Brian Bell is the Managing Partner at Team Ignite. Bell has experience in product development in AI at Microsoft, AWS, and startups.Full conversation includes:🔸Transition from Product Management to full time investing🔸Investing in YC 🔸

#72 Todd Bishop GeekWire Co-founder, Business and tech journalist on big tech, AI and more!

24 days ago 50m 41s

New episode with Todd Bishop, GeekWire's co-founder.Todd is a longtime business and technology journalist who reports on subjects including AI, the cloud, startups, and health technology, plus Amazon and Microsoft, in addition to hosting Geek

#71 Peter Mueller Founding Partner Breakwater VC about Pre Seed Investing in Seattle Tech Startups

Mar 11th, 2024 48m 7s

In this episode Nataraj talked to Peter Mueller who is the founding partner of Breakwater ventures investing in early stage tech startups in Pacific Northwest and Wester Canadian Startups.The conversation includes:- how to think about angel

#70 Brendan Rogers From Founding WAG (NASDAQ: PET) to Investing in India

Feb 25th, 2024 35m 29s

In this episode Nataraj spoke to Brendan Rogers Ex Cofounder of Wag, a NASDAQ listed public company.Full conversation includes:- Origin story of WAG- His journey into investing in India- Why he is bullish on Indian startups?- Opinion on d

#69 Direct-to-Consumer Companies & Long Tail Opportunity in AI (Above Average Newsletter)

Feb 13th, 2024 3m 11s

Welcome to 50th edition of the Above Average Newsletter. Your bi-weekly source of Above Average takes on the business of big technology written by Nataraj Sindam.Topic 1: What’s with Direct-to-Consumer Companies?What’s common among all these

#68 Why the new AI button on your keyboard is inevitable? (Above Average Newsletter)

Feb 3rd, 2024 3m 21s

This episode is the audio version of Nataraj's newsletter Above Average.Welcome to 49th edition of the Above Average Newsletter. Your bi-weekly source of Above Average takes on the businss of big technology written by Nataraj Sindam.1. Why t

#67 What late stage investors got wrong about investing in Startups? (Insight)

Jan 8th, 2024 49s

For more unique insights on technology follow Nataraj on Twitter - ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/natarajsindam⁠⁠ & Instagram - ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/1nataraj/⁠What late stage investors got wrong about investing in Startups?Confusion in the v

#66 Why Rivian Will Become 2nd Largest EV Company in the US? (Insight)

Jan 1st, 2024 59s

For more unique insights on technology follow Nataraj on Twitter - ⁠https://twitter.com/natarajsindam⁠ & Instagram - ⁠https://www.instagram.com/1nataraj/⁠Why Rivian will become 2nd Largest EV Player in the U.S? Exploring the EV market in

#65 Why YouTube is Unbeatable? (Insight)

Dec 18th, 2023 58s

Over long term YouTube will win over TikTok, Instagram & other video apps. Check out the video to see why.Follow Nataraj on Twitter - https://twitter.com/natarajsindam & Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/1nataraj/--- Send in a vo

#64 Matt McIlwain – MD Madrona Venture Group on all Things Venture Capital

Nov 17th, 2023 48m 56s

Nataraj interviewed veteran VC Matt McIlwain of Madrona Venture Group on Startup Project podcast. Matt shared his insights into the state of venture capital and the impacts of AI, drawn from his 20+ years of experience.Some key takeaways:1

#63 Jon Staenberg: Investing in Startups, Venture Funds & Search Funds

Oct 28th, 2023 54m 18s

In this episode, Nataraj spoke with John Staenberg, a veteran of the tech and venture capital world.John took Nataraj through his early days growing up in Omaha and attending Stanford University, where he was inspired by the culture of crea

#62 Ashmeet Sidana - Founder of Engineering Capital on Investing in Technical Insights

Aug 27th, 2023 50m 24s

In this episode of the podcast, we feature Ashmeet Sidana, the founder and Chief Engineer of Engineering Capital. Ashmeet has an extensive background in engineering and venture capital, with experience as the Director of Product Management at V

