Chirag Mahapatra - Co-Founder of Blaze, and Trooly: Succeeding as a tech entrepreneur

"Chirag is a co-founder of Blaze. At Blaze, he focuses on Product and Tech with the goal to build the best Customer Experience Platform for web3 companies.

Previously, he was an Engineering Manager at Facebook supporting teams solving problems in privacy and infrastructure in the Growth org. Prior to this, he was leading the Membership and Authentication Infra teams at Airbnb. He also had stints in the Identity and Risk teams while at Airbnb. Before that, he worked at Trooly (acquired by Airbnb), Amazon and Goldman Sachs.

His interests lie in uncovering insights from large scale data with applications in social media and trust and safety. He also has broader interests in innovation and entrepreneurship. He pursued grad studies at University of Chicago and UC Berkeley and undergrad studies at NITK, Surathkal."

This was another fun conversation with a brilliant mind. Listen-in if you're thinking of starting your own tech start-up and want to learn how someone succeeds in this space