As a leader, you are always making choices. Even when you think you have no choice. And if you are unable to make a decision, you are choosing to stay in a state of indecision. The only question is - are your choices taking you where you want to go? I am Sumit Gupta, and this is "Choosing Leadership" - a podcast for high performers with big dreams - who know deep inside that there is more. This is a podcast for people who know they are more powerful than the level they are currently playing. ...
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The Data Engineering Show is a podcast for data engineering and BI practitioners to go beyond theory. Learn from the biggest influencers in tech about their practical day-to-day data challenges and solutions in a casual and fun setting. SEASON 1 DATA BROS Eldad and Boaz Farkash shared the same stuffed toys growing up as well as a big passion for data. After founding Sisense and building it to become a high-growth analytics unicorn, they moved on to their next venture, Firebolt, a leading hig ...
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The Indian Silicon Valley Podcast is a series of intricate conversations with Founders, Investors and Domain Experts from India's flourishing startup ecosystem, with the hope to decode the learnings from building legendary institutions. The mission of this Podcast is to democratise the knowledge to building a truly spectacular Company! Stay Tuned for an Episode each Sunday as your Host - Jivraj Singh Sachar brings to your some phenomenal conversations! Feel Free to Reach Out - jivrajsinghsac ...
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Leadership Journeys [238] - Saasha Celestial-One - "Every dollar that you spend is a vote for the world that you wanna live in"
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Is Self-Service BI a False Promise? Lei Tang of Fabi.ai Thinks So
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21:07Explore the future of AI-powered business intelligence with Lei Tang, CTO and Co-founder of Fabi.ai, as he discusses the evolution from traditional self-service BI to "Vibe-analytics." Learn how AI is transforming data accessibility, enabling anyone to perform sophisticated analytics without deep technical expertise. From building trust in AI-gener…
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Leadership Journeys [237] - Anant Agarwal - " Sales is vanity. Profit is sanity, and cash is reality. "
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Leadership Journeys [236] - Jason Foster - "People do their best work when they feel safe to disagree."
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Leadership Journeys [235] - Jonathan Brun - "Anything valuable and lasting takes time to build."
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31:33This is the Leadership Journey series on the Choosing Leadership Podcast. In this episode, Jonathan Brun—Founder and CEO of mnemonic—shares what it really takes to build a company that lasts. Far from the glamorized startup hustle, Jonathan’s journey is a masterclass in patience, consistency, and values-driven leadership. He opens up about competin…
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Leadership Journeys [234] - Siddhi Joshi - "Being a CEO & the only female employee was adventurous"
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Building Uber's AI Assistant: How Genie Revolutionizes On-Call Support with Paarth Chothani from Uber
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25:31Journey inside Uber's innovative AI assistant "Genie" with Paarth Chotani, Staff Engineer at Uber, as he shares how they're revolutionizing on-call support using LLMs and vector search. From processing massive amounts of internal documentation to building scalable RAG pipelines, discover how Uber tackles the challenges of implementing AI assistants…
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Leadership Journeys [233] - Bidhan Baruah - " I spend 70% of my time in one-on-ones with my teams"
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Leadership Journeys [232] - Craig Dunham - " You can be direct and transparent without being mean."
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Leadership Journeys [231] - Crafting a Meaningful Legacy: KK Gupta's Leap into Entrepreneurship
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Leadership Journeys [230] - Puneet Shivam - "Every critical choice is the beginning of an action set."
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Leadership Journeys [229] - Akhil Shahani - "Your mind wants to be challenged"
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Leadership Journeys [228] - James Jackson - " Our culture is being humble and not having egos."
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From Zero to 100M Users: Inside Notion’s Data Stack and AI Strategy with Sumit Gupta
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22:13AI's transformative impact on data engineering and analytics is reshaping how professionals create value, shifting focus from technical skills to strategic thinking and communication. In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, the bros talk with Sumit Gupta, Lead BI Engineer at Notion, about his journey through prominent tech companies, modern d…
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Leadership Journeys [227] - MJ - " Today's leaders must think beyond their companies for larger community impact."
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Leadership Journeys [226] - Tessa Clarke - "The current system is profoundly and fundamentally broken"
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Leadership Journeys [225] - Lamar J Romero - " The entrepreneurial journey is about leaving some kind of a mark on the world"
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Leadership Journeys [224] - Viktor Pryshlyak - " If you don't know how to sell, you probably won't succeed"
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Leadership Journeys [223] - Kevin Kilty - " In six months of a startup, I learned more than 10 years in investment banking"
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How Rising Wave Is Redefining Real-Time Data with Postgres Power
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31:35In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, host Benjamin and co-host Eldad sit with Yingjun Wu, founder and CEO of Rising Wave, to explore the evolution of stream processing systems and the innovations his company is bringing to the space. What you’ll learn: Yingjun's journey from academic research in stream processing to founding Rising Wave, a…
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Leadership Journeys [222] - Heather Udo - " I was taught to work hard for what I want at an early age"
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Leadership Journeys [221] - James Kellett - " It makes more sense investing and then founding rather than the other way round."
