Neha Sampat, Founder & CEO @ Contentstack
Neha Sampat is the CEO and Founder of Contentstack, a platform adopted by brands including Best Buy, Chase, Miami HEAT, Shell, and Walmart to manage their content experience. Previously, Neha was the Founder and CEO of Built.io, which was acquired by Software AG in September 2018. Alongside her work with Contentstack, Neha is the Host of the Dreammakers, a podcast that hosts conversations between trailblazing female leaders.
In this episode, we spoke with Neha about:
Why she thinks resilience is the most important trait for entrepreneurs
How helping others helped her develop the confidence to overcome setbacks
Changing her subconscious thinking to not allow herself to feel like an imposter
You can listen to her below, on Spotify, or wherever else you get to your podcasts.
Building confidence by helping others
“I think a lot of my confidence came from helping people [in school] and from knowing I could make an impact. It wasn’t about grades or what I was learning in the classroom. It was really about what I was doing on the streets. When I went into the workforce, I carried that with me. It was a sense of confidence that I could do something to make an impact. I think that’s where my confidence started. Where it broke down for me was probably when I was getting hit by red tape. Since I’m used to being in charge and in the lead, those moments were not the easiest for me.
Changing subconscious thinking to not allow oneself to feel like an imposter
“So it’s interesting. If you think about the culmination of my identity, “imposter syndrome” is being a non-technologist in a technologist world. This has impacted me more than being a South Asian Woman in a White Man’s world.
Although, I do still struggle with this quite a bit honestly. I am connected to India but didn’t live there. When I go there I feel a desire to belong, but I do not. I feel like I have to work a little extra hard to be there given how different of a culture it is. I almost feel a little guilty about not being as connected. There is a common thread with these experiences and how they have impacted me. You kind of see that you create your own barriers. You have to realize that it is completely in your own head, but it exists.”
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Until next time,
Jay and Angie