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Inside The Brilliant, Oddball Engineering Team Behind FunnyOrDie

27/08/2013

From left to right: Patrick Starzan, Ken Scott–Hlebek, and Mitch Galbraith (VP of Marketing, VP of Engineering, and GM of Digital (...)
From left to right: Patrick Starzan, Ken Scott–Hlebek, and Mitch Galbraith (VP of Marketing, VP of Engineering, and GM of Digital Assets respectively) in the Silicon Valley offices of FunnyOrDie.It has a Hollywood face––Will Ferrell, Judd Apatow, Zach Galifianakis––these are the people that make us die laughing. Another 50 people in L.A. work to keep the familiar faces pumping funny out to the online world. But the show lives or dies in an unfunny San Mateo, CA basement––rows of Macs, accumulated junk food, a kegerator––this is where about 20 engineers, designers, plus product and marketing people built and maintain the technology platform. This oil–and–water combination of Silicon Valley and Hollywood makes FunnyOrDie a unique success story: the less–is–more agile, lean philosophy of startups poured over a big–budget business ethos. In an environment of over–hyped and under–researched projects, building killer technology has proven to be as effective as any straight man at keeping the laughs coming.Read Full Story    
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