E138: Aditya Nambiar (Co-founder, Fennel AI)
Update: 2024-09-16
Description
Aditya Nambiar is the co-founder of Fennel, a modern feature engineering platform that enables you to author, compute, store, serve, monitor, and govern both real-time and batch ML features, backed by Foundational Capital. Before diving into entrepreneurship, Aditya built products at Google and Facebook, and is an IIT-B alumnus.
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Episode notes:
- Introduction (1:40 )
- Why choose entrepreneurship? (2:32 )
- The mindset shift: Small teams solving big problems vs. hyper-focused challenges (9:05 )
- When is a product truly ready to ship? (12:10 )
- What does it take for someone transitioning from big tech to thrive in startups? (16:44 )
- Beyond technical skills: What to look for in an early startup hire (21:08 )
- The personal impact of startup life on founders (25:51 )
- Key learnings from building a startup (32:58 )
- Aditya’s life purpose (36:05 )
- How to enjoy the process of pursuing your purpose (38:25 )
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Social links
- Follow Aditya on Twitter
- Follow Aditya on LinkedIn
- Follow The Desi VC on LinkedIn
- Follow Akash Bhat on Twitter
- Follow Akash Bhat on LinkedIn
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