How We Hatched: Mingsheng Hong, Co-founder and CEO of Bluesky | Ep06

In this episode, our host Tim Winkler speaks with Dr. Mingsheng Hong, co-founder and CEO of Bluesky, a startup on a mission to make data clouds cost efficient. Prior to this role, Mingsheng was head of engineering for Google’s ML runtime (e.g. TensorFlow). Mingsheng also had a decade of experience building and delivering Big Data products and solutions at Google, Hadapt, and Vertica.

During this episode, Mingsheng takes us along for an inspiring account of his professional journey, sharing the lessons he learned along the way.

He shares:

• How his time at Google and Microsoft equipped him to found Bluesky
• The pros and cons of working at a large corporation vs a startup
• The process of raising a first round of funding as a startup
• Open roles on Bluesky’s team and the qualities they’re looking for in a new hire