Software Snack Bites

Shomik Ghosh of boldstart ventures
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Software Snack Bites

A podcast series exploring all things enterprise software. We'll interview experts from all areas of company building, the enterprise buyer perspective, investors viewpoints and deep dive into specific technology trends. shomik.substack.com

  1. -3 J

    AI Security in Coding Workflows - Ty Sbano (CISO, Vercel) & Emilio Escobar (CISO, Datadog)

    This episode is for whomever is curious about diving deep into AI Security and how CISOs think about it within internal and external workflows. Ty Sbano is the CISO of Vercel, the leading web experience hosting and deployment platform. He was previously CISO at Sisense and previously Sr Director of Security at Lending Club, Target, and Capital One. I’m also joined by Emilio Escobar, CISO of Datadog as a co-host. In this episode, we dive into how AI changes security practices, how to manage AI security around external products and internal workflows, and whether AI leverages existing primitives or involves new paradigms. For any security practitioners and founders, this is the episode for you! Where to Find Ty Sbano: * Twitter: https://x.com/TySbano * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tysbano/ Where to Find Emilio: * Twitter: https://twitter.com/eaescob * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilioesc/ * Emilio’s Newsletter: Developer First Security Where to Find Shomik: * Twitter: https://twitter.com/shomikghosh21 * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shomik-ghosh-a5a71319/ * Software Snack Bites Newsletter: https://www.shomik.substack.com * Software Snack Bites Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shomik.substack.com

    47 min

  2. 5 DÉC.

    Driving Growth in Design & AI - Caroline Mack (COO, Spline AI)

    This episode is a fit for anyone who’s interested in how to drive best of breed growth at companies like Spline AI, Canva, and many others. Caroline Mack is COO of Spline. Caroline previously was a Growth lead at Canva and worked in product & growth at companies like Tencent, DocuSign, Google, and TripAdvisor. In this episode, we cover tactical learnings about growth in the application layer and how AI is changing 3D design and driving value to users. We also cover product, growth, and pricing advice for all startups. Where to Find Caroline: * Twitter: https://x.com/Caroline_Huskey * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinehuskey/ Where to Find Shomik: * Twitter: https://twitter.com/shomikghosh21 * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shomik-ghosh-a5a71319/ * Software Snack Bites Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google. In this episode, we cover: (00:40) – Working at Startups Around the Globe (04:46) – Spline Overview (05:44) – Key Learnings from Canva (07:56) – How Canva Coupled Growth & Product Teams (09:02) – How Canva Utilizes Eng Support in All Functions (10:00) – Identifying Free Users With High Propensity to Convert to Paid (11:30) – Product Touch Points of Onboarding Customized to User Profiles (12:16) – Learnings Caroline Applies from Canva to Spline (14:10) – Affiliate Programs vs Allowing User Generated Content to Spread Freely (15:24) – Why Workflow Matters in AI (16:45) – Use Cases for 3D Design (19:15) – Spatial Environment Design Trends (21:28) – Positioning a Product to Benefit from AI Model Improvements (23:15) – Growth at Spline & Community Engagement (25:22) – Are AI Native Apps More Likely to Experience Spikey Usage (27:10) – How to Develop User Communities (28:48) – What Can Be Measured in Growth (30:30) – Growth vs Monetization Tradeoffs (32:45) – Pricing for AI Products (35:03) – A/B Testing Pricing Effectively (36:30) - 3D Design Future This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shomik.substack.com

    38 min

  3. 22 OCT.

    The Future of AI Agents - Joao Moura (CEO, CrewAI)

