1:00- Growing up in Iran
3:00- Getting into log analysis
3:55- An international market and the problem with sanctions
5:22- Getting into computers
8:45- Transitioning to software from hardware
12:03- “I’m actually good at this computer thing, so I’m just going to put all my energy into this”
12:45- When business and entrepreneurship came into the picture
14:40- Writing and selling computer programs
19:00- Moving to Europe
20:29- A big lesson
21:27- The hay-day of being a computer programmer
22:04- Getting the itch to build something yourself
24:00- Being a product person and not enjoying the sales/marketing side of things
26:26- Starting an official company
30:17- “The money that was coming in wasn’t enough to be worth it.”
31:57- Starting a social search engine
34:03- Realizations
36:12- Running out of money
37:42- Recovering
38:14- Leaving banking and thinking about personal values
41:38- Moving to San Francisco
42:18- The idea for Cloud66
47:29- Changing the business model
49:05- Figuring out the economics for Cloud66- Learning from others’ mistakes
51:22- Focusing on the business side of things to stay sustainable and not getting distracted by “the next shiny tool”
53:23- The intriguing part about building and creating something
55:02- Balancing building things and running a company
55:57- “What is my job as the CEO?”
57:10- Letting the calendar run your life- blocking off times just to think
58:30- The next year for Cloud66
59:36- Investing heavily in containerization technology
1:02:30- “Companies do die, but engineers don’t”
1:04:56- The benefit of selling tools to engineers
Getting in touch with Khash: cloud66.com, @khash, khash@cloud66.com
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