Episodes
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In this episode we cover Mahe's journey to being a founder, how Phenom found it's niche and what makes them successful as a business
1:12 - Mahe’s journey
8:01 - AI’s role in business
20:09 - How do you find a wedge in today’s software saturated world?
29:38 - Building/hiring for a sustainable organization
45:32 - Scaling a business -
Join us for this fantastic conversation with Amr Awadallah, the founder of Cloudera and Vectara. We covered a wide range of topics on company building and lessons learned during a long, successful career.
00:45- Amr’s journey to the Valley and breaking in as an immigrant
6:22- Embarking on the Entrepreneurial Journey and Building a Lasting Business
23:30- The art of blending simplicity with technical depth in product
25:05- Balancing culture and talent
31:20- Spotlight on Vector
38:05- Signs of PMF, When to Speed Up and How to Sustain Growth at Scale
42:15- Decompress and Accomplishing your Mission
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In this episode we cover:
00:56- Glen's journey to entrepreneurship + healthcare and the learnings along the way
15:19- Getting timing right in healthcare
21:04- Building great culture in tough times
26:40- Hiring the best leaders and putting together an exceptional board
30:11- Advice on scaling at different stages of the business
36:00- Accomplishing his life's mission and staying mentally energized through the journey
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On this episode, we go through Andrew's journey through 2 startups and dive into some very interesting lessons learned along the way.
1:20- Andrew's background and journey
4:19- Why Jellyfish and why now? + The market opportunity
15:08- Selecting design partners + Learning from the "No's"
20:36- Tying Vision and Culture
24:58- Andrew's Leadership style + Hiring the right people
32:20- What kept Andrew up at night post-PMF
34:31- Decompressing + Staying mentally fit through the journey
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Dheeraj Pandey was the Founder, CEO & Chairman of Nutanix. Nutanix was the fastest company to achieven US$1B ARR scale and the biggest IPO in 2016. He is now working on his next company DevRev. Prior to founding Nutanix, Dheeraj was the VP of Engineering at Aster Data (acquired by Teradata), where he helped build the product and its engineering team from the ground up.
In This Epsiode with Dheeraj, We Discuss:
Navigating Risk-taking and “connecting the dots” in entrepreneurial/operator journey Building Nutanix and DevRev - with a focus on culture and hiring Seeding and Scaling companies in 2008-10 vs 2022-23 Tips on Decompressing for operators/founders