EP 170 : Being a 5x Entrepreneur - Abhishek Nayak (CEO & Co-founder, Appsmith) | Idea to product to company | Pivots and Exits

Abhishek Nayak is a serial entrepreneur and has started up 5 times and currently the Co-founder and CEO of Appsmith,  a startup that helps companies build customized applications. In this episode he spoke about how he finds the resolve to startup each time, what tricks he uses to prevent himself from burning out, how to find a remarkable idea to startup on and more in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa. Topics: 00:00 Introduction 01:24 Being a Serial Entrepreneur 02:39 Lessons along the way 04:28 Making the decision to exit  07:08 How to prevent burn out 11:23 Building a startup crew 14:57 Why did Abhishek start Appsmith 17:38 Finding a great Idea 19:15 Going from idea to product to company 22:07 What is AppSmith and what are its use cases? 23:51 The low code/no code revolution 26:02 How does Appsmith's customer acquisition work? 27:42 Nuances of selling to developers 29:23 Building a developer community 30:53 Future of AppSmith 32:10 Breaking into the enterprise market 33:07 How is Abhishek preparing for the next leap forward? 34:59 Books and Podcast recommendations ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Abhishek : Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhisheknayak/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/arey_abhishek ------------------------------------- Connect with Us:  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup ------------------------------------- If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message