S5 Bonus: Rahul Sidhu, SpidrTech

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🗓️ 2 September 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Rahul Sidhu was one of those kids who was always fiddling with computers. He even had a small tech startup in high school, to help him pay his way through college. Out of High School, he was an EMT, and studied emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Post that, he became a paramedic crew chief, overseeing an assigned rescue crew and shift. In 2013, he became a police officer full time. He is a regular at the gym, which obviously shows that fitness is important to him, along with hanging out with his family and friends. He's a golfer, and is recently trying to get better at it. And, he likes to travel through food, as he says it, planning his trips around the best places to eat. In 2015, within the Techstars program in New York, Rahul and his co-founders were running out of cash, unable to deliver on what they were intending. After some helpful words from a friendly former Chief, he and his team decided to keep it simple, and attempt to help police departments solve the "customer service" problem. This is the creation story of Spidr Tech. 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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0:23.7	you know, they tell you that there's a lesson learned when you build an MVP. They tell you to kind of start with a, you know, like a roller skate, skateboard, then build it to a bicycle, then a car, then a Ferrari over time. Even though I read the book, Lean Startup, you know, it's one of those lessons I had to learn kind of the hard way. It wasn't until we're like, hey, look, we're probably not going to get this out to market before we run out of money that we had to decide if we were going to have to,
0:28.6	you know, to basically try something else. We decided to start something simple, which is just an automated email or text that goes out to people if a report gets filed for them, that just gives them some basic information. That's it. That's how we started.
0:42.3	My name is Rahul Sadu. I'm the co-founder and CEO of Spider-Tech.
0:57.3	This is Code Story, the podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries who share in the critical moments of what it takes to change in industry and build and lead.
0:59.5	A team that has your back.
1:02.3	I'm your host, Noah Laphart.
1:04.0	And today, how Raulz de dude created a way for police departments
1:08.5	to manage and improve public perception.
1:13.5	All this and more on Cote Story.
1:19.6	Raul Sadiou was one of those kids who was always fiddling with computers.
1:24.1	He even had a small tech startup in high school to help him pay his way through college.
1:29.2	Out of high school, he was an EMT and studied emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh.
1:34.8	Post that, he became a paramedic crew chief, overseeing an assigned rescue crew in shift.
1:40.2	And in 2013, he became a police officer full-time.
1:44.5	He's a regular at the gym, which obviously shows that fitness is important to him,
1:48.8	along with hanging out with his family and friends.
1:51.8	He's a golfer and is recently trying to get better at it,
1:55.0	and he likes to travel through food, as he says it,
1:58.2	planning his trips around the best places to eat.
2:02.2	In 2015, within the TechStars program in New York,
2:05.8	Raul and his co-founders were running out of cash, unable to deliver on what they were
2:09.8	intending.
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