From Zero to Global in Five Years

From Zero to Global in Five Years

Author: Amazon Web Services August 19, 2020 Duration: 30:27
It was not by chance that Kamarul Muhamed combined his financial background and drone obsession into an AI-powered drone services startup. Aerodyne is Muhamed’s fourth startup, so he can spot a great opportunity. But even he didn’t fully appreciate that if developing technology is your only focus as CEO -- you will fail.

Building a company is a messy, exhilarating, and deeply personal journey. The AWS Startup Podcast, from Amazon Web Services, moves beyond theory to capture the real voices from the trenches. Each conversation is a direct line to founders who have navigated the specific challenges of scaling a business, offering an unfiltered look at what actually worked when the pressure was on. You'll hear them break down the practical technology choices and operational tools that powered their growth, but also the less-discussed human elements-the leadership decisions that shaped their culture and the hard-won lessons that never make it into a business plan. This podcast digs into the gritty details of creation, from initial architecture to managing a team through uncertainty. And because a founder's life isn't all pitch decks and code, these discussions often touch on something equally precious: how these dedicated builders actually step away to recharge during their scarce moments of downtime. It’s a collection of stories for anyone curious about the tangible mechanics and the personal resilience behind today's most interesting companies.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 38

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Building at VC Scale in Southeast Asia [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:37
Binh Tran, the founder of Klout and a partner at VC firm 500 Startups, looked out over time and geography and saw in Vietnam a place with a steadily growing engineering culture, and a population ready for an economic bre…
Open Sourcing Investment Analysis [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:17
The power of the open source software movement is how it harnesses the collective power of many developers to solve a shared problem. Raghav Kapoor, CEO and co-founder of startup Smartkarma, is looking to apply that same…
Ideas are Easy, Execution is Hard: Here’s How to Execute [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:34
As every startup founder or would-be founder knows, there is an endless supply of ideas for the next great product, or the next great company. It is uncanny (but maybe not surprising in our information-at-warp-speed live…
Seeing Yourself Through Machine Learning [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:53
Michael Musandu grew up in Zimbabwe and South Africa before heading to the Netherlands to study computer science as an undergrad and then in graduate school. While shopping for clothes online Musandu had the experience,…
Inside Angel Investing: How Long Have You Been Working on This? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:21
The time and cost it takes to build things has come way down for all kinds of startups. So, unless you are deep in the R&D game, the answer to, “How long have you been working on this?” takes on deeper significance, says…
What’s Behind the Startup Boom in Vietnam [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:44
Southeast Asia is on the verge of an economic breakout, says VC Olivier Raussin. So how can founders building in these tough times be ready to hit the accelerator? Conserve cash, conserve cash, and take some time for you…
Farming’s Future is Already Present in Australia [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:44
These are not the times to try and dance around the realities of what it takes (and costs) to run a startup, says Emma Weston, CEO and co-founder of Sydney, Australia-based AgriDigital. AgriDigital straddles the worlds o…