Shashwat Sehgal has been in the tech industry broadly for 15 years. He started out as an engineer, but eventually, worked his way towards product and the business side. Outside of tech, he enjoys spending time with his family. He's into sports, loves to play tennis, but admits he hasn't played pickle ball yet because the courts are always booked. He also enjoys reading, in particular historical narratives or autobiographies.In his prior years, Shashwat noticed that developers spend a large amount of time securing business assets in the cloud. He dreamt of a world where this was just an abstraction layer on top of the cloud, making it easier for developers to complete the task.This is the creation story of P0 Security.SponsorsP0 SecuritySpeakeasyQA WolfSnapTradeLinks https://p0.dev/https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashwatsehgal/Our Sponsors:* Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com* Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORYSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Our very first deployable version of a product which we put in the hands of an actual customer was probably within three months of when we started. By February of 2023, we had our first customer deployment. It worked, thankfully, and we were able to close that customer contract by March or April of 2023.
And ever since then, it's been a stream of, okay, let's find another customer that looks like the last customer we closed and make sure the MVP works for their specific environment. I'm Shashwat Sehgal. I'm the co-founder and CEO at P0 Security.
This is CodeStory. A podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries. Six months of moonlighting. There's nothing at the back end. Who share what it takes to change an industry. I don't exactly know what to do next. It took many goes to get right. Who built the teams that have their back. The company is its people. The teams help each other achieve. Most proud of our team.
Keeping scalability top of mind. All that infrastructure was a pain. Yes, we've been fighting it as a group. Total waste of time. The stories you don't read in the headlines. It's not an easy thing to achieve. Took it off the shelf and dusted it off and tried it again. To ride the ups and downs of the startup life. You need to really want it. It's not just about technology.
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With over 100 five-star reviews on G2 and customer testimonials from SalesLoft, Grotta, and Autotrader, you're in good hands. Join the Wolfpack at QAwolf.com. Shashwat Sehgal has been in the tech industry broadly for 15 years. He started out as an engineer, but eventually worked his way towards product and the business side. Outside of tech, he enjoys spending time with his family.
He's into sports, loves to play tennis, but admits he hasn't played pickleball yet because the courts are always booked. He always enjoys reading, in particular, historical narratives and autobiographies. In his prior years, Shashwat noticed that developers spend a large amount of time securing business assets in the cloud.
He dreamt of a world where this was just an abstraction layer on top of the cloud, making it easier for developers to complete the task. This is the creation story of P0 Security.
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