Gayathri Keerthana (GK) Shanmuga Sundaram
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From IC to Starting Up on My Own - Lessons & Live Q&A

Part of From customer sense to building solo with AI

45 min
Sep 2, 2026 12:00 PM

What you'll learn

Hear the real story, not the featured posts

Get the honest version of leaving a stable income, the break in between, and starting two ventures from scratch.

Get an approach to finding out what works best for you

Walk through the signals I waited for and the ones I ignored, so you can pressure-test your own timing.

Learn what I would do differently

Get the specific first-year mistakes that cost me time and money.

How I juggle between priorities with minimal overheads

See how I dabble across them without one starving the other with the help of AI and learned human skills.

Why this topic matters

Interacting everyday with people across all levels in their career, I see that everyone is in a "what next" conundrum. AI is creating risks and opportunities at the same time. From the outside it looks like a leap of nerve. From the inside it was mostly timing, trade-offs and a lot of lessons. This session is the unedited version, followed by as many of your questions as possible.

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Gayathri Keerthana (GK) Shanmuga Sundaram

Gayathri Keerthana (GK) Shanmuga Sundaram

ex-Amazon: ML PM | 3x founder | Featured by Lenny Rachitsky

Previously / trained teams at
Amazon
Canva
Esade
Dentsu
Harvard Business Review

Previously at

Amazon
Typeform
Chargebee
Esade
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