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P3.instances[0].transcript.parse_transcript_data({"transcript":"<p><span m='495'>Hi,</span> <span m='990'>my name</span> <span m='1120'>is</span> <span m='1300'>Sidharth Kakkar,</span> <span m='2230'>and</span> <span m='2480'>I'm</span> <span m='2710'>the</span> <span m='3020'>founder</span> <span m='3560'>of</span> <span m='3760'>Front Row</span> <span m='4120'>Education,</span> <span m='4910'>and</span> <span m='5070'>we</span> <span m='5220'>make</span> <span m='5760'>adaptive</span> <span m='5870'>math</span> <span m='6100'>software</span> <span m='6870'>for</span> <span m='7255'>iPads</span> <span m='7970'>for</span> <span m='8160'>classrooms</span> <span m='8710'>to</span> <span m='8820'>use.</span> </p><p><span m='10030'>It's</span> <span m='10780'>like</span> <span m='11140'>most</span> <span m='11550'>jobs,</span> <span m='11860'>it's</span> <span m='12060'>highly</span> <span m='12410'>varied.</span> <span m='12850'>But</span> <span m='13970'>some</span> <span m='14310'>days</span> <span m='14720'>I'm</span> <span m='14790'>going</span> <span m='14930'>to</span> <span m='15030'>be</span> <span m='15150'>spending</span> <span m='15440'>a</span> <span m='15500'>lot</span> <span m='15650'>of</span> <span m='15700'>time</span> <span m='16149'>writing</span> <span m='16410'>code.</span> <span m='16920'>Some</span> <span m='17200'>days</span> <span m='17510'>I'll</span> <span m='17590'>be</span> <span m='17690'>doing</span> <span m='17870'>a</span> <span m='17930'>lot</span> <span m='18090'>of</span> <span m='18130'>time</span> <span m='18380'>actually</span> <span m='18680'>designing</span> <span m='19150'>things.</span> <span m='19660'>And</span> <span m='19890'>some</span> <span m='20160'>days</span> <span m='20510'>I</span> <span m='20580'>spend</span> <span m='20830'>a</span> <span m='20880'>lot</span> <span m='21030'>of</span> <span m='21080'>time</span> <span m='21300'>just</span> <span m='21540'>on</span> <span m='21660'>the</span> <span m='21740'>phone</span> <span m='22170'>talking</span> <span m='22470'>to</span> <span m='22510'>as</span> <span m='22650'>many</span> <span m='22880'>people</span> <span m='23190'>as</span> <span m='23330'>possible,</span> <span m='24300'>explaining</span> <span m='24750'>what</span> <span m='24910'>we</span> <span m='25040'>do,</span> <span m='25480'>and</span> <span m='25570'>why</span> <span m='25860'>they</span> <span m='25960'>may</span> <span m='26160'>want</span> <span m='26330'>to</span> <span m='26390'>use</span> <span m='26680'>it,</span> <span m='26900'>or</span> <span m='27010'>why</span> <span m='27470'>they may</span> <span m='27790'>find it</span> <span m='27880'>interesting,</span> <span m='28135'>or</span> <span m='28390'>why</span> <span m='28570'>they may</span> <span m='28700'>want</span> <span m='28920'>to</span> <span m='29220'>write</span> <span m='29690'>press</span> <span m='29950'>coverage</span> <span m='30310'>about</span> <span m='30590'>it.</span> <span m='30930'>So</span> <span m='32130'>I</span> <span m='32619'>do</span> <span m='32759'>things</span> <span m='33100'>from</span> <span m='33780'>trying</span> <span m='34140'>to get</span> <span m='34640'>press</span> <span m='34950'>coverage,</span> <span m='35650'>to trying to find</span> <span m='35930'>investors,</span> <span m='36750'>to</span> <span m='36870'>trying</span> <span m='37170'>to</span> <span m='37300'>actually</span> <span m='37680'>build</span> <span m='38060'>the</span> <span m='38080'>product,</span> <span m='38620'>to</span> <span m='38760'>designing</span> <span m='39300'>the</span> <span m='39400'>product,</span> <span m='40620'>to</span> <span m='41150'>actually</span> <span m='41520'>finding</span> <span m='41850'>folks</span> <span m='42170'>to</span> <span m='42260'>work</span> <span m='42560'>with</span> <span m='42740'>us</span> <span m='42930'>on</span> <span m='43040'>the product.