S8 Bonus: Ibrahim & Jay, Astera

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Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

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4.6 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Ibrahim Surani grew up in Pakistan, dropped out of high school and in his words, stumbled around for a while. Eventually, he stumbled onto an IBM mainframe, taught himself to code, and has been in tech ever since. He moved to the states in 1988 and has been here ever since. Outside of tech, he is an avid hiker, and enjoys a good fantasy read, like Lord of the Rings. Jay Mishra studied mathematics and computer science. He started out at his current venture right out of college, post his masters program. Outside of tech, he is a Dad of two boys who love sports. He enjoys playing chess and golf, and likes to hike and travel. His favorite book is the Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Going back several years, Ibrahim started a consultancy in 2005 or so, and mentions working on successful products in the area of mortgage banking. In 2008, the financial meltdown happened, and all of their customers (save 1) went out of business. After struggling for while, they decided take a foundational utility they had built and bridge the gap to 2.0 of their business. This is the creation story of Astera. 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	Initially, we did not have much of an idea of where this would go, but the customers
0:06.5	would nudge us, hey, you are missing this scheduler.
0:09.2	Hey, you know, I need to be able to process a file that comes in.
0:13.1	Once we developed an understanding of many different use cases that customers had for data
0:17.6	management, then we kind of picture started to emerge.
0:21.6	But one key thing that we always kept in mind was that it has to be a low-code, no-code solution.
0:28.6	It has to be completely GUI-based solution. It's a drag-and-drop interface.
0:33.6	We had a pretty good idea that what we want to build, we wanted to have a full data stack
0:38.8	from ingestion all the way to data publishing, and we started to march towards that goal.
0:46.7	This is Code Story, a podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries.
0:52.3	Six months moonlighting.
0:53.9	There's nothing on the backcats.
0:55.8	Who share what it takes to change in industry.
0:58.3	I don't exactly know what to do next.
1:00.2	It took many goes to get right.
1:02.2	Who built the teams that have their back.
1:04.5	The company is its people.
1:06.1	The teams help each other achieve.
1:07.5	Most proud of her team.
1:09.1	Keeping scalability top of mind.
1:11.6	All that infrastructure was up the aid.
1:12.9	Yes, we've been fighting it as a group.
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