Identifying your internal champion & finding the right data/stories to sell into companies w/ Buchi Reddy Busi Reddy
Engineering Founders · 2023-05-25 · 41 min
Episode notes
Buchi Reddy Busi Reddy, Co-Founder & CEO @ Levo.ai , joins us to reveal how lessons learned as an eng leader at AppDynamics and other Silicon Valley experiences provided him with the skills & inspiration to co-found Levo.ai . We cover considerations for building security-focused products as a start-up; finding product-market fit & securing your first customers; identifying your product’s champion & finding the data / narratives that support your product; and pricing strategies. Additionally, Buchi shares his personal story of navigating the personal & logistical considerations of attaining an H1-B visa, providing valuable insight for any immigrant founders. ABOUT BUCHI REDDY BUSI REDDY Buchi is the CEO and co-founder of Levo.ai , which is on a mission to protect all the APIs and apps in the world to make the digital world more secure. Buchi is a domain expert in APM (Application Performance Management), Observability, distributed tracing and API security areas. He has built multiple enterprise SaaS products in his career. Buchi lives with his wife and son in Bay Area. Loves hiking and dad time.
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