Call Your Founder: Insights from Startup Builders
On-Demand
23 mins
Watch Call Your Founder, a 3-part webinar series where former founders turned Rippling employees—share their firsthand experiences and insights from founding their own startups.
In this series, we explore:
- From Idea to Investment: Securing YC and VC Backing
How Vahid Fazel-Rezai transformed an idea into a YC-backed startup and secured venture capital funding - It's a Big Deal: The Startup Path to Acquisition
Nitin Aggarwal shares his experience of building RunX into a standout startup, navigating the complexities of acquisition, and successfully joining forces with Rippling. - Founder to Funder: Lessons from Building and Letting Go
Varun Saini reflects on the hard decisions of shutting down a business, the lessons learned along the way, and how these experiences now shape his perspective as an angel investor.
Whether you're building from scratch, scaling toward acquisition, or navigating your next big decision, Call Your Founder offers candid advice to help you succeed.
Vahid Fazel-Rezai
Co-founder & CTO, Overfit
Nitin Aggarwal
Co-founder & CTO, RunX
Varun Saini
Co-founder, Inference.io
Call Your Founder: Insights from Startup Builders
Watch Call Your Founder, a 3-part webinar series where former founders turned Rippling employees—share their firsthand experiences and insights from founding their own startups.
Play Video • 7:14
From Idea to Investment: Securing YC and VC Backing
Vahid Fazel-Rezai, founder and former CTO of Overfit, reveals how he transformed an idea into a YC-backed startup that secured venture capital funding. In this episode, Vahid shares insights from the early days of brainstorming and building, to navigating the YC application process, and ultimately pitching to investors.
Play Video • 6:38
It's a Big Deal: The Startup Path to Acquisition
Nitin Aggarwal, founder and former CTO of RunX, shares the journey of leading his startup to acquisition by Rippling. Nitin dives into the process of scaling RunX, the decision to join forces with Rippling, and how his team is contributing to the rapid growth of Rippling’s innovative product platform.
Play Video • 8:48
Founder to Funder: Lessons from Building and Letting Go
Varun Saini, founder of Inference.io, shares an unfiltered account of his journey from building an ambitious startup to navigating its unexpected challenges. In this episode, Varun reflects on the lessons learned and how these experiences shape his perspective as an angel investor today.
Play Video • 3:22
From Idea to Investment: Securing YC and VC Backing
Vahid Fazel-Rezai, founder and former CTO of Overfit, reveals how he transformed an idea into a YC-backed startup that secured venture capital funding. In this episode, Vahid shares insights from the early days of brainstorming and building, to navigating the YC application process, and ultimately pitching to investors.
Play Video • 7:14
From Idea to Investment: Securing YC and VC Backing
Vahid Fazel-Rezai, founder and former CTO of Overfit, reveals how he transformed an idea into a YC-backed startup that secured venture capital funding. In this episode, Vahid shares insights from the early days of brainstorming and building, to navigating the YC application process, and ultimately pitching to investors.
Play Video • 6:38
It's a Big Deal: The Startup Path to Acquisition
Nitin Aggarwal, founder and former CTO of RunX, shares the journey of leading his startup to acquisition by Rippling. Nitin dives into the process of scaling RunX, the decision to join forces with Rippling, and how his team is contributing to the rapid growth of Rippling’s innovative product platform.
Play Video • 8:48
Founder to Funder: Lessons from Building and Letting Go
Varun Saini, founder of Inference.io, shares an unfiltered account of his journey from building an ambitious startup to navigating its unexpected challenges. In this episode, Varun reflects on the lessons learned and how these experiences shape his perspective as an angel investor today.
