Building the Next Layer of Innovation with Dhiraj Sharan

Building the Next Layer of Innovation with Dhiraj Sharan

Dhiraj Sharan, CEO and founder of Query.AI, joins me this week on Cloud Native Startup.


With a career that spans over 20 years in cybersecurity, Dhiraj has seen the swift adoption of multi-cloud environments and SaaS apps. In this episode, Dhiraj discusses the importance of evolving your product as the world changes and why you should ask yourself, “How can I be innovative for the next layer?” Dhiraj also gives his younger self advice on the cybersecurity game of chess and much more.

Highlights

  • What led Dhiraj to pursue Query.AI? (0:23)
  • Dhiraj shares ideas that he ultimately didn’t pursue (3:52)
  • The importance of evolving and the layers of innovation. (5:30)
  • The difference between being a founder and being an early employee. (8:52)
  • Advice Dhiraj would give himself if he could go back 20 years. (10:19)
  • Dhiraj’s advice on building a company. (11:52)
  • Security team budgets and creating an ROI calculator. (13:11)
  • Query.AI’s “unique” struggle. (18:47)
  • CSO’s general response to Query.AI. (20:03)
  • Dhiraj reflects on lessons learned and the importance of understanding your customer. (21:48)
  • Dhiraj on the entrepreneur in everyone. (23:32)


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