus-martina-zrnec-stacklist","published_at":"2026-03-12T10:00:51+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/code-story/s12-bonus-martina-zrnec-stacklist","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/code-story","url":"https://codestory.co/podcast/bonus-martina-zrnec-stacklist/","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/e7f4e2dc-e375-4acf-a14f-bec5800d8ddb/stream.mp3","summary":"Martina Zrnec, CTO of Stacklist, discusses the necessity of rapid iteration and decisive action in early-stage startups. She shares lessons on managing technical debt, scaling teams through project-based hiring, and transitioning from B2C to B2B roadmaps.","meta_description":"CTO Martina Zrnec shares insights on building Stacklist, managing startup trade-offs, and the importance of an executable mindset.","key_points":["Main idea: High-velocity decision making requires owning mistakes and moving forward immediately rather than dwelling on bad choices","Practical takeaway: Use project-based hiring to evaluate talent in high-pressure environments before committing to long-term roles","Failure mode: Pushing mobile applications before the core platform is ready can lead to wasted resources and technical friction","Strategic shift: Transitioning from B2C to B2B requires pivoting the product roadmap from user-driven features to client-mandated requirements","Core philosophy: Success in a startup depends on an 'executable mode'—the ability to relentlessly pursue a task until completion"],"chapters":[{"start_ms":60000,"title":"The Startup Mindset","summary":"Martina discusses the importance of making decisions quickly and moving past errors to maintain momentum."},{"start_ms":290000,"title":"The Origin of Stacklist","summary":"How a freelance connection between founders led to the creation of a platform for organizing digital experiences."},{"start_ms":510000,"title":"Navigating Technical Trade-offs","summary":"A look at the difficult decisions regarding feature implementation and managing technical debt during early growth."},{"start_ms":740000,"title":"Evolving the Product Roadmap","summary":"How Stacklist shifted its development focus from social features to meeting the needs of B2B paying agencies."},{"start_ms":850000,"title":"Building High-Performance Teams","summary":"Using project-based work to identify 'winning horses' and the importance of hiring for an executable mindset."},{"start_ms":960000,"title":"Approaching Scalability","summary":"Reflections on the challenges of scaling infrastructure and the mistakes made during early expansion."},{"start_ms":1080000,"title":"Lessons from Failure","summary":"Analyzing specific instances where premature feature pushes, like mobile apps, impacted the product trajectory."}],"topics":["Startup Leadership","Product Roadmap","Technical Debt","B2B Transition","Hiring Strategy","Software Engineering","Scalability","Entrepreneurship"],"duration_seconds":1116,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/code-story/episodes/s12-bonus-martina-zrnec-stacklist/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/code-story/s12-bonus-martina-zrnec-stacklist.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}