#28 - Michael Dowden: Start Small, Scale Galactic

#28 - Michael Dowden: Start Small, Scale Galactic

From The Reconfigured Podcast by technolaaji

October 10, 2025 · 1h 31m · Season 1 · Episode 28

About this episode

Michael Dowden discusses starting a business, hiring, and the transition from consultant to business owner.

Today's episode is with Michael Dowden, Founder and CEO at Andromeda Galactic Solutions. We have covered several topics related to starting your own business, hiring the right people, when it is the right time to take the leap, and much more Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and Background 01:43 Michael choosing to become a consultant with its benefits 04:48 Hiring the right people, generalists vs specialists 10:43 When it is the right time to start your own thing 15:07 What you wish you would be prepared for before becoming independent + planing a strategy 29:08 Difference between being a consultant vs being a business owner 47:54 Advantage of partnering with big corperations 01:07:15 Advice for people starting out in the software industry 01:17:47 Mental health question If you are interested to stay up to date with upcoming podcast episodes then consider subscribing to our newsletter! We release every Wednesday interesting articles and podcast episodes releases, available at https://www.reconfigured.co/newsletter Follow us on: Website: https://www.reconfigured.co LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reconfiguredco/

People in this episode

Host: technolaaji

Guest: Michael Dowden

Topics covered

  • starting a business
  • hiring
  • consulting
  • mental health
  • software industry

Keywords

  • business
  • consultant
  • hiring
  • software
  • mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Andromeda Galactic Solutions, Reconfigured Podcast, technolaaji

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