Episode Summary
This episode of our Startup Series segment features Al Wegener, Founder and CEO at Anacode Labs in a discussion with Umair Javed, CEO at Tkxel. Al walks us through his journey, what Anacode does and what it takes to run a successful tech startup in today’s cut-throat environment.
Key Takeaways
- Modern data centers have tens of thousands of servers and what Anacode does is, it divides the data in a thousand pieces to improve storage and security
- If the data is not already compressed, Anacode makes the decision to best utilize that data according to its algorithm
- Using compression and analytics is crucial to understanding why majority of startups fail
- Understanding which problem to solve first in a pool of problems is the key to running a successful startup