E56 - Reimagining Corporate Healthcare w/Plum's Abhishek Poddar

<p>In this Episode, I (<a href="https://twitter.com/jivraj_sachar">@Jivraj Singh Sachar</a>) speak with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhishek24/">Abhishek Poddar, Co-Founder &amp; CEO of Plum</a>.</p> <p>Plum is reimagining corporate healthcare in India by providing high quality health insurance at affordable prices to thousands of startups and corporates in the country. Abhishek, the Co-Founder &amp; CEO of Plum, has had a diverse range of experiences from Consulting to Product at large institutions such as McKinsey &amp; Google, along with starting companies prior to Plum.</p> <p>Through the Episode we discuss the following:</p> <p>1. (01:44) : How is lack of knowledge &amp; experience an advantage when disrupting a market? ~ the importance of the Beginner's Mindset</p> <p>2. (06:10) : Abhishek's career trajectory of moving from IIT-Kanpur --&gt; McKinsey --&gt; Stanford GSB --&gt; Google --&gt; HyperTrack --&gt; Plum</p> <p>3. (11:14) : What is Employee Wellbeing and what are the evident problems in corporate healthcare?&nbsp;</p> <p>4. (16:07) : Who is Plum serving &amp; how has their consumer journey evolved in the last 12-18 months?</p> <p>5. (22:05) : Why the North Star Metric Matters &amp; How do you optimise as a team for it?</p> <p>6. (26:04) : What are some metrics beyond the top-line to track for ?</p> <p>7. (29:06) : What's the road ahead for Plum in terms of the larger vision of solving for corporate healthcare?</p> <p>8. (34:35) : How does the Culture at Plum get shaped owing to their core offering itself?</p> <p>9. (40:35) : What keeps Abhishek curious &amp; where does he derive his love to build?</p> <p>10. (44:41) : The Top 3 Learnings for Entrepreneurs through Abhishek's Lens</p> <p>11. (47:39) : Conclusion</p> <p>Here is the <strong>56th Episode of the Indian Silicon Valley Podcast - Reimagining Corporate Healthcare</strong></p> <p>That was it from this Episode, thanks again for tuning in! :)</p> <p>We're available on <a href="https://instagram.com/indiansiliconvalleypodcast?igshid=1w1