Neha Narkhede

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Dec 8, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
Narkhede: Confluent was founded four years after Kafka was open-sourced
“So this conference started four years after Apache Kafka was open sourced and became successful and It was very much an organic decision.”
Neha Narkhede Dec 8, 2023 ▶ 5:16 Winning with open and closed source products | Neha Narkhede (Co-founder at Confluent and Oscilar)
Dec 8, 2023
Disclosure
Narkhede: Pre-validated Oscilar by pitching Figma prototypes to 80 risk executives
“Set up meetings with about 70 or 80 different buyers who are, you know, heads of risk. At different companies in different industry verticals and literally sort of showed them a Figma prototype of what they would be using if they were to use a product like Oce…”
Neha Narkhede Dec 8, 2023 ▶ 1:04:22 Winning with open and closed source products | Neha Narkhede (Co-founder at Confluent and Oscilar)
Dec 8, 2023 positive
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Narkhede: Commercial open-source requires all project creators to found together
“For the success of an open source company, all the creators should be part of it. And when that doesn't happen, you have two companies and they're competing on things they shouldn't be competing on, which mostly comes down to pricing and it's just a race to th…”
Neha Narkhede Dec 8, 2023 ▶ 27:00 Winning with open and closed source products | Neha Narkhede (Co-founder at Confluent and Oscilar)
Dec 8, 2023 bearish
Disclosure
Narkhede: Passed on Customer 360 Startup Idea Due to Crowded Market
“There was one other, maybe problem space again, sort of drawing on my experience, which is a helping companies build like a customer three 60 product where you have like a central platform to tap into, to understand your customer usage patterns, your customer …”
Neha Narkhede Dec 8, 2023 ▶ 1:05:34 Winning with open and closed source products | Neha Narkhede (Co-founder at Confluent and Oscilar)
Dec 8, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Narkhede: Kafka was built only after finding no existing streaming platforms
“We actually began by researching the market to see if anyone had built something like that. So definitely wasn't the preference to build Apache Kafka, but when we realized that nothing else existed, we decided to take the leap and start Apache Kafka, open sour…”
Neha Narkhede Dec 8, 2023 ▶ 3:33 Winning with open and closed source products | Neha Narkhede (Co-founder at Confluent and Oscilar)
Dec 8, 2023 negative
Disclosure
Narkhede: Chose closed-source SaaS for Oscilar to avoid hybrid software headaches
“I specifically chose a company that would be entirely different. You know, the reasons are like, A, one is just simplicity. You know, you kind of have the experience you've had already balancing building a software business and a SaaS business and trying to ba…”
Neha Narkhede Dec 8, 2023 ▶ 1:01:36 Winning with open and closed source products | Neha Narkhede (Co-founder at Confluent and Oscilar)
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