84: The Bus Number (Harper Reed)

On this week's episode, Ben talks with Harper Reed, former CTO of Threadless, former CTO of Obama for America, and currently CEO of Modest. Harper talks about management and his "cabal" of people that he likes to work with. He also discusses his experience on the campaign, healthcare.gov, and procurement laws. When asked about his playbook for success, Harper talks about networking strategies, the use of different languages for different problems, craziness, and much more.

An episode of the Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots podcast, hosted by thoughtbot, titled "84: The Bus Number (Harper Reed)" was published on February 3, 2014 and runs 46 minutes.

February 3, 2014 ·46m · Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

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On this week's episode, Ben talks with Harper Reed, former CTO of Threadless, former CTO of Obama for America, and currently CEO of Modest. Harper talks about management and his "cabal" of people that he likes to work with. He also discusses his experience on the campaign, healthcare.gov, and procurement laws. When asked about his playbook for success, Harper talks about networking strategies, the use of different languages for different problems, craziness, and much more. Harper Reed If I Knew Then Why the Government Never Gets Tech Right Harper's GitHub Harper's Blog Follow @thoughtbot, @r00k, and @harper on twitter.Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

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On this week's episode, Ben talks with Harper Reed, former CTO of Threadless, former CTO of Obama for America, and currently CEO of Modest. Harper talks about management and his "cabal" of people that he likes to work with. He also discusses his experience on the campaign, healthcare.gov, and procurement laws. When asked about his playbook for success, Harper talks about networking strategies, the use of different languages for different problems, craziness, and much more.

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