    For anyone who’s been curious about what AI Agents are, what they will do, and current deployed use cases at large enterprises, this is the podcast for you. Joao Moura is Founder & CEO of CrewAI, the leading multi-agent platform. He previously was Director of AI Engineering at Clearbit which was acquired by Hubspot. I’m also joined by my colleague Eliot Durbin at boldstart ventures. We are fortunate to partner with Joao as a founder in our portfolio! This episode dives deep into the multi-agent world talking about how agents work, the tech behind the scenes, unlocks that are coming to the ecosystem to push use cases forward, and what tangible ROI agents are delivering for enterprises today. We go deep into topics like memory & caching, robotic process automation, what foundation model leaps are enabling in the ecosystem, and how to complete complex tasks with multi-agents. Whether you’re technical or not, you’ll love this episode as everyone will be experiencing agents either first hand or behind the scenes. And I strongly believe if you learn how to use agents now, it’ll position you for success in the very near future. Where to Find Joao: * Twitter: https://x.com/joaomdmoura * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joaomdmoura/ Where to Find Eliot: * Twitter: https://x.com/etdurbin * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliotdurbin/ Where to Find Shomik: * Twitter: https://twitter.com/shomikghosh21 * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shomik-ghosh-a5a71319/ * Software Snack Bites Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google. In this episode, we cover: (02:00) – CrewAI Announcements: $18M raised from boldstart, Insight, Early Grey Capital, Craft Ventures, Andrew Ng, Dharmesh Shah; IBM Partnership, Celonis Partnership, New CrewAI course with Andrew Ng at DeepLearning AI w/ PWC Production Use Case (05:11) – Origins of CrewAI & What the Platform Does (10:24) – Early Enterprise Use Cases for Agents (12:50) – How Does Agent Reasoning Work (16:13) – LLMs vs RAG (18:30) – How Many Crews are Running Daily (19:50) – Building OSS in AI and How That Maps to Stakeholders Within Enterprises (21:33) – “Last Mile” Problem for AI Adoption in Enterprises (24:08) – Actual Product Use Cases in Enterprises (33:44) – What Multi-Agent Means (37:34) – Why AI Changes Economics for App & Feature Creation (40:45) – RPA vs Agents (43:06) – Biggest Unlock for Agent Adoption So Far (45:24) – Chain of Reasoning Impact on AI (49:45) – Enterprise Ready AI (53:00) – Multi-Modal Impact on Agents (55:00) – AI Wave vs Internet Wave (57:11) – Future of Agent Adoption This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shomik.substack.com

    59 min
  4. Tactical Lessons from Founding 3 Companies - Ryan Denehy (CEO, Electric AI)

    24 JUIL.

    Tactical Lessons from Founding 3 Companies - Ryan Denehy (CEO, Electric AI)

    For any founders or managers navigating go-to-market, strategy and org structure, this is the episode for you. Ryan Denehy is Founder & CEO of Electric AI, a leading SMB IT management platform. He previously founded two companies: Royalty Media (sold to USA Today) and Swarm (sold to Groupon). Ryan is never afraid to share detailed advice from his own journey and also from advising/investing in other founders. This episode is rich with insights on how to identify and execute pivots, matching product and go-to-market, and why company building relies on manual hard work at every stage. Ryan also shares lessons on hiring, layoffs, and changing company strategy even at scale. You can see why Ryan is one of my favorite people to talk with and connect founders to for advice from this episode! Where to Find Ryan: * Twitter: https://x.com/DenehyXXL * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryandenehy/ Where to Find Shomik: * Twitter: https://twitter.com/shomikghosh21 * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shomik-ghosh-a5a71319/ * Software Snack Bites Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google. In this episode, we cover: (00:58) – Ryan’s Entrepreneurship Background (04:00) – Pivoting & Selling Royalty Media to USA Today (07:45) – Industry Dynamics Around AdTech (10:03) – Selling Swarm to Groupon and Experiencing Peak of Growth (13:46) – Starting Electric AI Targeting SMBs (18:02) – Matching Go-To-Market to SMB ACVs & Velocity (20:12) – Why You Can’t Rely on Customer Referrals and Need to Cold Email / Call (22:25) – Lessons Brought from First 2 Companies to Starting Electric AI (26:15) – Founder Awareness Knowing How to Hire to Augment Weaknesses (29:12) – Hiring Player Coaches Early (30:40) – Changing the Business Model and Leadership at ~$50M ARR (33:26) – How to Prepare For and Manage Large Team & Strategy Changes (35:47) – Diagnosing Changes to Make in the R&D Org (38:37) – Managing Culture Through Team & Strategy Changes (41:37) – Applying AI to IT Ticket Comprehension & Process Automation (43:11) – Internal Vendor Consolidation and Diagnosing Real AI Use Cases (44:36) – Shadow IT Data Access & Controls (47:00) – Wrap Up This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shomik.substack.com

