Prashanth Mahadeva

Background

About Prashanth Mahadeva

Tech-optimist and tinkerer. I help founders fast-track their next big thing as a hands-on resource or an on-demand advisor.As a product manager, team builder, founder, and occasional investor/board member, I have been fortunate to build and scale products, platforms, and businesses at Pocketpills, Article, Sharpsell, enParadigm, and Razorpay. Over the last 17 years, I have had the opportunity to help stellar operators at multiple stages - from bootstrapped pre-PMF founders to YC-alum hypergrowth scale-ups to profitable firms bringing in $500m+ a year.I have built 0-to-1 products and managed large-scale platforms for SaaS+AI providers as well as "moving atoms" businesses across e-commerce, supply chain, and healthcare. Scale: Up to 2m transactions a day, 16m ML decision points, 2m AI output items, and teams of 24.My operating surface (and ideal day)- Problem Conviction: Drill into customer problems, find the signal, validate- Solution Velocity: Collab with dev, design, functional experts - Ideate, prototype, refine, and evaluate the solution space using AI agents and platforms- Well-directed Expertise: Get the hive-mind cooking, contextualize, refine, and manifest momentum- Confidence Transfer: Align and prime key customers or teams with empathy and evidence-based storytelling- Big-picture Clarity: Partner with founders and leadership on product/business strategy and org/structural issues.