Episode description
In 2017, Rasmus Makwarth sold his previous APM (Application Performance Managment) startup Opbeat to Elastic for an undisclosed amount. Opbeat became Elastic APM, which became a big part of the Elastic Observability solution and Rasmus became Senior Director of Product Management - with a focus on Developer Experience.
Today, Rasmus is the founder and CEO of Bucket.co - a feature flagging tool built for B2B teams. Bucket has raised $5.7m from investors such as Project A and Creandum.
We dig into:
- The realities of fundraising on a deadline
- The role of San Francisco in fundraising - do you need to be there?
- How exit opportunities can come from unexpected sources and the importance of showing up
- The importance of building a great product
- What Rasmus learned at Elastic - one of the biggest DevTools in the world
- Why Bucket is betting on helping engineers at b2b companies understand how users use their features
- The future of product engineering
Where to find Rasmus:
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/makwarth/?originalSubdomain=dk
- Twitter/X https://x.com/makwarth
- Bucket https://bucket.co/
References
- Elastic https://elastic.co/
- Opbeat acquisition announcement https://www.elastic.co/blog/welcome-opbeat-to-the-elastic-family
- Shay Banon - founder of Elastic https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimchy/
- Gregory Tademoto - VP Global Business & Corporate Development https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregorytademoto/
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