July 19, 2023

Founding Lyft, "fork in the road moments", and dropping out of MIT to build the dream with Raj Suri, CEO and Co founder of Presto

"and so I dropped out of MIT to go wait tables at a restaurant"

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Rajat Suri, CEO and Co founder of Presto and previous Co founder of Lyft joins the show to talk about:

  • The customer insight that led to starting Zimride (aka Lyft)
  • "Fork in the road" moments that have defined Raj's career as an entrepreneur.
  • The thought process that led Raj to drop out of MIT to wait tables in a restaurant, and ultimately found Presto.
  • Raj's decision to take Presto public and what that process looked like.
  • Presto's position as an anti-metaverse idea and opportunities for automation in the physical world.
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