The Rollercoaster Podcast with Nikunj Kothari

The Rollercoaster Podcast with Nikunj Kothari

A series where you hear real stories from innovators and pioneers describing the ups and downs of their career. Hosted by Nikunj Kothari. Learn more at rollercoaster.life Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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January 21, 2021 42 mins

Kevin is the founder of immi, a company that is making healthy nutritious instant ramen. Prior to this, Kevin was a venture capitalist at Pear and a product manager at AltSchool + Kabam. In this episode, Kevin talks about his journey to founding immi. Some highlights being:

- Gaming and learning how to meet strangers online
- Shifting his focus from investment banking and becoming a PM at Kabam
- Moving to the worl...

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In this episode, Nikunj chats with Karan Talati. Karan is the CEO of First Resonance, a company that is developing the next-generation manufacturing software platform for modern manufacturers . Prior to this, Karan was the first engineer at Sense360 and before that an engineer at SpaceX. In this episode, Karan talks about his journey to founding First Resonance. Some highlights being:

  • Being influenced by technology and globaliza...
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For this episode, Nikunj chats with Cristina (@cjc). Cristina currently leads the platform and partnerships team at Notion. Prior to this, Cristina was at Stripe where she joined as the first business development hire and the 28th employee. Over her seven years there, she ended up growing her team, leading partnerships overall, and also leading efforts on new products like corporate card.

In this episode, Cristina talks ab...

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December 1, 2020 50 mins

For this episode, Nikunj chats with Nish Bhat (@nterminus). Nish was most recently working at Color Genomics where he was one of four cofounders. Prior to that, Nish worked as a software engineer at Lookout.

In this episode, Nish talks about his journey to founding Color Genomics. Some highlights being:

  • Love for entomology and biology growing up
  • Wanting to become an academic biologist
  • Transition to being a software engine...
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November 9, 2020 23 mins

For today's episode, we chat with Sheila Vashee (@sheilavashee). Sheila works as a partner and venture capitalist at Basis Set Ventures. Prior to this, she was the vice president of Growth at Opendoor and the second marketing hire at Dropbox. 

In this episode, Sheila talks about her incredible journey. Some highlights being:

  • Starting a brownie company at age 8
  • Becoming an investment banker after her undergrad in col...
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October 19, 2020 36 mins

For today's episode, we chat with Wes Donohoe (@wesperience). Wes recently transitioned to working on special projects at One Medical after serving as their Vice President of Product for four years. Prior to this, he was the head of product at Shyp and previously head of product at Live Nation Labs. 

In this episode, Wes talks about all his incredible ventures:

  • Being scuba certified for free at age 12
  • Starting his b...
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