Yannick
De Pauw

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Marketing manager
from Belgium 🇧🇪

Making sure the people are happy, things look pretty and products reach a greater audience, is why this people & marketing manager sets his alarm clock every day.

When Yannick is not busy trying to grasp exactly what clients want and how users actually use an application, he's probably globetrotting. And writing nice articles about the world, for his travel blog.

What is your biggest dream?
To always dare to make decisions to do stuff that I really want to do, rather than hiding behind excuses.

Choose between a circle, a triangle and a square and tell us why!
Circle… ball. Triangle… tree. Square… bed. Just top-of-my-head associations, but they help me to make choices. However, I'm not sure if I like ball or tree more. I'll go for tree. Nature needs some love. Triangles!

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About Yannick

Base: Leuven (BE)
Studies: Graphic Design, Sint-Lukas Antwerp
Passions: football, travelling, photography

Expertises

Anything Adobe
Wordpress
Job interviews
Recruiting
Organising
Writing
Content management

Articles by Yannick

Why freedom beats control: building a proper remote culture

Ideas and insights

Continuous learning

Building a thriving remote-first culture takes more than allowing people to work from home. Discover how hiring for ownership, embracing asynchronous work, and saying no to misaligned projects creates a sustainable remote future.

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Legacy vs technical debt: how investors can spot hidden risks in software products

Team and leadership

Ideas and insights

What can investors do about legacy code to prevent your startup from failure? What is the difference between legacy and technical debt?

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Your next hire will use AI in their technical test. Obviously.

Ideas and insights

As AI becomes a standard part of every developer’s toolkit, tech hiring needs to evolve from policing its use to understanding how candidates apply, evaluate, and collaborate with it.

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Technical due diligence is broken: going beyond the checklist

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AI writes bad code, but what if that’s the good news?

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The enshittification of the internet: are you building value or friction?

5 red flags for VCs when planning to invest in Seed or Series A companies

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Making an impact by combining our services

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Why involving engineers in product meetings saves time and money

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Should we really ship fast and break things?

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Why engineers need a voice in the roadmap

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When to hire senior developers vs. juniors - the perfect team composition

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Are startups with a CTO as co-founder more successful?

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How to build roadmaps that can be used by engineering and product teams

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Why founders need to care more about software licensing and SBOMs

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How to manage technical debt as part of your agile process

SaaS due diligence report: 12 learnings for founders that want to secure their next funding round

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Social cohesion in remote companies: how to build solid connections and a collaborative culture from afar?

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CEO & Founding Partner
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Picture of Andreas Creten

Geoffrey

Software engineer
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Brenden

CTO in residence
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