Episode 12
With Mohit Aron, CEO & Founder of Cohesity
By Ashu Garg
07.10.2019
Two-time founder Mohit Aron tells me how blueprints and checklists can guide your startup in its earliest stages.
Mohit Aron followed the siren song of entrepreneurship in 2009. He co-founded Nutanix, now worth billions, then founded and is CEO of second-storage company Cohesity, which has a billion-dollar valuation. So yeah, this is a guy who knows how to get a startup off the ground. Mohit gives me his blueprint and checklists for startup success and leadership hires. If your company is in the very early stages, you’ll want to listen to this one.
Building a company is like building a structure. There has to be a solid and stable foundation in place before you build the rest or else the whole thing crumbles.
The Blueprint (figure this out before your company is formed):
As a technical founder, Mohit thought non-technical and technical hires were the same. They are not. Now, he has a three-phase checklist that potential hires must meet to be considered.
Recruiting is expensive, but hiring the wrong person costs even more. Don’t cut corners.
Published on 07.10.2019
Written by Ashu Garg