Yash Nelapati, First Hire at Pinterest
May 16, 2016
Welcome to Episode 33 of Products of the Mind. On this episode, I speak with Yash Nelapati, the first engineer hired at Pinterest.
“It’s just fun conversing with people, learning their story, what inspired them, what brought them here; Stories always inspire me.”
Whether a startup or big business, sometimes you just need a little luck to get things going. Yash tells us about his entrance into the tech industry after college, and how just being in the right places at the right times provided him with a noteworthy opportunity with a tiny startup called Pinterest.
Yash recalls some perhaps familiar hurdles for startups such as funding, finding a target market, and getting calls at midnight to fix things. This story is a great example of how a small no-name company can strike it big when the right people are behind the scenes (with a little luck, of course.)
All this and more today with Yash Nelapati.
Links from today’s episode:
Thanks for Checking Out Products of the Mind!
If you enjoyed today’s show, please share it by using the social media buttons you see at the top and bottom of this page.
Also, please consider taking the few seconds it takes to leave an honest review and rating for the podcast on iTunes. They’re very helpful when it comes to the ranking of the show and I read every one.
Finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or your favorite podcast app to get automatic updates every time a new episode goes live.
Here are instructions on how to subscribe, rate, and review the show in iTunes.
The Credits
Products of the Mind is produced by Mana Monzavi.
The illustration accompanying these show notes is by Whit Harris.
The theme music for this episode was provided by Le Chateau. The track name is “Bury You.” Go buy it on Soundcloud!
This episode and these show notes © 2016 David Lizerbram
