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Ep. 3 - From Startup Fixer to Founder: Finding Your Path Through the Unknown With Sagar Shukla
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In Episode 3, Han and Hitesh sit down with Sagar Shukla, CEO of Foresight. Sagar shares his journey from being employee #10 at DealCloud through its acquisition and IPO, to eventually starting his own company. In this episode, he discusses how navigating through brutal client demands and data disasters taught him resilience, why advocating for himself revealed when it was time to leave, and what it really means to be a "finder" rather than a founder in the startup world.
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1. Ep. 3 - From Startup Fixer to Founder: Finding Your Path Through the Unknown With Sagar Shukla (00:00:00)
2. Introduction (00:00:15)
3. Sagar's Background (00:01:11)
4. Challenges at Early Stage Companies (00:05:24)
5. Managing Difficult Clients (00:08:16)
6. Not Quitting When The Going Gets Tough (00:11:58)
7. The Darkside of Being the "Fixer" (00:16:33)
8. Know Your Worth (00:21:13)
9. The Three Signs You're Ready to Start a Company (00:23:30)
10. The Value Gap (00:25:57)
11. Finding not Founder and Building Resilience (00:30:39)
12. Roads Versus Paths (00:34:42)
13. Wrap Up (00:40:10)
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