UNPAK3D Podcast

Join us for this fantastic conversation with Amr Awadallah, the founder of Cloudera and Vectara. We covered a wide range of topics on company building and lessons learned during a long, successful career. 00:45- Amr’s journey to the Valley and breaking in as an immigrant 6:22- Embarking on the Entrepreneurial Journey and Building a Lasting Business 23:30- The art of blending simplicity with technical depth in product 25:05- Balancing culture and talent 31:20- Spotlight on Vector 38:05- Signs of PMF, When to Speed Up and How to Sustain Growth at Scale 42:15- Decompress and Accomplishing your Mission

In this episode we cover: 00:56- Glen's journey to entrepreneurship + healthcare and the learnings along the way 15:19- Getting timing right in healthcare 21:04- Building great culture in tough times 26:40- Hiring the best leaders and putting together an exceptional board 30:11- Advice on scaling at different stages of the business 36:00- Accomplishing his life's mission and staying mentally energized through the journey

On this episode, we go through Andrew's journey through 2 startups and dive into some very interesting lessons learned along the way. 1:20- Andrew's background and journey 4:19- Why Jellyfish and why now? + The market opportunity 15:08- Selecting design partners + Learning from the "No's" 20:36- Tying Vision and Culture 24:58- Andrew's Leadership style + Hiring the right people 32:20- What kept Andrew up at night post-PMF 34:31- Decompressing + Staying mentally fit through the journey

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