Humans of Startups

Building a Bottoms Up Culture ft. Kshitij Gupta - 100ms

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Kshitij started his career in the year 2000, and is a techie by heart. He worked with more than 10 organisations before finally starting his own company. Before 100ms, he spent half a decade working with Facebook U.S. and Disney+Hotstar where he built and led engineering teams to do magical stuff and bring ideas to life!


In this episode, he talks about the journey of starting 100ms & finding his co-founders, followed by - 

Culture-Building

  • What does culture mean to him?
  • Building blocks of a great culture
  • Letting the "micro-culture" brew


    • Startup Hiring

    • Hiring the first 20 folks for 100ms
    • Traits to look for while hiring your first few employees
    • His involvement in hiring as a CEO
    • Biggest challenges in startup hiring
    • One golden rule behind retaining employees


      • Best Practices and Hiring Insights

      • How tech-hiring has changed over the last 20 years
      • Importance of side-projects
      • Current hiring frenzy for indian engineers
      • Future of tooling - no-code platforms brewing new builders globally

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