Federico Collarte is the co-founder and CEO of Baraja, a rapidly growing startup creating LiDAR technology for self-driving cars. Baraja recently closed a $40m Series B, is scaling globally, and is quickly approaching a headcount of 200. Prior to co-founding Baraja, Federico worked in product development and systems engineering, with experience spanning the industrialisation of high volume telecommunication devices at Finisar, to the end-to-end systems engineering of an implantable hearing solution at Cochlear.
In this chat with Phaedon, Federico discusses:
The ins and outs of Baraja's most recent raise
Advice for founders who are fundraising
Balancing the urgency of hiring with finding the right person
Lessons from building out overseas teams
Creating a culture that attracts problem solvers
Managing the co-founder relationship...and more!
Quickfire Recommendations:
Book: From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne & The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
Podcast: Lex Fridman Podcast & The Joe Rogan Experience
News source: The Information & TechCrunch
Tech CEO: Elon Musk
Productivity tool: Daylio
Ted Talk topic: Resilience vs. Going All In
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Baraja is hiring! And so are many other fast-growing Australian tech companies. Find the hottest jobs in #startupaus on Innovation Bay's new job board.

<div>Federico Collarte is the co-founder and CEO of Baraja, a rapidly growing startup creating LiDAR technology for self-driving cars. Baraja recently closed a $40m Series B, is scaling globally, and is quickly approaching a headcount of 200. Prior to co-founding Baraja, Federico worked in product development and systems engineering, with experience spanning the industrialisation of high volume telecommunication devices at Finisar, to the end-to-end systems engineering of an implantable hearing solution at Cochlear.</div><div><br></div><div>In this chat with Phaedon, Federico discusses:</div><ul><li>The ins and outs of Baraja's most recent raise</li><li>Advice for founders who are fundraising</li><li>Balancing the urgency of hiring with finding the right person</li><li>Lessons from building out overseas teams</li><li>Creating a culture that attracts problem solvers</li><li>Managing the co-founder relationship</li></ul><div>...and more!</div><div><br></div><div>Quickfire Recommendations:</div><ul><li>Book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Earth-Moon-100th-Anniversary-Collection/dp/1949460827/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=jules+verne+from+the+earth+to+the+moon&amp;qid=1625421474&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">From the Earth to the Moon</a> by Jules Verne &amp; <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Hard-Thing-About-Things-Building/dp/0062273205/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OXBUH3SAD19M&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=the+hard+thing+about+hard+things&amp;qid=1625421503&amp;sprefix=the+hard+thing+about+har%252Caps%252C208&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank">The Hard Thing About Hard Things</a> by Ben Horowitz</li><li>Podcast: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lex-fridman-podcast/id1434243584" target="_blank">Lex Fridman Podcast</a> &amp; <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk?si=BLcCKytoTQG0TUoW6UAhdg&amp;dl_branch=1" target="_blank">The Joe Rogan Experience</a></li><li>News source: <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/" target="_blank">The Information</a> &amp; <a href="https://techcrunch.com/" target="_blank">TechCrunch</a></li><li>Tech CEO: Elon Musk</li><li>Productivity tool: <a href="https://daylio.net/" target="_blank">Daylio</a></li><li>Ted Talk topic: Resilience vs. Going All In</li></ul><div><br></div><div>_____________</div><div><br></div><div>Baraja is hiring! And so are many other fast-growing Australian tech companies. Find the hottest jobs in #startupaus on Innovation Bay's new <a href="https://bit.ly/innovationbayjobs" target="_blank">job board</a>.</div>

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Federico Collarte is the co-founder and CEO of Baraja, a rapidly growing startup creating LiDAR technology for self-driving cars....

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