Ep 1: Dheeraj Pandey (CEO Nutanix and DevRev) and Lessons on Scaling and Hiring

Dheeraj Pandey was the Founder, CEO & Chairman of Nutanix. Nutanix was the fastest company to achieven US$1B ARR scale and the biggest IPO in 2016. He is now working on his next company DevRev. Prior to founding Nutanix, Dheeraj was the VP of Engineering at Aster Data (acquired by Teradata), where he helped build the product and its engineering team from the ground up.

In This Epsiode with Dheeraj, We Discuss:

1. Navigating Risk-taking and “connecting the dots” in entrepreneurial/operator journey
2. Building Nutanix and DevRev - with a focus on culture and hiring
3. Seeding and Scaling companies in 2008-10 vs 2022-23
4. Tips on Decompressing for operators/founders