

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO
Code Story is a startup podcast for technical founders building and scaling software products.Each episode features SaaS founders, engineers, and product leaders sharing how they built their product, found product-market fit, and navigated early-stage growth.We explore:Early engineering decisions and MVP developmentLanding the first customersPricing and go-to-market experimentsScaling challenges and infrastructure bottlenecksHiring the first teamLessons learned from growing a startupFrom first commit to first scale, Code Story focuses on the critical transition from building software to building a scalable business.If you’re a founder, engineer, or product leader interested in SaaS, startups, and scaling technology companies, this podcast breaks down how great products are built — and how they grow.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders podcast:

#1 Mentioned in 14 episodes
Product Driven
This is the brutally practical guide to building teams that think, lead, and ship like owners.

#2 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The hard thing about hard things
building a business when there are no easy answers
#3 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Unbreakable, How to Thrive Under Fear-Based Leaders

#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Clean Code
A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Minutes to Midnight

#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
How Buildings Learn
What Happens After They're Built

#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The One Thing
The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results

#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Four Steps to the Epiphany

#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Whole Earth Catalog
Access to Tools

#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Mythical Man-Month
Essays on Software Engineering

#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Lord of the Rings

#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Drive
The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Battle for Your Computer

#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Impact
How to Inspire, Align, and Amplify Innovative Teams

#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes













