Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Karan Dalal (@karansdalal) to discuss raising $1.6M, receiving resumes at cafes, recruiting top talent from colleges, dropping out after 1 semester, and more...

Links:

· Karan's Twitter

· Otto

· The Dock

Show Notes:

0:00 - Intro

1:38 - Otto Merch

3:10 - Attending UC Berkeley 

6:00 - Standing Out In The Recruiting Process

11:30 - Benefits Of Networking In College

13:20 - How Karan And Omar Met

17:10 - Evolution Of Otto Product

21:15 - Taking Investor Money

24:30 - Turning Down $2M

28:10 - Renting Startup House In SF

33:50 - Why Pets.com Failed

37:10 - Flying To Every Otto Pet Shelter

41:30 - Balancing Startup With Social Life

45:30 - Otto Marketing Plans

48:30 - First Startup In College