Insider Advice On Building A Successful Startup
Rish Gupta is the co-founder of Spot AI, a video intelligence company backed by some of the world's best investors. Before starting Spot AI, Rish cofounded Letsintern.com which was acquired in 2015. Rish also has experience as a senior product manager at Samsara, where he led the assets product line from early stages to a double digit million $ ARR business.
Mike talks with Rish about the difficulties of starting a new startup, early-stage pricing, adjusting the product for customer needs and much more.
Show notes:
0:00 Spot AI co-founder Rish Gupta
09:15 Jumping into a new market
12:54 Early-stage pricing
15:31 Starting business with friends
19:55 Biggest lessons of running Spot AI
25:29 Building what the market needs
33:23 Shorter vs longer contracts
40:12 Reaching first time customers
47:18 Difficulties in starting a company
55:54 Outro
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