Tarun Sachdeva is the Co-Founder and CEO of Gitwallet.

Gitwallet is a toolkit for open-source maintainers to commercialize their services for their repos and ecosystems. We help leading maintainers create robust support offerings, sell across channels, and grow their businesses.

Takeaways

What makes UWaterloo and the co-op program so legendary.

Working on the very first AWS team as an intern. AWS started as a mobile team called Amazon Anywhere.

His experience building and leading product teams at Wattpad.

Great products vs. good products.

Nuances to launching products at startups vs. scaleups.

Dive into open source software (OSS) and why Tarun is building in the space.

How Gitwallet helps OSS maintainers commercialize more effectively.

Why the Toronto tech scene has renewed energy and excitement.

Chapters

00:00 UWaterloo and the Co-op Program

05:08 Working on the Original AWS Team

10:03 Time at Wattpad

13:15 Interest in Product and Product Leadership

16:38 Launching Products at Different Stages

23:09 Genesis of Gitwallet

29:12 Commercialization of Open Source

34:14 Toronto Tech Scene

42:37 Dealing with Hard Times