    48 min
  5. Frontier AI Research & Agents in the IDE - Madhav Singhal (AI Engineer, Replit)

    24 JUIN

    Frontier AI Research & Agents in the IDE - Madhav Singhal (AI Engineer, Replit)

    This episode is for builders experimenting in AI. We dive deep into technical aspects of agent based workflows, data models, and interesting new fundamental research. Madhav Singhal is a lead AI researcher at Replit focused on the frontier of what AI can enable for Replit users. In this episode, we dive into specific applications of models across code generation, testing, programming languages and more. We get fairly technical into how data maps to ML models and the types of agent based workflows that work today or may work in the future. We cover why focusing time on new model architectures may not be as relevant for founders to spend time on and how everything with new technology always maps to thinking about what solves the core problem efficiently. Enjoy this deep dive into the technical aspects of agent based workflows. Where to Find Madhav: * Twitter: https://x.com/madhavsinghal_ * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ms337/ Where to Find Shomik: * Twitter: https://twitter.com/shomikghosh21 * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shomik-ghosh-a5a71319/ * Software Snack Bites Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google. In this episode, we cover: (00:40) – What does Replit do? (02:40) – Tackling Data Bottlenecks and the Shape of the Data (05:50) – Evolution of LLM Usage & Orchestration (07:58) – Synthetic Data Use Cases (11:25) – Background Behind Replit’s Program Repair Agent (14:48) – Sampling Petabytes of Data a Day for ML (16:06) – Handling Models Across Programming Languages (17:12) – When to Pretrain Models and Use Smaller Models (21:53) – Narrower Problems Means Less Hallucinations (23:05) – Real-Time Inference (25:51) – How Madhav Allocates His Research Time (28:00) – Choosing Mixture of Experts or Model Merging Based on Product Use Case (30:00) – Multi-Modal Applicability for Code (33:25) – Why New Model Architectures Don’t Necessarily Benefit Users (34:46) – Binary Embeddings Improving Memory & Performance for Agents (36:18) – Agent Based vs CoPilot Approaches (38:45) – Replit’s Culture & How They Ship So Fast (41:57) – Simple vs Complex Agent Use Cases (43:56) – New Paradigm: IDE Specific Workflow Models (49:20) – Wrap Up Show Notes: IDE Specific Agent Workflows This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shomik.substack.com

    52 min

  6. 4 JUIN

    Scaling MongoDB from Employee #8 - Meghan Gill (SVP Sales Ops, MongoDB)

    This episode is perfect for those interested in tactical advice from seed stage to IPO around marketing tactics and sales compensation. Meghan Gill is SVP Sales Operations & Sales Development at MongoDB. She previously joined as employee #8 and has scaled with the org over the past 15 years. In this episode, we cover tactical learnings about early and scaled marketing & sales compensation approaches. We tackle how to incentivize sales teams and how educational content can be effective lead gen for an early go-to-market motion. Meghan also shares many anecdotes from the scaling journey at MongoDB with advice for founders along the way. Where to Find Meghan: * Twitter: https://x.com/meghanpgill?lang=en * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghanpgill/ Where to Find Shomik: * Twitter: https://twitter.com/shomikghosh21 * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shomik-ghosh-a5a71319/ * Software Snack Bites Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google. In this episode, we cover: (00:50) – Joining MongoDB as Employee 8 (04:37) – Moving from Marketing into Sales Ops (05:45) – Setting Appropriate Sales Compensation (07:08) – What Early MongoDB Got Right (08:30) – Early Criticism (10:27) – Do Things That Don’t Scale Moment (12:08) – Early Enterprise Customers (13:42) – Early NoSQL Messaging & Positioning (16:55) – What Meghan Would Tell Herself Back as Employee 8 (18:30) – Managing 3 Kids While Building Startups (19:50) – How Meghan Scaled Across Stages (24:10) – Incentivizing Reps with New Product Rollouts (26:20) – Focus Drives Efficiency (29:05) – Career Advice (31:00) – Early Marketing (33:13) – Early Pricing (34:18) – When to Make First RevOps Hire (36:42) – What Are Common Mistakes with Sales Quotas (39:45) – When to Adjust Sales Compensation (40:57) – Most Common Advice Meghan Gives Around Marketing (42:37) – Education Content as a Marketing Engine (44:00) – Wrap Up This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shomik.substack.com

