How Two Ex-Uber Engineers Built a Unicorn in Less Than 3 Years with Martin Mao
Entrepreneurs on Fire
John Lee Dumas
4.8 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Martin Mao is the co-founder and CEO of Chronosphere, the provider of the leading observability platform for cloud-native. He previously held roles at leading tech companies including Uber, Microsoft, Google and Amazon.
Top 3 Value Bombs:
1. Luck and timing play a significant role in the result of your success.
2. More industries are now adopting the same technology, and Chronosphere is there to provide better solutions.
3. Be ready when an opportunity presents itself. Take a step back, look at more significant trends in your economy and industry, and be prepared to capitalize on these opportunities.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Who's ready to rock today Fire Nation, JLD here and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire |
| 0:07.1 | brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network with great shows like CEO School. |
| 0:12.5 | Today we'll be breaking down how two XUBER engineers built a unicorn in less than three |
| 0:18.2 | years to drop these value bombs. |
| 0:20.0 | I brought Martin Mao into EO Fire Studios. |
| 0:22.9 | Martin is a co-founder and CEO of Chronosphere, the provider of the leading observability |
| 0:28.0 | platform for cloud native. |
| 0:30.3 | He previously held roles at leading tech companies including Uber, Microsoft, Google and Amazon. |
| 0:35.7 | In Fire Nation we'll talk about the aha moment of Chronosphere. |
| 0:39.5 | We'll talk about building during a pandemic. |
| 0:41.7 | We'll talk about unique selling propositions in so much more when we get back from thank |
| 0:46.7 | in our sponsors. |
| 0:49.2 | Success story hosted by Scott D. Clary is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network |
| 0:54.1 | and features Q&A sessions plus convoes on sales, marketing, business and more. |
| 0:58.9 | A recent app on how to protect your business in times of crisis is a must listen, listen |
| 1:04.8 | to success story wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:09.6 | Martin, say what's up to Fire Nation and share something that you believe about becoming |
| 1:15.2 | successful that most people disagree with. |
| 1:18.5 | Thanks John. |
| 1:19.5 | Hello Fire Nation. |
| 1:20.5 | Great to be here and chat with you today. |
| 1:23.9 | The thing that I would say perhaps most people disagree with, I'm sure this is mentioned |
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