Paul Stovell, CEO and Founder of Octopus Deploy: Over $170 Million Raised to Build the Future of Deployment Automation

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Paul Stovell, CEO and Founder of Octopus Deploy, a deployment automation tool for DevOps that's raised over $170 Million in funding.

Topics Discussed:

• Paul's background as a software engineer and the influence of other entrepreneurs on his business mindset
• Octopus Deploy’s mission to automate software deployments and make the process stress-free for software teams.
• How Octopus Deploy differentiates itself from competitors by providing value in one specific area of contemporary business
• How Octopus Deploy was able to secure a profitable business model at a very early stage, confounding the startup economy standard
• Building a new category around a real-world pain point for contemporary businesses, and where Paul sees the business heading in the future

 

Favorite book: 

Coder to Developer: Tools and Strategies for Delivering Your Software