#30: Leaving Google X to build Yoodli aka Grammarly for Speech | Varun Puri (Co-Founder @ Yoodli)

Welcome to another episode of Supra Insider. This time, Marc and Ben are joined by Varun Puri, CEO and co-founder of Yoodli, a platform helping people improve their public speaking skills. Varun shares his journey from working with Sergey Brin at Google to taking the leap into entrepreneurship. The conversation delves into Varun’s time at Google X, the early days of building Yoodli, the harsh realities of founding a company, and the joys of actually making a difference.

This episode is a must-listen for aspiring founders and product leaders who want to hear an honest account of the highs and lows of startup life.

In this episode, we covered the following topics:

Varun’s experience working with Sergey Brin at Google and Google X

His transition from a Google PM to founding Yoodli

Challenges of building a public speaking platform

The realities of entrepreneurship, from personal sacrifices to celebrating wins

Lessons learned from building a consumer-focused product and pivoting to enterprise sales

Advice for product leaders thinking about starting their own business

And more!

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Links:

Varun Puri:   / varun-puri001  

Yoodli: https://yoodli.ai/

Esha Joshi (Yoodli’s other co-founder):   / eshajoshi  

Ben:   / benerez  

Marc:   / marcbaselga