S5 Bonus: Paraag Sarva, Rhino

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Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

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4.6 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Paraag Sarva is a New York City native. He grew up in Queens, and went to college at NYU. When he started his career, he didn't think about going into tech. In 2004 / 2005 timeframe, he did what most people did or tried to do - he went to work for Goldman Sachs to learn the financial services world. Though he was good at his job, he quickly realized that he didn't love it, and moved on to work for Mike Bloomberg when he was mayor at City Hall. This was as pivotal time for the city, as this was the the time period after 9/11. It was after this that he was introduced to - and fell in love with - the startup world. He's married with 2 kids, and during the pandemic, he found that one of the early tell-tell signs that people were getting panicky was the line of cars backed up to get into... you guessed it, Costco. He loves to cook, and actually, he and some friends would get together occasionally to have ice cream club, which had one rule - you had to make the ice cream. He also has slowly found himself enamored with Formula 1 Racing. As a renter and landlord, Paraag intimately felt the pains on both sides of the equation, when it comes to security deposits. Rather than people stuffing large amounts of cash into a system that doesn't help either side, he knew there was a better way to help renters... and landlords. This is the creation story of Rhino. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Me and my partners were bootstrapping the business for really the kind of first year.
0:04.0	I mentioned, you know, the kind of insurance and real estate industry complexities that we knew we had to tackle.
0:11.0	And so we spent almost a year, maybe living a little more than a year, kind of getting that stuff out of the way.
0:18.0	You know, because we knew it was absolute critical path,
0:21.7	but we could kind of focus on before we raised capital from outside investors.
0:27.6	And then once we raised capital, we went into a different mode of just, you know, like,
0:33.3	absolute pedal to the metal, knowing that the clock was now sort of ticking. My name is Parag Sarva,
0:40.4	and I'm the co-founder and CEO of Rhino. This is Code Story, the podcast bringing you
0:51.3	interviews with tech visionaries who share in the critical moments of what it takes to change in industry
0:57.3	and build and lead, a team that has your back.
1:02.4	I'm your host, Noel Laparte, and today how Barag Sarva
1:06.2	created the security deposit alternative that's easy on your mind and your water.
1:13.6	All this and more.
1:15.1	On Coat Story.
1:20.2	Parag Sarva is a New York City native.
1:23.1	He grew up in Queens and went to college at NYU.
1:26.2	When he started his career, he didn't think about
1:28.2	going into tech. And in 2004, 2005, time frame, he did what most people did or tried to do. He went to
1:35.3	work for Goldman Sachs to learn the financial services world. Though he was good at his job, he quickly
1:40.7	realized that he didn't love it. And he moved on to work for Mike Bloomberg when
1:44.7	he was mayor at City Hall. It was after this that he was introduced to and fell in love with,
1:50.1	the startup world. He's married with two kids, and during the pandemic, he found that one of the early
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