E138: Aditya Nambiar (Co-founder, Fennel AI)

The Desi VC with Akash Bhat

⁠Aditya Nambiar⁠ is the co-founder of ⁠Fennel⁠, a modern feature engineering platform that enables you to author, compute, store, serve, monitor, and govern both real-time and batch ML features, backed by Foundational Capital. Before diving into entrepreneurship, Aditya built products at Google and Facebook, and is an IIT-B alumnus.

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Episode notes:

1. Introduction (1:40)
2. Why choose entrepreneurship? (2:32)
3. The mindset shift: Small teams solving big problems vs. hyper-focused challenges (9:05)
4. When is a product truly ready to ship? (12:10)
5. What does it take for someone transitioning from big tech to thrive in startups? (16:44)
6. Beyond technical skills: What to look for in an early startup hire (21:08)
7. The personal impact of startup life on founders (25:51)
8. Key learnings from building a startup (32:58)
9. Aditya’s life purpose (36:05)
10. How to enjoy the process of pursuing your purpose (38:25)

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Social links

1. Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aditya on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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4. Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Akash Bhat on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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