This Entrepreneur Raised $60 Million To Create The Air Traffic Control For Ground Transportation
Anshu Prasad has already raised tens of millions of dollars for his tech startup that is working to transform the dynamics of the transportation industry. On the Dealmakers Podcast, Prasad shared his approach to accelerating your learning and understanding of startups and business building, finding product market fit, and how he’s helping big companies solve big problems. Plus, building a remote-first company.
Anshu Prasad has already raised tens of millions of dollars for his tech startup that is working to transform the dynamics of the transportation industry.
On the Dealmakers Podcast Prasad shared his approach to accelerate your learning and understanding of startups and business building, finding product market fit, and how he’s helping big companies solve big problems. Plus, building a remote first company.
Listen to the full podcast episode and review the transcript here.
*FREE DOWNLOAD*
The Ultimate Guide To Pitch Decks
Here is the content that we will cover in this post. Let’s get started.
- 1. Learning & Challenging The Status Quo
- 2. Helping Big Companies Solve Big Problems
- 3. Building A Remote First Business
Learning & Challenging The Status Quo
Anshu Prasad was born in India. Along with his two siblings and parents he migrated to the US at nine years old.
They landed in Queens, before moving to Flushing, NY. In many ways this phase of his life was an entrepreneurial journey of its own. Launching yourself into new territory, figuring out new languages, meeting new people, and solving things on the fly. Including surviving snow and freezing temperatures for the first time.
Partially inspired by his father, and drawn by his own interests, Prasad went on to study biochemistry at Cornell.
It was during this time that he saw some seniors jumping from their doctorate programs to get into biotech startups. While he kept up with the academics, Anshu says that he saw getting involved with startups as a great way to accelerate his learning.
One of the big takeaways he gleaned from his father as he grew up was taking ownership of problems. Beyond just intellectually figuring it out, that also meant making the solution work too.
This is something which Anshu put into practice at the first startup he joined, Tigris. There he put in a good amount of time as he kept finding interesting problems to solve and ways to expand the company, with new offices and markets. He found the work meaningful and engaging, and the talented colleagues he worked with inspiring. Even if it sometimes meant mustering all of the tools and resources they could in order to execute and deliver results.
Part of this work was on the supply chain, logistics, and freight. Helping companies with this area which was often one of their largest expenditures, and one of the most impactful and pivotal over the long term.
Continue reading the full guide
Related guides
