Hey everyone,
Here’s the episode for this week:
Becoming a first-time founder is definitely fun, challenging, and more than anything a roller-coaster ride. Whether it’s transitioning from being an operator or scaling up a side project to something big, the energy and focus are unparalleled. So, what’s it like to hit the start button for foundership? What are the things to keep in mind, trade-offs to handle during decisions, and uncertainties to wade through?
Aarthi Ramamurthy is an entrepreneur, creator, product advisor, and a bearer of so many other hats. Aarthi runs the Good Time Show along with her partner Sriram, and she formerly led product teams at Clubhouse, Netflix, Facebook, and Microsoft, while also co-founding two amazing startups.
In this video, Aarthi and Aishwarya chat all things about how it was to work at Netflix in its early days, strategy behind putting the red Netflix button to the remote ;), transitioning to becoming a founder, thinking in bets, focus on primary expertise, and how to run a startup team.
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Aarthi and I discuss about:
Why Aarthi and Sriram run the Good Time Show
Aarthi's upbringing and interest in technology
Follow interests, not just passion (Covid & Economy changes)
Building a curiosity-driven career in tech
Early product building at Netflix (button your remote ;))
Ride of an operator-turned-founder: launching two startups
The journey of applying to Y Combinator
Advising tech founders on fundraising and product
Founders: how to get better at pitching your startup
Being a dashboard nut, and focusing on the right metrics
First-time founder vs second-time founder patterns
Rationale around angel investing in startups
General concepts that Aarthi loves thinking about
Good Time Show: Looking forward as a creator
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Thank you, and have a great week ahead!
Cheers,
Aishwarya
The Founder's Foyer with Aishwarya: Launching 0-1 products, founders and fundraising, thinking in first principles