</span> <span m='43810'>It</span> <span m='44100'>varies</span> <span m='44400'>quite</span> <span m='44570'>a</span> <span m='44620'>bit,</span> <span m='44970'>and</span> <span m='45060'>that's</span> <span m='45270'>probably</span> <span m='45620'>the</span> <span m='45700'>part</span> <span m='45900'>I</span> <span m='45980'>enjoy</span> <span m='46320'>about it the</span> <span m='46640'>most.</span> <span m='47190'>No</span> <span m='47400'>two days</span> <span m='47620'>are</span> <span m='47870'>alike.</span> </p><p><span m='48870'>So</span> <span m='49420'>my</span> <span m='49560'>career and</span> <span m='50010'>educational</span> <span m='50840'>path</span> <span m='51210'>is</span> <span m='51430'>a</span> <span m='51750'>little</span> <span m='51910'>bit</span> <span m='52040'>more</span> <span m='52160'>diverse</span> <span m='52420'>than</span> <span m='52680'>most,</span> <span m='53330'>likely.</span> <span m='54160'>I was</span> <span m='54540'>a</span> <span m='54590'>computer</span> <span m='54960'>science</span> <span m='55390'>undergrad</span> <span m='55800'>at</span> <span m='56297'>Carnegie</span> <span m='56794'>Mellon.</span> <span m='57790'>After</span> <span m='58070'>graduating</span> <span m='58640'>I</span> <span m='58710'>actually</span> <span m='58990'>worked</span> <span m='59220'>in</span> <span m='59290'>finance.</span> <span m='60270'>So</span> <span m='60410'>I</span> <span m='60490'>worked</span> <span m='60750'>at an</span> <span m='60820'>investment</span> <span m='61300'>bank</span> <span m='61530'>called</span> <span m='61790'>Goldman</span> <span m='62090'>Sachs.</span> <span m='62860'>And</span> <span m='62960'>after</span> <span m='63510'>I</span> <span m='63600'>worked</span> <span m='63910'>there</span> <span m='64269'>I</span> <span m='64370'>went</span> <span m='64640'>to</span> <span m='65129'>rural</span> <span m='65550'>India</span> <span m='66000'>to</span> <span m='66170'>work</span> <span m='66510'>in</span> <span m='66640'>food</span> <span m='66890'>processing.</span> <span m='67890'>So</span> <span m='68090'>I</span> <span m='68400'>spent</span> <span m='68710'>about</span> <span m='68890'>a</span> <span m='68910'>year</span> <span m='69220'>doing</span> <span m='69510'>that.</span> <span m='70610'>And</span> <span m='71020'>I</span> <span m='71100'>did</span> <span m='71290'>a</span> <span m='71340'>bunch</span> <span m='71530'>of</span> <span m='71630'>operations</span> <span m='72280'>stuff</span> <span m='72630'>there.</span> </p><p><span m='73260'>After</span> <span m='73530'>that,</span> <span m='73760'>I</span> <span m='73860'>went</span> <span m='74030'>to</span> <span m='74100'>business</span> <span m='74500'>school</span> <span m='74950'>at</span> <span m='75110'>the</span> <span m='75550'>Kellogg</span> <span m='75960'>School.</span> <span m='77320'>And</span> <span m='77720'>there</span> <span m='77930'>I</span> <span m='77980'>studied</span> <span m='78440'>marketing</span> <span m='78980'>and</span> <span m='79120'>finance,</span> <span m='79800'>as</span> <span m='80040'>well</span> <span m='80320'>as</span> <span m='81470'>management</span> <span m='81745'>and</span> <span m='82020'>strategy.