S6 Bonus: Raghav R S, Animaker

02/24/22 • 18 min

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Raghav was a product developer, starting a young age. He was creating interesting products for science exhibitions as a kid. Once, this professor asked him to do a cancer research project, which introduced him to the story of Steve Jobs and his entrepreneurial journey. He was highly influenced by this story, and still is today. In the early days, he focused more on the hardware side of computers. But, slowly over time, he was introduced to the coding side of things and found it a much more thriving ecosystem in India. Outside of tech, Raghav likes to watch movies... so much so, that he reviews movies for his friends, and tells them what to see or not see. His favorite movies of all time is Troy, but he did admit he saw Inception twice (mostly, so he could understand all of it). One day, Raghav found himself fed up with the lack of tools out there, when it came to videos, animations, etc. He got so fed up that he'd decided to build something to solve his problem... and for 14 million others.

This is the creation story of Animaker.

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Mentorcam March!

Happy Wednesday to all of you listeners.

First and foremost, thank you for being just that - a faithful listener. Thank you for tuning in to the show each week, I hope you are enjoying the amazing stories from the builders, founder and leader we have on the show.

As a thank you, we are doing something special in March. We are partnering with a new friend of ours, the folks over at Mentorcam. Mentorcam gives you access to high-profile advisors and experts for 1:1 advice on topics related to startups, tech and professional growth. These people are top-tier venture capitalists, founders that have raised hundreds of millions of dollars, and tech industry leaders that can help you in the areas of startups, fundraising, sales, growing your career and much more.

Because we appreciate our listeners so much, we are declaring that March is Mentorcam March on the Code Story podcast. Along side our regular release schedule, each Wednesday, we are going to be interviewing some of the top advisors on the platform, about the topics you know, you love, and you'd love to know more about.

What do you have to hear these amazing conversations? Other than stay tuned during the month of March, I would love it if you would check out Mentorcam today, by going to codestory.co/mentorcam and browse their list of experts.

Again, go to codestory.co/mentorcam, and check them out. And of course, stay tuned to the Code Story podcast each week, and especially on Wednesday's, to hear from some of the top mentors on the platform.

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S6 E7: Brian Vallelunga, Doppler

Brian Vallelunga loves to build things - products, companies, or silly things on the side. In Elementary school, he was asked by one of his friends, "why can't you put a movie on your phone?". This got Brian's mind racing, and he went home, ripped a movie into the specific format for his flip phone, and shared it immediately with his friend. Post that, he competed in science fairs, even at the state level. One of the projects, he built a craft that was lighter than a fingernail, and flew without wings or engines.

Brian led a portion of the engineering team at Uber, after inserting himself as an intern into the right meetings, which awarded him interesting projects. At the same time, he was building a crypto marketplace on the side, but struggling to get it launched. After taking a trip to reset, his mind kept coming back to a problem he faced while attempting to launch the marketplace - and it was surrounding managing environment variables and secrets. And his community of developers confirmed the need.

This is the creation story of Doppler.