MacPaw CTIO: 15 products, ~500 people, zero VC — lean teams and why co-founders beat solo founders
rschmelzer · x · 2026-08-17
In a new YouTube interview, Vira Tkachenko, CTIO of MacPaw, shares how the company shipped 15 products with roughly 500 people and zero VC funding.
She discusses the playbook behind lean teams shipping continuously, and why she believes co-founders beat solo founders. The episode is now live on YouTube under #SmallTeamBigScale.
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