</span> <span m='82880'>And</span> <span m='84070'>while</span> <span m='84320'>I</span> <span m='84420'>was</span> <span m='84660'>there,</span> <span m='85040'>I</span> <span m='85560'>worked</span> <span m='85960'>for</span> <span m='86240'>two</span> <span m='86370'>companies.</span> <span m='86750'>I</span> <span m='86850'>worked</span> <span m='87050'>for</span> <span m='87310'>a</span> <span m='87380'>consulting</span> <span m='87810'>company</span> <span m='88110'>called,</span> <span m='88330'>Bain & Company,</span> <span m='89060'>and</span> <span m='89630'>for a</span> <span m='89850'>venture</span> <span m='90200'>capital</span> <span m='90620'>firm</span> <span m='91230'>called,</span> <span m='91450'>New</span> <span m='91560'>World</span> <span m='91820'>Ventures.</span> </p><p><span m='92920'>Since</span> <span m='93190'>then,</span> <span m='93540'>after</span> <span m='93910'>business</span> <span m='94240'>school,</span> <span m='94560'>I've</span> <span m='94690'>been</span> <span m='95010'>working</span> <span m='95400'>on</span> <span m='95900'>Front</span> <span m='96220'>Row</span> <span m='96540'>Education.</span> <span m='97200'>So</span> <span m='97690'>I've</span> <span m='98130'>taken</span> <span m='98460'>a</span> <span m='98550'>lot</span> <span m='98780'>of</span> <span m='98890'>roads,</span> <span m='99260'>and</span> <span m='99370'>I've</span> <span m='99470'>tried</span> <span m='99750'>a lot</span> <span m='100200'>of things.</span> </p><p><span m='101550'>Yeah,</span> <span m='102410'>it's</span> <span m='102630'>funny</span> <span m='102870'>because</span> <span m='103180'>in a</span> <span m='103240'>lot</span> <span m='103560'>of</span> <span m='103660'>the</span> <span m='103760'>past</span> <span m='104170'>jobs</span> <span m='104570'>I've</span> <span m='104740'>held,</span> <span m='105680'>or</span> <span m='105970'>the</span> <span m='106100'>past</span> <span m='106340'>experiences</span> <span m='106820'>I've</span> <span m='106950'>held,</span> <span m='107340'>I</span> <span m='107730'>sometimes</span> <span m='110520'>was</span> <span m='110790'>not</span> <span m='111000'>satisfied,</span> <span m='111720'>not</span> <span m='112080'>because</span> <span m='112590'>of</span> <span m='112760'>the</span> <span m='112860'>actual</span> <span m='113340'>role</span> <span m='113590'>itself,</span> <span m='113770'>but</span> <span m='114050'>because</span> <span m='115400'>of</span> <span m='115640'>something</span> <span m='115950'>more</span> <span m='116140'>internal.</span> <span m='117770'>Until</span> <span m='118060'>I</span> <span m='118180'>did</span> <span m='118310'>Front</span> <span m='118540'>Row,</span> <span m='118810'>I</span> <span m='118890'>was</span> <span m='119020'>never</span> <span m='119290'>like</span> <span m='119530'>truly</span> <span m='119950'>happy.</span> <span m='120460'>And</span> <span m='120470'>I</span> <span m='120520'>don't</span> <span m='120770'>think</span> <span m='120950'>it</span> <span m='120990'>was</span> <span m='121120'>necessarily</span> <span m='121970'>just</span> <span m='122380'>because</span> <span m='123480'>of</span> <span m='123600'>what</span> <span m='123720'>I</span> <span m='123780'>was</span> <span m='123930'>doing,</span> <span m='124240'>but</span> <span m='124270'>it was</span> <span m='124470'>also</span> <span m='124690'>because</span> <span m='124940'>of</span> <span m='125060'>a</span> <span m='125120'>mindset.