The long version of me

Karthik Puvvada (known by his friends and online as "KP") is a serial product builder, founder, podcast host, angel investor, advisor, coach and a leader of the "build in public" movement — that is taking the internet by storm.

Currently, he is the Head of Community at Netlify. Before that, he was the founder & CEO of Build In Public Fellowship, an online program and community that served founders from 20+ countries across 5 cohorts. He also co-founded 2 SaaS startups and built over 15 no-code side hustles (with 2 exits). He is also a Venture Partner at Utopic Ventures where he invests in scientists with world-changing ideas.

He built an audience of 71,500 from scratch on X (Twitter) and 10,000 on email by building his entire startup career in public. In 2021, he launched a global no-code fellowship at On Deck that helped over 360 tech products and businesses come to life from founders across 40 countries. He is also an angel investor in early-stage startups and advices/coaches world-class founders from YC and On Deck. His investments include Softr, Stoa, Airboxr, Cal.com, and more.

He is also an Advisor at Atlanta Tech Village, which is the 4th largest startup hub in the U.S.

In the past he created and ran founder-centric campaigns like The Founder Hotline where Gary Vaynerchuk appeared as a season finale guest.

KP was also awarded “Community Member of the Year (2022)” by Product Hunt as he became a Top Hunter on the platform helping 92+ startups with their go-to-market launch campaigns.

He gained popularity as the “Build In Public” guy on the Internet after building and shipping 15+ no-code projects all publicly on Twitter since 2018 garnering thousands of users. His top projects include DoThingsThatDontScale, Cuppa and Build In Public.

He was invited to give over 45 talks and workshops at prestigious entrepreneurship centers like Oxford University’s OXI incubator and Terry College of Business.

KP hosts “The Build In Public Podcast” which is an interview series where he chats with world-class entrepreneurs, ambitious startup founders, creators and builders on the Internet who’re boldly building the future in public. The guest list includes business titans and icons like Gary Vee, Alexis Ohanian, Kat Cole, Sahil Lavingia, and many more leaders.

You can find him at @thisiskp_ on Twitter where he shares his daily tips, lessons, and insights on no-code, communities, and the art of building in public.