Feb 07 2025 191 mins 2
(Russian version is available on our Youtube channel)
Today, we have a very special episode.
Our guest is Prasanna Sankar—a billionaire, India's top competitive programmer, and founder of numerous startups. Plus, we've prepared a special Russian-language dub for this episode.
In this episode, Prasanna shares a lifelong journey: how he became the number one competitive programmer in India, went through Y Combinator multiple times, sped up Bing's performance at Microsoft only to quit shortly after, and discovered his passion for startups.
We dive deep into how he co-founded Rippling, now valued at $13.5 billion, the mistakes made with their previous startup Zenefits, and why they turned down a $100 million offer from Facebook.
Prasanna reflects extensively on the history of companies, how the world has changed, and where it's headed next.
Buckle up, and let's take off into this stellar episode!
Arman Suleimenov: https://www.instagram.com/armansu/
Prasanna Sankar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/myprasanna/
Produced by Daniyar Akhmetzhanov: https://www.instagram.com/good.years/
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