6. Diana Hu (Director of Engineering @Niantic, Inc.): Building relationships in the Augmented Reality field

Diana is starting a new (stealth) company. Previously she was the founder and CTO of Escher Reality, a YC startup acquired by Niantic. At Niantic, she was the head of the AR platform and led all AR initiatives in engineering and product. In the past, she built and led data science teams to bring research projects into production for "OnCue", a cloud television platform spun off from Intel and acquired by Verizon Labs.

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>>TIME FRAME<<

[0:50] About Diana

[7:15] What is Augmented Reality (AR)?

[9:17] Applications of AR

[12:55] First company: Escher Reality

[15:56] Acceptance to Y Combinator

[18:54] Most proud ventures

[21:11] Nurturing and developing communities

[23:56] Diana’s unique qualities

[25:49] About vulnerability

[30:12] Moments of fear as a founder

[31:10] Training tool and mindset for a founder

[32:35] Everyday routine

[33:33] Build company → Sell company → Build company

[35:15] Traits and qualities of founders whom Diana invested in

[36:54] Advice for first time founders

[40:15] Favorite books and podcasts

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>> ABOUT DIANA & MARIA <<

Connect with Diana through https://www.linkedin.com/in/sdianahu/

Connect with Maria through https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariasipka/

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>> MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE <<

Book: Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up - Jerry Colonna

Book: The Modernist Cuisine - Maxime Bilet and Nathan Myhrvold

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>> MUSIC <<

Quietly Confident Outlook - Stevens Grenga

Efficiency - Manuel Ochoa

Enjoy the Ride - Simon Pettersson