12 දෙනෙක්ගෙන් පටන්ගත්ත WSO2 | Sanjiva Weerawarana

ලංකාව වගේ රටක software company එකක් දාන්න පුළුවන් කියලා හිතන්නවත් බැරි කාලෙක සාමාජිකයෝ 12 දෙනෙකු එක්ක පටන් අරගෙනෙ මේ වෙද්දි ලෝකේ පුරා offices තියෙන, 700ක් විතර employee strength එකක් තියෙන, සමාගමක් නිර්මාණය කරපු visionary leader කෙනෙක් තමා අපේ අලුත්ම සෙනසුරු අතුරුදහන් podcast එකට ආවේ. ඒ තමා WSO2 සමාගමේ CEO සහ Founder සංජීව වීරවරණ. Entrepreneur කෙනෙක් වෙන්න හීන දකින ඔයා බලන්නම ඕනෑ podcast එකක් මේක. එහෙම නම් එකතු වෙන්න Neon එක්ක!
A visionary leader who founded a company with just 12 members at a time when establishing a software company in a country like Sri Lanka seemed unthinkable, now has offices all over the world and an employee base of about 700. That leader is Sanjeeva Weerawarana, CEO and Founder of WSO2. He recently appeared on our latest ‘Senasuru Athurudahan’ podcast. This is a must-watch podcast for anyone dreaming of becoming an entrepreneur. If that's you, join Neon
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:01 - History of WSO2
03:58 - Started with 12 employees
05:01 - I'm still coding
05:26 - An entrepreneur is a risk manager
07:04 - Learn, get experiences, then be an entrepreneur
10:24 - About ownership
11:20 - Every employee is a partner in WSO2
12: 35- Investors' mission and company valuation
14:15 - I have pitched to over 150 companies for funding
15:56 - How to grow in the tech industry as a Sri Lankan firm
17:35 - Startup concept in 2005
22:08 - Sri Lanka has more tech employees than India as a percentage of the population
28:10 - Service companies and Sri Lanka
33:36 - Sanjeeva’s perspective about the “brain drain”
36:36 - I was an Uber driver
39:22 - About “Avinya Foundation”
#neon #WSO2 #Tech #techindustry #startups #IT #softwares #softwarecompanies #SriLanka #Entrepreneurs #Risk #leadership #vision #entrepreneurship

[@kankanamgedp3897]

May we have more and more people like him in Sri Lanka

[@ujithisura355]

This man is a true patriot

[@samankumara3965]

ඉතාමත්ම අගය කල යුතුයි මේ නිවේදක මහත්මය ඉතාමත්ම හොඳින් මේ ප්‍රශ්න කිරීම කරනව සහ විශය දැනුමක් සහිතව මෙහෙයවනව.

[@huzi3780]

Truly grateful to have you as my client. As a fellow entrepreneur I wish to build something as big as you have and most of all stay as humble as you are. Cheers Sanjiva !

[@pdobey]

Good knowledgeable presenter who has done his homework.

[@zuhryfayesz-me6uy]

Absolutely. Steering the discussion really well. 👍👍👍

[@spacetimergames]

Great podcast!
- cool to know he started WS02 at 38.
- Pleasantly surprised with the answer that he wouldn't have sold if it was his decision & he would have grown the company more!

[@susanthawijekoon-el1gh]

Thank you for bringing up the gems of Sri Lanka. wish you all the success, Mr. Sanjeewa.

[@indikasilva7177]

ඉතාමත්ම හරවත් කතාබහක්... නිහතමානීම කෙනෙක්...

[@udarasan8216]

Great Questions. Hats off 👒

[@deminthanirushan7899]

Amazing discussion

[@isurumadusanka9256]

Superb discussion. Thank you both of u

[@suravitube]

Superb Convercation. Thank you so much for this valuable video

[@ruvinishanika3247]

Superb Conversation..

[@vidushigunasekara6930]

Fabulous discussion!! So much to learn, think and implement!!

[@shantalks007]

Bravo! One of the greatest podcasts I've ever seen

[@priyanthinilamani4620]

Fruitful discussion

[@lalanthakularatne4274]

Great discussion

[@RasanSamarasinghe]

To become a successful entrepreneur, a bit of stubbornness is essential.

[@Dilanwijesooriya]

Wonderful story . Thank you always

[@jpSL]

ඉතා වටින අදහස් ටිකක්🫡🫡🫡

[@omilaW]

Thank you for this!

[@heshanyodagama8886]

Super discussion !

[@Ild-tf4qd]

Thank You

[@nuwanrath]

Great discussion..

[@Praveeni_nir]

36:36 Exactly! This idea should be internalized. People don't think outside the box because of such deeply rooted cultural perspectives.

[@pulasthibuddika91]

So valuable

[@mohamedmubarak9504]

Thank you so much for your dedication and time , it was great podcast , each question and each answer had lot to take , thanks again Dr. Sanjeewa and Neon

[@ranil5945]

excellent discussion

[@surangajay5510]

Thank you....

[@mikaznavodya9300]

Thank you very much. Learned a lot . ❤❤❤

[@haneeshaseef2863]

Valuable content❤❤

[@rasandilikshana6793]

A valuable and positive conversation. Avinya Foundation has hidden learning patterns that are not often seen in our common society. I'm very thankful to Mr. Sanjeeva Weerawarana and those lecturers and your concept.

