Beginner Maps How Prashant raised $1.5M on just a story with 3 characters
Prashant Mahajan is the founder and CEO of Zeda.io - a startup that’s building a super app for product teams. Previously, he had been a rockstar Product Manager at multiple high growth startups where he’s built products that have touched the lives of millions of people.
What’s interesting about him is how generous he is with his time. He often spends his time writing posts on LinkedIn or Twitter, doing podcast appearances and giving webinars to talk about his journey being a founder and previously, being a PM without a traditional MBA degree.
In this episode we dive into:
- (1:30) - Why he spends time mentoring strangers
- (4:40) - Why you should or should not do an MBA
- (8:53) - One mistake Prashant did when managing employees
- (11:16) - Raising $1.5M on just a story with 3 characters
- (12:56) - How to validate your idea and why it’s not important?
- (16:49) - Moving from a builder’s mindset to a marketer’s mindset
- (18:45) - Books that have taught him about thinking from first principles
- (21:49) - Writing when you have something to say
- (23:41) - Rapid-fire!
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