The Desi VC with Akash Bhat

E138: Aditya Nambiar (Co-founder, Fennel AI)

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⁠Aditya Nambiar⁠ is the co-founder of ⁠Fennel⁠, a modern feature engineering platform that enables you to author, compute, store, serve, monitor, and govern both real-time and batch ML features, backed by Foundational Capital. Before diving into entrepreneurship, Aditya built products at Google and Facebook, and is an IIT-B alumnus.

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Episode notes:

  1. Introduction (1:40)
  2. Why choose entrepreneurship? (2:32)
  3. The mindset shift: Small teams solving big problems vs. hyper-focused challenges (9:05)
  4. When is a product truly ready to ship? (12:10)
  5. What does it take for someone transitioning from big tech to thrive in startups? (16:44)
  6. Beyond technical skills: What to look for in an early startup hire (21:08)
  7. The personal impact of startup life on founders (25:51)
  8. Key learnings from building a startup (32:58)
  9. Aditya’s life purpose (36:05)
  10. How to enjoy the process of pursuing your purpose (38:25)

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    4. Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Akash Bhat on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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