Panel: Starting a company using Cloud Native
summary
Founders describe building from 2014–2015 onward, moving fleets from data centers to cloud and containers and then to service mesh (Linkerd) to tame microservice complexity; one hire flows from Google Summer of Code into CNCF to a full‑time job. Startups raise VC by selling a future market shift, not today's product, and cite a concrete win: Linkerd being used in vaccine distribution. Expect practical hiring, fundraising and product timing advice for cloud-native startups.
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chapters (24)
- 0:00Entrepreneurship journey intro
- 1:25Ashar’s background & migration
- 3:12Asim’s early career & dreams
- 5:57Asim’s cloud-native shift at Box
- 8:06Blameless founding & people challenges
- 10:50Oliver’s tech passion & Yahoo days
- 12:55Oliver’s Yahoo to Twitter journey
- 15:23Buoyant founding & service mesh
- 17:27Global opportunities beyond Silicon Valley
- 20:20Challenges with telecom startups
- 24:12Opportunities beyond telecom markets
- 26:18Startups in Latin America post-COVID
- 29:47Tech talent outside Silicon Valley
- 31:10Investors & open-source models
- 32:36Engaging with CNCF community
- 35:40Cloud tech advantages for startups
- 37:45Identifying promising startups early
- 39:52Power of Silicon Valley networking
- 41:15Connecting with CNCF startups
- 43:41Investing in teams over ideas
- 45:47Getting into open-source projects
- 48:37Mentorship & community programs
- 51:32Government partnerships for innovation
- 53:19Hiring talent in Latin America
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