Andrey Kudievskiy has always been fascinated by technology, and when asked about himself, he identifies as an entrepreneur. He has been a software engineer, database developer, administrator and then jumped accidentally into management. Outside of his professional life, he is marred with two daughters. He enjoys running long distance. He has officially run 5 marathons, and unofficially, he has joined many more along the way.Right after he graduated from University, Andrey saw a fantastic level of talent in developing countries. At the same time, he noticed the amount of profitable opportunity in the United States - and decided to build a business that joined the two.This is the creation story of Distillery.SponsorsPropelAuthSpeakeasyQA WolfSnapTradeLinkshttps://distillery.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/akudievskiy/Our Sponsors:* Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com* Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com* Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORYSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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We got stuck for quite a long time when we were at $10 million in revenue. And I believe that this is the ceiling that all the founders hit when they are unable to jump over themselves. I was one of them. Luckily, I got some help from the outside, built advisory board, then built the board of directors, brought management, brought head of finance, brought chief revenue officer.
And that allowed us to eliminate Andre, myself, from a lot of decision-making process and allowed us to grow. So I believe that it's not just about how many engineers you can hire, how many clients you can find, but also can you scale yourself? My name is Andrey Kudievsky. I am CEO and founder of Distillery.
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Keeping scalability top of mind. All that infrastructure was a pain. Yes, we've been fighting it as we grow. Total waste of time. The stories you don't read in the headlines. It's not an easy thing to achieve. Took it off the shelf and dusted it off and tried it again. To ride the ups and downs of the startup life. You need to really want it. It's not just about technology.
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