Determining bets, using customer insights to pivot, and gaining developer buy-in & trust w/ Tomas Reimers #264

Determining bets, using customer insights to pivot, and gaining developer buy-in & trust w/ Tomas Reimers #264

Author: The Engineering Leadership Community (ELC) July 21, 2026 Duration: 38:01
Tomas Reimers, Co-Founder & CPO @ Graphite, reveals his journey to becoming a founder and some of the major moments from Graphite’s product development story. He dissects frameworks for determining when it’s time to quit your full-time job to pursue becoming a founder and analyzing the costs vs. benefits of that decision. We cover how to decide what customer problems to solve, understanding how software development trends impact what you’re building, and product market fit and selling considerations. Lastly, Tomas shares valuable strategies when it comes to selling to developers. 

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