[@ajithmedis4060]

Excellent interview.

[@mygamez4468]

Valuable discuss ✨🔥

[@AkalankaKodikra]

Wow! This program is fantastic 💪

[@chamidu5705]

good discussioon

[@ridmapabasara2714]

patta program ekak .Great discussion . But i think a diamond like wso2 is better than that. 600mill isnt a big deal in this global industry. Just nearly 8 10 oil ships for SL. I would say its an early exist. Sanjeewa’s little baby girl was married off just after she hits puberty.

[@chamikararanasinghe7057]

Great discussion sir🔥🍃

[@mindblowlk]

Great discussion😇 Mtth WSO2 ekt ynn puln weid🥲

[@chathurangasrinath4904]

Valuable👌

[@TheSpiderNetworks]

Good Discussion Sanjeeva Aiya. Not sure, if you remember, i met you in 2005/2006, while you guys were in the Incubator in Metro Tower, and i was a undergrad back then. :D You have come long way. Good luck with the future plans.

[@MadukaJayalath]

බොහොම වැදගත් සාකච්ඡාවක් 👌

[@sajithnandasena]

Great talk! Hmm, I was thinking about our entire academic system. I don't think undergraduates have challenging problems to solve during their final year theses/projects. If industry and academia work together to create more challenging problems for them, there will be more product companies in the future. What I have seen is that our programmers know how to use frameworks (let's say services) but not how to invent frameworks (products).

[@chanuka87]

22:08 - Sri Lanka has more tech employees than India as a percentage of the population
28:10 - Service companies and Sri Lanka

[@wasanthakumara2356]

Mostly important a program 💯

[@Presentmoment1992]

Congratulations Sanjeewa ayya

[@thimiramendis8835]

What a podcast 🤩

[@hansakakarunaratne4278]

Superb person

[@sajithjd]

hey need 2nd part of the video

[@Achchiyo]

❤...❤

[@leogonapola6485]

❤❤

[@sheylk]

sir😍😍

[@gihanmunasinghe]

❤❤❤

[@therusiru]

❤

[@funformic997]

❤🎉

[@Earth_Elegance_]

a true patriot

[@user-xx1jm3yl1g]

😍

[@Maheshsasanka-nj8xy]

i am a plumber 😅

[@amiladissanayake8817]

කාටහරි මේ ක්‍රියාවලිය පැහැදිලි කරන්න පුලුවන්ද. දැන් මෙතුමාට මේ ආයතනයේ හිමිකාරිත්වයක් නැද්ද. ආදායම එන්නෙ ඒ විදේශ සමාගමටද? ලංකාවට කිසියම් හෝ ආදායමක් එනවද?

[@oshadaramesh4461]

Dan exist wela iwarai eka nisa meyata aye income enne na oya company eken

[@mkaru1978]

He gets an income because he is still the CEO of the company

[@thamalupiyadigama1216]

He may get a small share and a salary.
(They say slice of melon is better than a full grape)

[@manawardhana]

දැන් මෙතුමාට මේ ආයතනයේ හිමිකාරිත්වයක් නැද්ද?
එය එතරම්ම අදාල ප්‍රස්නයක් නොවන්නේ, ඔහුට කොහොමත් හිමිකාරිත්වය තිබ්බෙ 5% ක් වැනි ප්‍රමාණයක් නිසා. ලාබ ඉපයීමට වසර පහලොවකට ආසන්න කාලයක් ගතවීම කියන්නේ සාමාන්‍යන් තම හිමිකාරීත්වය ආයෝජන වලට විටෙන් විට හුවමාරු කර ගෙන (තම හිමිකාරිත්වය අඩු කරගෙන ) එදිනෙදා වියදම් වලට අවශ්‍ය අරමුදල් ස්පයා ගැනීමයි. මෙය ඉතාම සුලබ දෙයක්.
ලංකාවට කිසියම් හෝ ආදායමක් එනවද?
සේවකයන්ගේ පඩි/වේතන, ලංකාවේ කාර්යාල කුලිය, ලන්කාව තුල කරන වියදම් ආදිය (සහ මේවා ආශ්‍රිත බදු ) ලංකාවට ලැබෙන ආදායම් ගනයේ ලා සැලකිය හැකියි. මෙහෙයුම් සුපුරුදු ලෙස ලංකාවේ කරගෙන ගියහොත්, ලංකාවට එතරම් අවාසියක් මගේ දැනුමේ හැටියට නැහැ.

[@Sonrisaholidays]

According to conventional wisdom, he owns 5% of a $600 million company. Investors may increase its value to $1 billion or $2 billion over the years, making his 5% stake more valuable. Not only him, but other employees who own a very small percentage will also see their shares become more valuable.
For WSO2 to achieve this growth, the company must bring more revenue to the country.

[@iamlakshanpinto]

🫡💯👏👏👏

[@thilinamadhushankha]

සංජීව ලෙජන්ඩ් නම් ධම්මික ලෙජන්ඩ් Pro Max 😎

[@kalharadineth]

kochchara salli thibbat blapnko muge katha

[@lakshanmadhuranga8527]

Great discussion

[@thasinduguruge2307]

❤❤

[@threesixty6448]

Good talk .

[@hansyWee]

❤❤