Episode 340 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Steph Johnson, Co-Founder & CEO at Multiplayer.
Steph is an inspiration. As discussed in this interview, her background might not be the prototypical tech CEO profile for a few reasons. First, she came up through the agency world and then ran comms in-house for major tech companies like DigitalOcean and MongoDB. Second, she is a female founder of a dev tools platform startup and yes, we need more female founders. And third, she has a neurological condition called Tourette Syndrome. All of these factors have ultimately given her unique skills to thrive in her current role.
Multiplayer is a visual collaborative platform that makes it easy for engineering teams to design, develop, and manage distributed software. The company is venture backed and on a mission to create better ways for developers to work.
In this episode of our podcast, we cover:
- Steph’s background story and how she got her career started with agencies in NYC.
- Her decision to move in-house to run comms at DigitalOcean and MongoDB, plus what she learned at each company like the importance of a developer community.
- Advice for making the shift from agency to in-house roles.
- Founding Multiplayer with Tom Johnson, her Co-Founder, CTO, and husband… and why being married was a strategic advantage when they raised capital.
- The details on the Mutliplayer platform and its beta release.
- Advice on the storytelling element for a company building technical products.
- And so much more.