The Neon Show Microsoft & Amazon veteran, Yadhu Gopalan on building Esper, a leader in DevOps for IoT devices
The Internet of Things category is not slowing down for anyone to catch up. It is projected to be a $1.1 trillion category by 2027, with the number of active IoT-connected devices expected to reach 30.9 billion units by 2025.
Targeting this, we have our guest Yadhu Gopalan, CEO & Founder at Esper, with a vision to power the next billion smart devices.
Currently, Seattle-based Esper has more than 200 paying customers and over 2,000 developers using its platform for product development.
During the episode, Yadhu talks about his journey building Esper, how he met his cofounder, what learnings he has brought from his stint at Amazon and Microsoft, and much more.
Notes -
01:12 - Journey before starting Esper
02:20 - Early Childhood and moving to the US
03:48 - Problem statement behind starting Esper
05:25 - Product offering and clients
10:25 - The founding team at Esper
15:43 - Attracting the best talent
16:50 - Building a team across geographies
19:07 - Execute distribution and partnerships at scale
20:39 - Work Culture & learnings from Microsoft & Amazon
27:51 - Key learnings from his startup journey