Category: Excellence In Action

In this episode of The Platform Journey, Avanish sits down with Warren Chen, Head of Ecosystem Partnerships & Developer Success at Canva.

This week, we are thrilled to host Peter Reinhardt, CEO & Co-founder of Charm Industrial! Charm Industrial is working to return the atmosphere to 280 ppm CO₂. The company designs, builds, and operates a fleet of mobile fast pyrolyzers that convert agriculture and forest biomass residues into bio-oil for use in carbon removal and direct-reduced-iron […]

Avanish has a conversation with Laura Padilla, VP of Global Partners and Services at Airtable, to find out how you really nail building out partnerships. Laura Padilla is a veritable expert in the field, with experience at a number of companies that have scaled platform and partnerships. Throughout the conversation, she and Avanish impart wisdom […]

Building a platform company is about much more than just opening up a few APIs.  HubSpot co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah shares with show host Avanish Sahai the tough decisions, conflict navigation, and focus on core values – being a joy to partner with, solving for the customer, openness and transparency – which enabled his […]

Guest Tom Shea, founder and CEO of OneStream Software, sits down with show host Avanish Sahai to talk all things platform and ecosystem. OneStream Software is a company that helps its customers make sense of the data in their ERP systems. Tom calls this the notion of “financial intelligence” which helps CEOs, CFOs, and others […]

Host Avanish Sahai invites Stephen Hurrell of Ventana Research to discuss some of the financial considerations involved in creating a successful ecosystem. Stephen brings his expertise to the table with valuable insights about evolving sales motions, how to consider revenue allocation in partnerships, and creating internal management systems that provide a holistic view of a […]

Insights and perspectives for product leaders from expert Chief Product Officer Matt Kaplan.

What does it really take to build a platform? Guidewire Software CEO Mike Rosenbaum talks with show host Avanish Sahai on the patience and determination required to take your company on the platform journey. Mike shares the first-hand knowledge, and passion, he has developed for platform building throughout his time at both Salesforce and Guidewire […]

Tidemark Founder Dave Yuan interviews Jesse Pujji, co-Founder and former CEO of Ampush, and Founder/CEO of Gateway X.