Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership

Isaac Schlueter on building npm and hiring a CEO

Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership

Show Notes

With JavaScript in every corner of software development and npm in every corner right along with it, the rise of npm can be drawn as a hockey stick up and to the right with Isaac Schlueter at the top grinning ear to ear. After reading their recent announcement to hire a CEO, I knew it was time to talk one-on-one with Isaac about building npm and the journey of hiring his successor.

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