In this episode, we have a fantastic conversation with Ankit Jain, CEO of Infinitus. We cover a broad range of topics around selling, delivering value and building with a focus on how Infinitus has been successful in healthcare. We then talk about how AI going to be impact healthcare and how it will get adopted. Please listen and subscribe!

1:27 - Ankit's Journey to Infinitus

14:01 - Taking the entrepreneurial plunge

19:50 - Choosing and building the Services as a Software approach

30:58 - Spotlight on Infinitus

35:11- Pricing Service as a Software

44:35 - Developing the GTM for Healthcare

53:31 - Opportunities for AI in Healthcare

58:15 - Decompress

In this insightful episode, we sit down with Shyam Rao, the founder and CEO of Punchh, for a deep dive into the world of startups and entrepreneurship. Shyam shares his wealth of experience, from bootstrapping Punchh in its early days to scaling it into a successful venture.

We talk to Sumit Agarwal the founder of Ario and Shape Security (acq by F5 for $1B). We decrypt the the journey from the military to building a deep cybersecurity product and now a personal AI assistant. Listen in to uncover his 3D framework that guided the journey of Shape and now Ario. We wrap with how to navigate M&A, a theme which we believe is going to be a key topic in several board meetings this and next year.

3:13 - Sumit's Journey from Air Force to Security to AI

10:07 - Identifying Hard, Valuable, Fun Opportunities

19:24 - Building 3D defensible, differentiated, delightful tech in tough markets

28:33 - Identifying the right talent

37:38 - How to be Customer Focused NOT Revenue Focused

46:02 - Unlocking Value to Drive Price

55:07 - Solving the demand bottleneck in M&A

58:26 - Decompressing with family

In this episode, we talk to Cedric Bru, the CEO of Taulia. Cedric joined the company after spending 7 years as an exec at Visa. In this episode, we dive deeply into how Cedric put his imprint on the business and navigated a crisis with one of their partners going bankrupt.

1:29 - Cedric’s journey into entrepreneurship and going from big company to startup
18:39 - Embracing the possibility of failure when running a startup
23:40 - Developing a high performance culture
35:28 - Putting your imprint on the business as a new leader

46:15 - Navigating the Greensill Crisis

53:10 - Work life balance
1:03:34 - Advice to start companies in a challenging macro

In this episode we have a great conversation with Varun Badhwar. Varun sold his first company, Redlock, to Palo Alto for over $200M. He recently embarked on his 2nd journey to build Endor Labs, where he raised a $70M Series A to secure the software supply chain.

In this episode we cover:

1:04 - Varun’s foray into startups
8:57 - Hiring and building the best when $s are constrained
17:33 - Positioning for success in a noisy market
32:02 - Early GTM Success in an expensive environment
41:08 - Navigating the Palo Alto Acquisition
50:06 - Spotlight on Endor Labs
58:50 - Decompress

1:12 - Story at Microsoft
9:54 - Dealing with ups and downs
14:30 - Bob’s new book “The Datapreneurs: The Promise of AI and the Creators Building Our Future”
17:55 - Culture through scaling
24:26 - What do you look for when hiring
35:20 - Strategies to compete in the modern landscape
50:42 - Threading the needle

In this episode we cover Mahe's journey to being a founder, how Phenom found it's niche and what makes them successful as a business

1:12 - Mahe’s journey
8:01 - AI’s role in business
20:09 - How do you find a wedge in today’s software saturated world?
29:38 - Building/hiring for a sustainable organization
45:32 - Scaling a business

Join us for this fantastic conversation with Amr Awadallah, the founder of Cloudera and Vectara. We covered a wide range of topics on company building and lessons learned during a long, successful career.

00:45- Amr’s journey to the Valley and breaking in as an immigrant

6:22- Embarking on the Entrepreneurial Journey and Building a Lasting Business

23:30- The art of blending simplicity with technical depth in product

25:05- Balancing culture and talent

31:20- Spotlight on Vector

38:05- Signs of PMF, When to Speed Up and How to Sustain Growth at Scale

42:15- Decompress and Accomplishing your Mission

In this episode we cover:

00:56- Glen's journey to entrepreneurship + healthcare and the learnings along the way

15:19- Getting timing right in healthcare

21:04- Building great culture in tough times

26:40- Hiring the best leaders and putting together an exceptional board

30:11- Advice on scaling at different stages of the business

36:00- Accomplishing his life's mission and staying mentally energized through the journey

On this episode, we go through Andrew's journey through 2 startups and dive into some very interesting lessons learned along the way.

1:20- Andrew's background and journey

4:19- Why Jellyfish and why now? + The market opportunity

15:08- Selecting design partners + Learning from the "No's"

20:36- Tying Vision and Culture

24:58- Andrew's Leadership style + Hiring the right people

32:20- What kept Andrew up at night post-PMF

34:31- Decompressing + Staying mentally fit through the journey