Rahul Vohra on Creating Superhuman

Rahul Vohra is the CEO and Co-Founder of Superhuman, the fastest email experience ever made. He previously founded Rapportive, a popular Gmail plug-in that was acquired by LinkedIn.

In this episode, we discuss what Rahul was like as a kid (7:15), how he began coding at the age of 8 (8:26), how his parents instilled a love of learning in Rahul and his brother (12:11), how he showed up emotionally and mentally during his educational journey (17:05), if there was ever a time his parents, who were doctors, pressured him to become a doctor (23:28), why he was built to be an entrepreneur (25:42), what he wishes he knew when he was younger that he knows now (27:49), where his love for psychology came from and when it came in (30:30), his experience with executive coaching (33:36), how he thinks about partnership and bringing on other people to help him (36:05), why his personal values are the same as his business’s core values (37:27), how he operates Superhuman and lives his life intentionally (39:59), adapting, or not adapting, to a set schedule (44:09), when he got into bodybuilding and how he thinks about it (47:44), why Superhuman is a referral-only and waitlist product (50:22), why Superhuman has an onboarding process to show customers how to use the product (53:48), how Rahul continues to lead as his company grows in size (57:00), what he does intentionally throughout every day to make sure he’s the best version of himself (1:02:58), how he thinks about empathy as a leader (1:05:27), and where he goes for inspiration and motivation (1:07:31).

You can Learn more about Rahul and Superhuman at superhuman.com.

Additionally, feel free to follow Superhuman on Twitter @superhuman, on Facebook, and on Instagram @SuperhumanCo.

Thanks so much to Rahul for coming on the Podcast!

I wrote a book called “Shift Your Mind” that was released in October of 2020, and you can order it on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Additionally, I have launched a company called Strong Skills, and I encourage you to check out our new website https://www.strongskills.co/. If you liked this episode and/or any others, please follow me on Twitter: @brianlevenson or Instagram: @Intentional_Performers.

Thanks for listening.

-Brian