4x Founder Shreesha Ramdas on What to Do Before You Build Your Startup
The Neon Show
- Published
- November 13, 2025
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- 56:40
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- Last updated
- Aug 23, 2026
Discusses When Shreesha Ramdas left Medallia after a $6.5B acquisition he decided it was time to reinvent.At h…
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When Shreesha Ramdas left Medallia after a $6.5B acquisition he decided it was time to reinvent.At his 4th startup Lumber, before writing a single line of code, he hired a sales person and ran 200+ interviews across the industry to understand the real pain points. The interviews gave Shreesha the insight that though payments were a problem, it was neither…
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When Shreesha Ramdas left Medallia after a $6.5B acquisition he decided it was time to reinvent.At his 4th startup Lumber, before writing a single line of code, he hired a sales person and ran 200+ interviews across the industry to understand the real pain points. The interviews gave Shreesha the insight that though payments were a problem, it was neither big enough nor urgent. But it was very difficult to hire workers, and even more difficult to retain skilled craft workers. In the U.S alone 41