#61 Joe Heitzeberg - From Tech Whiz to Sustainable Meat Entrepreneur

Aug 6th, 2023 53m 57s

To stay up to date checkout ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thestartupproject.io⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & follow Nataraj on twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@natarajsindam⁠ and on LinkedIn at ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/natarajsindam⁠Join us in this captivating episode as we sit down with Joe Heitzeber

#60 Tim Chen - From Open Source Contributor to Investor in Infrastructure Startups

Jul 2nd, 2023 1h 3m

Tim Chen is the Managing Partner at Essence VC, an early-stage fund focused on data infrastructure and developer tool companies. He has over a decade of experience leading engineering in enterprise infrastructure and open source communities an

#59 - Aseem Datar - Partner at Madrona Ventures - From Intern to General Manager at Azure

Jun 3rd, 2023 30m 57s

Aseem joined Madrona in 2021 after spending almost twenty years as an operating executive. He works alongside founders building the future of next-generation infrastructure (core, security, DevOps), intelligent applications, robotics, and auto

#58 - TA McCann - Professional Sailor, Serial Entrepreneur (5x Founder with 3 Exits), Managing Director at Pioneer Square Labs

May 21st, 2023 50m 15s

To stay up to date checkout ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thestartupproject.io⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & follow Nataraj on twitter: ⁠⁠⁠@natarajsindam⁠⁠T.A. McCann is a serial entrepreneur with an impressive track record. He has founded and served as CEO of several successful companies

#57: How to Run Innovation Sessions with Bill Gates to Solve World Problems?

May 14th, 2023 6m 22s

To stay up to date checkout ⁠⁠⁠⁠thestartupproject.io⁠⁠⁠⁠ & follow Nataraj on twitter: ⁠⁠@natarajsindam⁠⁠In this episode Nataraj spoke to Taylor Black who co-founded Fizzy Inc. Post Fizzy Taylor worked at Innovation Science Fund & currently wor

#56: Why Wordpress dominates internet?

May 7th, 2023 3m 24s

#56: Why Wordpress dominates internet?--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/startupproject/message

#55: What is the insurance against Innovation Dilemma?

Apr 30th, 2023 3m 28s

To stay up to date checkout ⁠⁠⁠thestartupproject.io⁠⁠⁠ & follow Nataraj on twitter: ⁠@natarajsindam⁠In this episode Nataraj spoke to Taylor Black who co-founded Fizzy Inc. Post Fizzy Taylor worked at Innovation Science Fund & currently works a

#54: How Techstars Seattle Works & How Should Founders Think About It?

Apr 23rd, 2023 3m 38s

To stay up to date checkout ⁠thestartupproject.io⁠ & follow Nataraj on twitter: @natarajsindamIn this episode Nataraj spoke to Marius Ciocirlan who co-founded ShareGrid, a marketplace for filmmakers and photographers to rent and sell their e

#53 Taylor Black - Innovation Science Fund & Microsoft Incubator

Apr 16th, 2023 55m 39s

To stay up to date checkout ⁠⁠thestartupproject.io⁠⁠ & follow Nataraj on twitter: @natarajsindamIn this episode Nataraj spoke to Taylor Black who co-founded Fizzy Inc. Post Fizzy Taylor worked at Innovation Science Fund & currently works as a

#52: What is Sharegrid & how it got started?

Apr 9th, 2023 3m 15s

#51: Working in Tech vs Movie Business

Apr 2nd, 2023 2m 2s

#50: Marius Ciocirlan - Managing Director Techstars Seattle, Co-Founder of Sharegrid (Acq by Backstage)

Mar 26th, 2023 38m 22s

To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow Nataraj on twitter: @natarajsindamIn this episode Nataraj spoke to Marius Ciocirlan who co-founded ShareGrid, a marketplace for filmmakers and photographers to rent and sell their equi

#49 Insidious Loops in Indian Startup Ecosystem (TSP Insights)

Mar 21st, 2023 10m 10s

To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindamDeedy & Nataraj talk aboutWhy is there no criticism about Indian startups in Indian media?What are the insidious loops in Indian startup ecosystem?