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Revolutionizing Data Governance with DataStrato’s Unified Open Source Approach
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23:36In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, the bros sit with Lisa Cao, Product Manager at DataStrato, to explore data catalogs and Apache Gravitino, a unified metadata lake used to manage access and perform data governance for all data sources. What You’ll Learn: How Apache Gravitino differs from others like Unity catalog and Polaris by being ab…
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Leadership Journeys [220] - Rupesh Sanghavi - " There are no set rules for life other than what you have set for yourself."
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Leadership Journeys [219] - Anders Jones - " What got you here is not going to get you to the next level"
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Leadership Journeys [218] - Kjetil Kriken - " My strength is finding strengths in other people"
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Database Technology in the Age of AI with DuckDB Labs co-creator Hannes Mühleisen
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30:52In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, host Benjamin and co-host Eldad sit with CEO DuckDB Labs and co-creator DuckDB, Hannes Mühleisen. Together, they: Talk about the journey of DuckDB, an open-source analytical database system designed as a universal wrangling tool. Explain how DuckDB differs from SQLite, highlighting the analytical and tr…
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Leadership Journeys [217] - James O Sullivan - " I pride myself on communication"
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Leadership Journeys [216] - Kaushik Burman - " Pick up the phone—hearing a voice builds empathy and resolves conflicts better than any message ever could."
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Leadership Journeys [215] - Grant Ballard-Tremeer - "A different opinion doesn't mean they're wrong and I'm right."
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Leadership Journeys [214] - Sanne Wolters-Verstegen - "Do your best with what you can control, and let go of what you can't."
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Leadership Journeys [213] - Srikant Chellappa - " Every CEO has a boss"
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AI and Data Movement: Trends and Best Practices with Estuary’s Daniel Pálma
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30:33In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, the bros sit with Daniel Pálma, Head of Marketing at Estuary. Join them as they: Talk about Daniel’s career transition from data engineering to marketing and how his background in data engineering has been a tremendous help to his marketing competence. Discuss the role of AI in the evolution of data mov…
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Leadership Journeys [212] - Ritu Mohanka - " Leadership is about the constant thing between power and love, push and pull, hard and human, and grit and grace"
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Leadership Journeys [211] - Georgios Syntellis - " Intuition comes with experience. Experience means I've messed it up 300 times."
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Leadership Journeys [210] - Christine Miller - "People are reluctant about Love because they're scared."
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Leadership Journeys [209] - Yuriy Adamchuk - "Mindfulness and movement grounds me"
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Leadership Journeys [208] - Amar Mistry - "There is no better feeling than knowing your work impacts people"
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AI and Data Change Management with Chad Sanderson, CEO Gable AI
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36:43In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, host Benjamin and co-host Eldad sit with Chad Sanderson, CEO and co-founder of Gable AI to explore the interesting world of data change management. Join them as they: Delve into challenges of data quality, how it degrades over time and the one-sided data quality checks on the “last mile” of the data sup…
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Leadership Journeys [207] - Sug Sahadevan - "I want to create more than just a business"
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Leadership Journeys [206] - Mark McDermott - "If you're going to do something big, give it space and room"
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Leadership Journeys [205] - Simon Hill - "The world is deeply stuck in a mindset drilled into people by business schools."
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Leadership Journeys [204] - Harald Røine - "Nothing in the world means anything. It just exists"
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E199 - Nithin Kamath: The 10,000 Crore Comeback After the Toughest Year
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1:33:13In this milestone episode, we sit down with Nithin Kamath, the founder and CEO of Zerodha, to uncover the untold secrets behind building India’s largest broking platform. Nithin shares his incredible journey of scaling Zerodha into a billion-dollar empire while remaining bootstrapped, customer-first, and uncompromising on values.From navigating per…
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Leadership Journeys [203] - Maulik Sailor - "Disruption is always a possibility in any industry."
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E198 - ₹250 Crore in 2 Years: How NewMe Reinvented Women’s Fashion in India - Sumit Joria, Co-founder
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1:49:28In this episode, we sit down with Sumit Joria, the co-founder and CEO of NewMe, one of India's fastest-growing fashion brands redefining how young Indian women shop. Sumit shares the untold story behind NewMe's success, revealing the bold decisions, innovative strategies, and consumer-first philosophy that have made the brand a household name among…
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Leadership Journeys [202] - Viktor Underwood - "When you share your deepest fears openly, you get the absolutely best ideas from the team."
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E197 - India's Health CRISIS: What's Going Wrong and How to Fix It - Prashant Desai, Stanford
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1:50:04In this episode, we sit down with Prashant Desai, a seasoned business leader, investor, and health influencer, to uncover why Indians are sicker than ever before and how to fix it. With over three decades of experience in business and investing—including his role as Managing Director at Everstone—Prashant brings a unique perspective to the health c…
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Tech Stacks and Tradeoffs: Xudo's Founder on Picking the Right Tools for BI Success
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24:56Wouter Trappers is the founder of Xudo and shares his slightly unconventional path from philosopher to data consultant with the Bros in this latest episode of The Data Engineering Show. Wouter’s grounding in philosophy has proved to be a shaping influence on his approach to business intelligence. Much more than just a software solution, for Wouter,…
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Leadership Journeys [201] - Mathias Wikström - "I started thinking I knew a lot, only to realize how much I still have to learn."
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