S9 E7: Naomi Chopra, Hatica

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Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

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4.6 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Naomi Chopra grew up in Delhi, India, but attended Grad school in the US, specifically in Atlanta. He worked in the valley for several companies, including Uber, but eventually left to start his own thing. Outside of tech, he enjoys spending time with family and friends and loves to play tennis, which he has been playing since he was young. He mostly plays doubles because there are more people and less courts these days. Naomi noticed that people were depending on dozen's of SaaS tools to get their work done. He and his team started to ask the right questions, around why don't we build something to collect the signals from these tools, and present information to help drive velocity, alignment, and well-being. This is the creation story of Hatica. 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	I think one good position we took early on was that our first hire was a recruiter.
0:06.0	I heard a lot from other people that, hey, there's going to be a lot to do, so you better have very good people around you to help you get to the finish line.
0:14.0	We spend a lot of time in hiring and how we actually started was that me, Harita, my co-founder and our recruiter,
0:21.3	sitting together, building out the profile and then just reaching out to people on LinkedIn.
0:25.1	Took a lot of selling. I think we sold more to hire people to Hattaca than people to buy Hattaca.
0:31.5	At the same time, I think what we've seen, what we have prioritized from the beginning
0:36.1	is the mindset of being an owner not a renter.
0:40.1	I'm Normie Chopra. I'm the co-founder and CEO of Harika.
0:46.6	This is Code Story.
0:49.4	A podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries.
0:52.3	It's 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 our team.
1:09.0	Keeping scalability top of mind.
1:11.6	All that infrastructure was a pain.
1:12.8	Yes, we've been fighting it as we grew.
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