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S10 Bonus: Anurag Goel, Render

Thu, 05 Sep 2024

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Anurag Goel grew up in New Delhi, but moved to Boston after college for his first job. He worked at Stripe, as the 8th employee, before eventually moving on and launching his current venture. Outside of tech, he is married, living in San Francisco. He likes to read science fiction, especially prior to bedtime. He also enjoys eating Thai food on the regular, though he mentioned he could eat pizza every day.Post leaving Stripe, Anurag decided to work on an ambitious problem, and he started doing this by building a bunch of stuff in many different domains. After noticing a common problem in building out Kubernetes, he decided to start a new business to abstract these problems, and allow builders to focus on the differentiating factors to their solutions.This is the creation story of Render.SponsorsSpeakeasyLinkshttps://render.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/anuragoel/Our Sponsors:* Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com* Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com* Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORYSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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1.218 - 26.999 Anurag Goyal

As soon as I got our first users onto the platform, I have always relied on their input and feedback. And obviously users have a specific, everyone on Render has a specific problem they're trying to solve. And sometimes they might come up with the solution itself, but it's our job to truly pull out the problem that they're trying to solve so we can solve it in the way that makes the most sense.

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27.759 - 43.836 Anurag Goyal

We have been obsessed about getting customer feedback every day. That has been, I think, the most influential piece on our roadmap. My name is Anurag Goyal, and I'm the founder and CEO at Render.

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47.059 - 79.966 Noah Labhart

This is CodeStory. A podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries. Who share what it takes to change an industry. Who built the teams that have their back. Keeping scalability top of mind. All that infrastructure was a pain. Yes, we've been fighting it as we grow. Total waste of time. The stories you don't read in the headlines. It's not an easy thing to achieve.

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80.066 - 109.666 Noah Labhart

Took off the shelf and dusted it off and tried to begin. To ride the ups and downs of the startup life. You need to really want it. It's not just about technology. All this and more on CodeStory. I'm your host, Noah Labhart. And today, Anirag Gold has built you the fastest path to production, from your first user to your billions. This episode is sponsored by Speakeasy.

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110.246 - 132.544 Noah Labhart

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132.884 - 153.313 Noah Labhart

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156.098 - 172.866 Noah Labhart

Anurag Goyal grew up in New Delhi, but moved to Boston after college for his first job. He worked at Stripe as the eighth employee before eventually moving on and launching his current venture. Outside of tech, he's married, living in San Francisco. He likes to read science fiction, especially prior to bedtime.

173.426 - 187.73 Noah Labhart

He also enjoys eating Thai food on the regular, though he mentioned he could eat pizza every day. Post leaving Stripe, Anurag decided to work on an ambitious problem. And he started doing this by building a bunch of stuff in many different domains.

188.63 - 205.125 Noah Labhart

After noticing a common problem in building out Kubernetes, he decided to start a new business to abstract these problems and allow builders to focus on the differentiating factors of their solutions. This is the creation story of Render.

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