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September 8, 2020 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am PDT
FreeA Founder’s Guide to Technical Architecture with Subbu Balakrishnan
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Topic:
You don’t need to be a technical founder to drive smart decisions on your technical architecture. Subbu Balakrishnan, CTO at Apres and a longtime technologist, explains the fundamentals of architecture — and the trade-offs startups founders must take at different stages of development.
Register now for insights on:
- Building Your Initial Stack
- Go-to-Market Models
- Innovating and Inerating
- Informed Risk-Taking
- Growth vs. Efficiency
Presenter:
Subbu Balakrishnan is the Co-founder/CTO of Apres, a recent graduate of TechStars Lisbon. Apres is a platform to build trust in AI through business-centric explanation of AI decisions
Subbu is also a consulting architect and technical advisor to various startups, a real-estate direct to consumer ecosystem (HelloHome), a shape intelligence platform for retail (RevShopp) and two other early stage ideas. Subbu’s most recent startup stint was to help to create the Customer Success practice at Keen.io, a leading event data analytics platform.
Subbu’s long career in technology leadership, spanning the agency world from Razorfish and AKQA, to founding venture-backed startups like Good&Co, led to his current role in working with startups and founders to bring their ideas to life.
Subbu holds a Master’s degree in EE from Boston University and is delighted that he still codes everyday. He currently resides in the Bay Area with his wife and family.
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