    46 min

  7. 21 MAI

    A Canva Deep Dive - Sandy Kory (Partner, HorizonVC)

    For those curious about the $25B valued business of Canva, this episode is the deep dive you’ve been waiting for. Sandy Kory is the Founding Partner of HorizonVC, an early stage VC fund, and an angel investor in Canva. In this episode, we cover everything about the company. How it scaled to $2B ARR growing 50-60% while being cash flow positive, it’s unique product and go-to-market motion, and how AI will continue to drive the next leg of future growth. Sit back and enjoy this masterclass on Canva. Where to Find Sandy: * Twitter: https://x.com/sandykory * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandykory/ * Blog: https://sandykory.substack.com Where to Find Shomik: * Twitter: https://twitter.com/shomikghosh21 * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shomik-ghosh-a5a71319/ * Software Snack Bites Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google. In this episode, we cover: (00:37) – Canva’s Founding Story (06:38) – How Sandy Invested in Canva (08:50) – Canva’s Scale & Revenue Composition (11:30) – Canva’s Early Land Use Case (14:27) – Core Land Use Cases Today (17:45) – Becoming a Platform (19:47) – M&A Strategy (21:50) – Personas Who Use the Product (24:06) – TAM Estimate (28:34) – Competitive Landscape (31:15) – Pricing Model & User-Led Motion (36:30) – Distribution Channels (38:14) – Evaluating Canva’s Moats (42:10) – Australia’s Startup Ecosystem (44:25) – Future Product & Market Evolution for Canva (46:50) – Potential Risks Ahead (50:10) – Text to Video Product (52:22) – Wrap Up This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shomik.substack.com

    55 min

  8. 14 MAI

    How Enterprise Software Powers Capital Markets - Sid Bala (CIO, Data & Analytics, BNY Mellon)

    For those interested in learning about how tech powers capital markets and how enterprises approach digital transformation, this is the episode for you. Sid Bala is the CIO of Data & Analytics at BNY Mellon. He is also Head of Public Cloud at the bank. In this episode, we chat about how to approach enterprise scale transformations & architecture and taking a portfolio approach to using new and existing tech. We also cover the use cases for Generative AI and how data sharing advancements across enterprises will continue to change the landscape in the future. This is a great peek into how an enterprise leader is thinking about future use cases that enterprise software could help with. Where to Find Sid: * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coffeehead/ Where to Find Shomik: * Twitter: https://twitter.com/shomikghosh21 * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shomik-ghosh-a5a71319/ * Software Snack Bites Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google. In this episode, we cover: (00:40) – Sid’s Background in Enterprise Scale Tech Transformations (02:50) – “The Art of the Possible”: Shifting to the Cloud at Large Enterprises (08:41) – Justifying Large Scale Tech Modernization & Migrations (12:20) – Enterprise Architecture (13:30) – Knowing Your Own Identity (16:25) – BNY Mellon’s Data & Analytics Platform (19:17) – How Enterprise Can Learn From Startups (21:00) – When to Explore New Tech Vs Improve Existing Tech (24:17) – How Data Sharing Across Enterprises is Unlocking New Opportunities (25:54) – Shifting from the World of Math to World of Verbal with Generative AI (30:52) – Taking a Portfolio Approach to GenAI vs Current ML Use Cases (33:18) – Tying Innovation to Client Needs (34:38) – GenAI Unlocking Knowledge in Codebases & Shortening Code Review Cycles (38:32) – How Startups Can Effectively Sell to Enterprises (42:12) – What’s Coming Up for BNY Mellon Show Notes: BNY Mellon & Microsoft Strategic Alliance for Data & Analytics Platform BNY Mellon ML Trade Settlement Models This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shomik.substack.com

    44 min
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A podcast series exploring all things enterprise software. We'll interview experts from all areas of company building, the enterprise buyer perspective, investors viewpoints and deep dive into specific technology trends. shomik.substack.com

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  • Création
    Shomik Ghosh of boldstart ventures
  • Années d’activité
    2023 - 2024
  • Épisodes
    53
  • Classification
    Tous publics
  • Copyright
    © Shomik Ghosh
  • Site web de l’émission
    Software Snack Bites

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