17: Shashank Kumar | Razorpay 🦄
Co-Founder at Razorpay | Revolutionising payments for businesses across India.
Hey everyone. This post will be a deviation from the usual format of a newsletter. Instead, we are trying out a novel, relatively untested form of media… *wait for it*… a podcast!
Yet another podcast, I know, but the aim is to do things differently with Amplify.
My first chat is with Shashank Kumar, the co-founder at Razorpay - the leading online payments platform in India, currently valued at $7.5B. We speak about:
Why he made the decision to leave the US and his dream job at Microsoft, to build Razorpay
How Shashank bets on people early, before they become “rockstars”
The process through which he creates and maintains a culture of decentralised execution and transparency
Why he decided to work with Harshil as his co-founder
What he thinks the biggest mistake early-stage founders are making pre-PMF and how to solve for that
Enjoy listening! This is a new format for me, so please do share any feedback/thoughts via email or on Twitter.
Or click below to listen directly on the web: