Federico Collarte is the co-founder and CEO of Baraja, a rapidly growing startup creating LiDAR technology for self-driving cars. Baraja recently closed a $40m Series B, is scaling globally, and is quickly approaching a headcount of 200. Prior to co-founding Baraja, Federico worked in product development and systems engineering, with experience spanning the industrialisation of high volume telecommunication devices at Finisar, to the end-to-end systems engineering of an implantable hearing solution at Cochlear.
In this chat with Phaedon, Federico discusses:
- The ins and outs of Baraja's most recent raise
- Advice for founders who are fundraising
- Balancing the urgency of hiring with finding the right person
- Lessons from building out overseas teams
- Creating a culture that attracts problem solvers
- Managing the co-founder relationship
...and more!
Quickfire Recommendations:
- Book: From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne & The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
- Podcast: Lex Fridman Podcast & The Joe Rogan Experience
- News source: The Information & TechCrunch
- Tech CEO: Elon Musk
- Productivity tool: Daylio
- Ted Talk topic: Resilience vs. Going All In
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