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Startup RX

Startup RX

Written by: Prassanna Ravishankar and James Leung
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 We interview founders while they are breaking ground or scaling up. This is an opportunity to discuss their thought process as they determine the timing, growth, and the risks, as they face them. Hosted by James, a Head of Product, and Prass, a Senior Machine Learning Engineer both veterans of seed level start upsPrassanna Ravishankar and James Leung Economics Leadership Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • Season 2 EP 1 - Pivot

    Season 2 EP 1 - Pivot
    May 21 2023

    In this episode we share our experience with pivoting, when, how, and why. We also discuss examples of startups, some at the brink of bankruptcy pivoting into unicorns.

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    1 hr
  • Episode 008 - Premature Scaling

    Episode 008 - Premature Scaling
    Nov 28 2022

    Premature scaling is the number one cost for startup death. In this episode we explore the premature scaling problem decomposed in three arenas - Product, Operations and Engineering


    References

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    Forbes article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanfurr/2011/09/02/1-cause-of-startup-death-premature-scaling/?sh=3f066b4e1fc9

    Premature optimization: https://stackify.com/premature-optimization-evil/

    Juicero: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juicero

    Writing in space: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_in_space

    Feature creep: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feature_creep

    Technical Debt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_debt
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    58 mins
  • Episode 007 - Acquisitions

    Episode 007 - Acquisitions
    Nov 11 2022

    Navigating company acquisitions from an employee point of view, and how to preserve culture and momentum post-acquisition. 
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    59 mins
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