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Craig McLuckie. He\u2019s the founder and CEO of Heptio, a startup focused on making Kubernetes accessible enterprises. Prior to starting Heptio, Craig was a product manager at Google where he founded the Kubernetes project, launched Google compute engine and created The Cloud Native Computing Foundation that he also shared.

Famous Five:

• Favorite Book? \u2013 Influence
• What CEO do you follow? \u2013\xa0 Andrew Grove
• Favorite online tool? \u2014 Lever
• Do you get 8 hours of sleep?\u2014 No
• If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? \u2013 \u201cI wished my 20-year old self understood the importance of kindness\u201d

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Time Stamped Show Notes:

• 01:25 \u2013 Nathan introduces Craig to the show
• 01:55 \u2013 Kubernetes is a technology that is used to run applications in a production setting
• • 02:16 \u2013 The idea is to take the collective learning that Google instilled over the last decade of building and running applications
• 02:35 \u2013 Kubernetes is an open-source technology
• 02:53 \u2013 Kubernetes is being widely adopted by enterprises but there are still some gaps
• 03:16 \u2013 Heptio\u2018s job is to make Kubernetes more accessible to a broad array of developers
• 03:47 \u2013 Heptio generates revenue through support, training and professional service and consultancy
• 04:25 \u2013 Heptio is currently on pre-product revenue
• 04:50 \u2013 By providing Heptio\u2019s professional service, they connect with customers and understand where the key gaps are
• 05:12 \u2013 Heptio has raised $8.5M
• 05:20 \u2013 The people backing Heptio
• 06:17 \u2013 Nathan simplifies Kubernetes\u2019 description
• 07:50 \u2013 Craig explains how Kubernetes actually works in applications
• 09:07 \u2013 Heptio wants to present the perfect idea of how machines should be operating
• 09:23 \u2013 Kubernetes provided the steps from thinking about virtual infrastructure to logical infrastructure
• 09:49 \u2013 At Heptio, they bring the idea of logical infrastructure to companies everywhere so they can experience a better way to decode without worrying about the difficult task of configuring
• 10:22 \u2013 Heptio also helps companies organize themselves around the technology
• • 10:53 \u2013 It is like helping people stack the bricks of technology
• 11:58 \u2013 John and Craig started Kubernetes in Google and they had successes in the past
• 12:20 \u2013 Craig demonstrated clearly the product market fit for Kubernetes so they were able to raise $8.5M
• 12:40 \u2013 Craig has spent time with the community
• 13:10 \u2013 Craig quantifies the adoption of Kubernetes
• 13:50 \u2013 The Famous Five

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3 Key Points:

• Kubernetes is an open source technology that is used to run applications in a production setting.
• Demonstrating your product\u2019s market CLEARLY can lead to investors believing and trusting your product.
• Remember the importance of being kind.

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Resources Mentioned:

• Acuity Scheduling \u2013 Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments
• Drip \u2013 Nathan uses Drip\u2019s email automation platform and visual campaign builder to build his sales funnel
• Toptal\xa0\u2013 Nathan found his development team using Toptal for his new business Send Later. He was able to keep 100% equity and didn\u2019t have to hire a co-founder due to the quality of Toptal
• Host Gator\xa0\u2013 The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible.
• Audible\xa0\u2013 Nathan uses Audible when he\u2019s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books.
• The Top Inbox\xa0 \u2013 The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens, and follow-up with email sequences
• Jamf \u2013 Jamf helped Nathan keep his Macbook Air 11\u201d secure even when he left it in the airplane\u2019s back seat pocket
• Freshbooks \u2013 Nathan doesn\u2019t waste time so he uses Freshbooks to send out invoices and collect his money. Get your free month NOW
• Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives