12 දෙනෙක්ගෙන් පටන්ගත්ත WSO2 | Sanjiva Weerawarana

ලංකාව වගේ රටක software company එකක් දාන්න පුළුවන් කියලා හිතන්නවත් බැරි කාලෙක සාමාජිකයෝ 12 දෙනෙකු එක්ක පටන් අරගෙනෙ මේ වෙද්දි ලෝකේ පුරා offices තියෙන, 700ක් විතර employee strength එකක් තියෙන, සමාගමක් නිර්මාණය කරපු visionary leader කෙනෙක් තමා අපේ අලුත්ම සෙනසුරු අතුරුදහන් podcast එකට ආවේ. ඒ තමා WSO2 සමාගමේ CEO සහ Founder සංජීව වීරවරණ. Entrepreneur කෙනෙක් වෙන්න හීන දකින ඔයා බලන්නම ඕනෑ podcast එකක් මේක. එහෙම නම් එකතු වෙන්න Neon එක්ක!

A visionary leader who founded a company with just 12 members at a time when establishing a software company in a country like Sri Lanka seemed unthinkable, now has offices all over the world and an employee base of about 700. That leader is Sanjeeva Weerawarana, CEO and Founder of WSO2. He recently appeared on our latest ‘Senasuru Athurudahan’ podcast. This is a must-watch podcast for anyone dreaming of becoming an entrepreneur. If that's you, join Neon

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:01 - History of WSO2
03:58 - Started with 12 employees
05:01 - I'm still coding
05:26 - An entrepreneur is a risk manager
07:04 - Learn, get experiences, then be an entrepreneur
10:24 - About ownership
11:20 - Every employee is a partner in WSO2
12: 35- Investors' mission and company valuation
14:15 - I have pitched to over 150 companies for funding
15:56 - How to grow in the tech industry as a Sri Lankan firm
17:35 - Startup concept in 2005
22:08 - Sri Lanka has more tech employees than India as a percentage of the population
28:10 - Service companies and Sri Lanka
33:36 - Sanjeeva’s perspective about the “brain drain”
36:36 - I was an Uber driver
39:22 - About “Avinya Foundation”

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