Glyman: Mapping business equations creates operational focus and enables rapid scaling
Eric Glyman · Keith Rabois & Eric Glyman: The Tools, Tips, Secrets and Process That Drive Efficiency | E1148 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · May 3, 2024 · at 8:14
Eric Glyman, co-founder and CEO of Ramp, discusses key operational mental models learned from investor Keith Rabois.
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“He talks about this concept of, can you really articulate cleanly your business equations? What are the outputs you're trying to drive? What are the inputs in your business? Can you list that very clearly and map that? And that exercise of mapping, how does our business really worked created focus for a company next, something I recommend to every founder.”
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