Balaji is the co-founder & CEO at Privacera, a startup focused on building tools for enterprises to balance data democracy, open use of data with the need for comprehensive governance. They are focused specifically on enterprises moving data to public cloud and leveraging it for analytics, ML & AI.

Balaji comes from an IT Consulting background and intentionally moved into Sales at a small company to learn and develop new business on the grounds. He then used that experience to build and sell a startup and then build another successful one.

In this episode we cover:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 01:26 - Balaji's Background + Founding & Acquisition Of XA Secure
• 08:26 - The Main Successful Learning Of Founding XA Secure & Privacera
• 13:35 - Public Or Internal Data
• 19:08 - Is It Their Data + Why Would They Need Someone Else To Deal With The Data
• 22:46 - Flying Cat Marketing - Content-led B2B SEO agency
• 24:30 - Data Democracy & Government Data Risks
• 32:51 - How Privacera Adapt To Worldwide Different Rules & Demands
• 34:32 - What New Founders Should Keep An Eye On To Make It Work
• 37:51 - Balaji’s Favorite Activity To Get Into a Flow State
• 38:41 - Balaji’s Piece Of Advice For His 20 Years Old Self
• 40:07 - Balaji’s Biggest Challenges at Privacera
• 43:37 - What Does Success Means for Balaji Today
• 46:39 - Get In Touch With Balaji

Get in Touch:

Privacera Website

Balaji's LinkedIn

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