The Founder Formula

Today’s guest is Hayes Drumwright, founder or co-founder of multiple startups ranging from tech to the nonprofit space, including a few passion projects. He sits down to discuss with us his formula for being a serial entrepreneur.

Hayes has a new wine company as a passion project called Memento Mori, which is Latin for “remember you will die.” It is a great metaphor for how he views life and entrepreneurship. Their company is a call for customers to remember to live. On the other hand, they also want to honor the struggles of their customers. Memento Mori, as a company wants their customers to do two things: be vulnerable and be brave.

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Today’s guest is Raja Mukerji, Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer at ExtraHop Networks.

There is only one purpose of any company: to provide VALUE to its users. In order to do that, you need a maniacal focus on the customer right from the outset of founding a company.

In this episode, Raja shares his thoughts on the 2 most important characteristics you need to start a company, the biggest myth about startups, and why it’s important for your investors to appreciate the “Art of the Possible.”

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Today’s guest is Raja Mukerji, Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer at ExtraHop Networks. 

There is only one purpose of any company: to provide VALUE to its users. In order to do that, you need a maniacal focus on the customer right from the outset of founding a company. 

In this episode, Raja shares his thoughts on:  

Today’s guest is Mohit Aron, who was employee #600 at Google. When he left, four years later, Google had 30,000 employees. He joined Google in early 2003 and it was an amazing ride.

Now Mohit is CEO and Founder of Cohesity. Listen in as he gives us insight into how Google prepared him for entrepreneurship. why 80% of data lies beneath the surface, how Cohesity is becoming the “smartphone” of enterprise data, and why company values are the most important part of building a culture.

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Today’s guest is Mohit Aron, who was employee #600 at Google. When he left, four years later, Google had 30,000 employees. He worked there during a romantic era. 

It was an amazing ride. He joined Google in early 2003.  

Now Mohit is CEO and Founder of Cohesity.  

He gave us incredible insight into:  

Today’s guest is Guru Chahal, a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners (and former co-founder of Avi Networks).

In this episode, he told us he looks for three key things in founding teams: entrepreneurs who have a background in the market they want to take on,  the ability to execute, and the ability to monetize the technology.

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Today’s guest is Guru Chahal, a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners (and former co-founder of Avi Networks). 

In this episode, he told us he looks for three key things in founding teams:  

1) Entrepreneurs who have a background in the market they want to take on.  

2) The ability to execute. 

3) The ability to monetize the technology.

Today’s guest is Kumar Ramachandran, CEO and Founder of CloudGenix. 

In this episode, he talks about the balance between pivoting and persistence, why Silicon Valley is a special place for startups, the joy of making your customer the hero, and how to maintain your company culture as you scale and hire.

Today’s guest is Kumar Ramachandran, CEO and Founder of CloudGenix.

 In this episode, he talks about the balance between pivoting and persistence, why Silicon Valley is a special place for startups, the joy of making your customer the hero, and how to maintain your company culture as you scale and hire.

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Today’s guest is Phil Tee, Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Moogsoft. In this one, Phil tells the story of Moogsoft’s name, why he intentionally tries to make the company’s culture different than other tech startups around San Francisco, and how he’s managed to keep the ethos of the company intact after several years. 

“There’s a fantastic line from a Cat Stevens song: you may be still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not. You’ve got to keep the dream alive.”