Karan Talati - CEO of First Resonance

01/14/21 • 30 min

The Rollercoaster Podcast with Nikunj Kothari

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 globalization very early in life
Shifting his focus from mechanical engineering to software in college
Being an early engineer at SpaceX and Sense360
How the rise in hardware startups led him to start First Resonance
Surviving 2020 and sharing what the future holds

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Being influenced by technology and globalization very early in life
Shifting his focus from mechanical engineering to software in college
Being an early engineer at SpaceX and Sense360
How the rise in hardware startups led him to start First Resonance
Surviving 2020 and sharing what the future holds

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Cristina Cordova - Platform & Partnerships at Notion

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 about her journey in leading partnership teams at various organizations. Some highlights being:

Growing up home alone from 7th grade to 9th grade
Love for debate club growing up and joining Stanford aiming to be a lawyer
Pivoting to tech by being an intern at Tapulous
Leaving Google to join Pulse as their first employee
Being the first business development hire at Stripe and her 7.5 year journey
Joining Notion this year to lead Platform and Partnerships

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