Armon Dadgar, Co-founder HashiCorp - Changing Hats as a Founder

08/16/21 • 39 min

Big tech companies have their pros and cons; but compared to the freedom found in startups, the choice was a no-brainer for Armon.

In this episode, we interview Armon Dadgar, Co-founder and CTO at HashiCorp, about how his company gained success through a balanced relationship with the co-founder, seed money from trusted investors, and changing hats as the CTO to best fit the specific concerns of the quarter.

In this episode, we discuss:

Armon’s journey to startups & HashiCorp’s origin
Startup success & funding through friendship
Changing hats as a founder
The HashiCorp Employee Exchange and COVID-19 epiphanies
Building an open source business vs. open source project

Check out the resources below:

Shout out to HashiCorp Co-founder and best friend to Armon, Mitchell Hashimoto

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Big tech companies have their pros and cons; but compared to the freedom found in startups, the choice was a no-brainer for Armon.

In this episode, we discuss:

Armon’s journey to startups & HashiCorp’s origin
Startup success & funding through friendship
Changing hats as a founder
The HashiCorp Employee Exchange and COVID-19 epiphanies
Building an open source business vs. open source project

Check out the resources below:

Shout out to HashiCorp Co-founder and best friend to Armon, Mitchell Hashimoto

Listen to this and all of The Founder Formula episodes at Apple Podcasts , Spotify, or our website .

Listening on a desktop & can’t see the links? Just search for The Founder Formula in your favorite podcast player.

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Big tech companies have their pros and cons; but compared to the freedom found in startups, the choice was a no-brainer for Armon.
In this episode, we interview Armon Dadgar, Co-founder and CTO at HashiCorp, about how his company gained success through a balanced relationship with the co-founder, seed money from trusted investors, and changing hats as the CTO to best fit the specific concerns of the quarter.

Listen to this and all of The Founder Formula episodes through your favorite podcast platform or Trace3.com.