Shriya Jonnalagadda

Cents Check

Business EN ↓ 3 episodes

Founders. First principles. First checks. A Startup Boston production. Building a startup is a series of hard decisions made with incomplete information. Cents Check goes inside Boston's early-stage ecosystem to unpack how those decisions actually get made — from the first product bet to the first term sheet. Each episode, host Shriya Jonnalagadda sits down with founders, operators, investors, and researchers to get past the polished narrative and into the real mechanics of company building: how capital gets raised, how risk gets priced, and how ideas become institutions. From university labs...

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Shriya Jonnalagadda

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Building Agent Infrastructure in Boston: Jack O’Brien on Subconscious, Startups, and Strategy 07.07.2026 29:03

Most startups give up after a few tries—Jack O’Brien? He’s built not one, not two, but 6 companies from scratch, and he’s far from done. His latest venture, Subconscious, is redefining AI infrastructure for agents, and spoiler: it’s not your typical tech story. Whether you’re a founder in the trenches or just dreaming of your first breakout, Jack’s journey from college beds to machine learning mas...

Marketing Your Mission (Without Losing Your Mind) with Cara Hogan 22.06.2026 27:35

Most early-stage climate startups overlook the one thing that could unlock inbound leads on day one of fundraising -- without spending a dime. Cara Hogan, a storyteller turned climate tech marketing maestro, reveals how a simple customer video campaign seamlessly rolled into a flood of interest, just by harnessing authentic proof points. Spoiler: you don’t need a giant budget, just a killer messag...

The Messy Reality of Biotech Innovation with Ratnam Srivastava 08.06.2026 26:13

From Lab Bench to Founding Table: Ratnam Srivastava on Building LabOps What does it actually take to go from medical researcher to founder in one of the most relationship-driven ecosystems in the world? Ratnam Srivastava spent five years as a health data scientist across Northwell Health, Mount Sinai, and Harvard Medical School and kept running into the same wall: getting research protocols approv...