E42 - Growth as a Constant w/Atlan's Prukalpa Sankar

Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh Sachar

In this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Prukalpa Sankar, Co-Founder of Atlan & of SocialCops.

Atlan is building the Home for Data Teams, such that no data team in the world has to face the trouble they had to face when building SocialCops.

There is GitHub for coders, Figma for Designers, and there will be Atlan for Data Teams!

Through this Episode we discuss the following:

1. (02:38) : The Dynamics of Storytelling that matter for a Founder

2. (08:01) : Constant Learnings throughout the Founder Journey

3. (13:59) : Solving for Personal Problems v/s 2nd Order Problems

4. (18:26) : Broadening the Market while building SocialCops

5. (22:08) : Lessons from Dealing with Large Institutions & Organisations

6. (28:10) : Doing things differently with Culture & Hiring at Atlan

7. (35:51) : Solving for the Human Aspects of Data || Building for Trust & for Diverse Personas

8. (40:40) : How did Prukalpa find Passion & double click on it?

9. (46:30) : Decision Making for Founders & Prukalpa's framework for it!

10. (50:42) : What is Prukalpa chasing in life and what keeps her going?

Here is the 42nd Episode of the Indian Silicon Valley Podcast - Growth as a Constant!

Thank you all for tuning into this Episode!

Check out SocialCops at - https://socialcops.com/

Check out Atlan at - https://atlan.com/

To know more about Prukalpa, check her out on -

1. Data Engineering Podcast : https://www.dataengineeringpodcast.com/atlan-data-team-collaboration-episode-179/

2. Prukalpa's TED Talk : https://www.ted.com/talks/prukalpa_sankar_better_villages_through_big_data

3. Prukalpa at TEDx Gateway : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6WKt6fJiso

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