</span> </p><p><span m='125960'>So</span> <span m='126110'>the</span> <span m='126220'>thing</span> <span m='126570'>that</span> <span m='126740'>I</span> <span m='126800'>wish</span> <span m='127110'>I</span> <span m='127160'>knew</span> <span m='127640'>most</span> <span m='128520'>is,</span> <span m='129250'>not</span> <span m='129720'>to</span> <span m='129880'>fall</span> <span m='130280'>too</span> <span m='130560'>far</span> <span m='131000'>into</span> <span m='131100'>the</span> <span m='131220'>trap</span> <span m='131600'>of the</span> <span m='131680'>grass is</span> <span m='132090'>always</span> <span m='132470'>greener</span> <span m='132970'>type</span> <span m='133220'>of</span> <span m='133310'>effect.</span> <span m='134030'>This</span> <span m='134450'>is</span> <span m='134560'>particularly</span> <span m='135160'>true</span> <span m='135470'>since</span> <span m='135680'>I've</span> <span m='135880'>lived</span> <span m='136180'>mostly</span> <span m='136510'>in</span> <span m='136600'>cities,</span> <span m='136950'>in</span> <span m='137180'>New</span> <span m='137330'>York,</span> <span m='137740'>Chicago,</span> <span m='138130'>and</span> <span m='138270'>now</span> <span m='138500'>here--</span> <span m='139780'>here</span> <span m='139820'>is</span> <span m='140200'>San Francisco--</span> <span m='141060'>where</span> <span m='141890'>there's</span> <span m='142070'>so</span> <span m='142280'>many</span> <span m='142480'>people</span> <span m='142790'>that you meet on</span> <span m='143210'>a</span> <span m='143270'>daily</span> <span m='143540'>basis.</span> <span m='143880'>We're</span> <span m='144020'>all</span> <span m='144300'>doing</span> <span m='144490'>different</span> <span m='144850'>things,</span> <span m='145010'>and</span> <span m='145180'>everything</span> <span m='145420'>just</span> <span m='145610'>sounds</span> <span m='145980'>so</span> <span m='146260'>cool.</span> <span m='147140'>And</span> <span m='147460'>what</span> <span m='147760'>you're</span> <span m='148020'>doing</span> <span m='148690'>sounds</span> <span m='149170'>a</span> <span m='149260'>little</span> <span m='149490'>bit</span> <span m='149650'>more</span> <span m='149860'>blase,</span> <span m='150340'>because,</span> <span m='150650'>well,</span> <span m='150900'>you're</span> <span m='151040'>doing</span> <span m='151470'>it,</span> <span m='151640'>so</span> <span m='151720'>you're</span> <span m='152070'>intimately</span> <span m='152600'>familiar</span> <span m='153030'>with</span> <span m='153220'>it.</span> <span m='153960'>I</span> <span m='154220'>think</span> <span m='154470'>that's</span> <span m='154770'>the</span> <span m='154870'>big</span> <span m='155110'>thing.</span> <span m='156460'>Never</span> <span m='156750'>to</span> <span m='157040'>fall</span> <span m='157430'>into</span> <span m='157550'>that</span> <span m='157730'>trap</span> <span m='158180'>where</span> <span m='158430'>everything</span> <span m='158850'>else</span> <span m='159020'>sounds</span> <span m='159390'>cooler</span> <span m='159700'>than</span> <span m='159820'>what</span> <span m='159940'>you're</span> <span m='160070'>doing,</span> <span m='160270'>because</span> <span m='160990'>frankly,</span> <span m='161480'>it</span> <span m='161580'>probably</span> <span m='162090'>isn't.</span> </p>","file":{"id":255767,"video_id":"2701282603001","name":"69780020","duration":163093,"thumbnail_url":null}});