In this episode, you’ll hear about:

-How Bitnami evolved from a side project in 2008 to become a full fledged company in 2013 when the founders saw an opportunity surrounding the deployment experience

-The pros and cons to raising outside funding, and why the Bitnami team choose to wait until the point where not raising would impede the business

-Growing up in the Bay area, and how having an entrepreneurial father inspired Erica’s own ventures from a young age

-How Erica views the idea of “being your own boss” and the misconception people may have about how it actually works

-Her experience working at T-Mobile that taught her how to hire and manage large teams, and how to constantly be a better manager

-How a founder’s job adapts with the evolution of the company, and why learning as you grow is critical to success

Catch the fun question round at the end, where Erica shares a few favorite San Francisco startups (hint: one’s a 52 Founders alumn), and the founder she would most want to interview and why (it may surprise you!).