Ruchi Varshney is the Co-Founder at Maple Billing. She is passionate about making business billing better by leveraging her extensive technology background and leadership skills built over several years of experience in leading engineering and product teams, developing new products, and growing user bases at large companies like Dropbox and startups like Hearsay Systems. Listen to this episode if you want to learn: How vulnerability and trust are key components of building effective teams How to navigate showing weakness as a female leader About the intersection of engineering prowess and entrepreneurial spirit This show is brought to you by Eikon Labs. To learn more, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.eikonlabs.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Links: Ruchi Varshney, Guest LinkedIn - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.linkedin.com/in/rvarshney/ Maple Billing - www.maplebilling.com Anebi Agbo, Host LinkedIn - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.linkedin.com/in/anebiagbo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter - @A15o_o Timestamps for Episode: 00:00:08 - Introduction to the Inflection Podcast00:00:32 - Meet Ruchi, Co-Founder of Maple Billing00:01:04 - The Genesis of Maple Billing00:02:19 - The Value of a Unified View in SaaS00:03:15 - The Tool Creep Dilemma in Sales00:03:42 - Transition from Engineer to Founder00:05:15 - Leadership Lessons and Vulnerability00:07:14 - Building Trust as a Leader00:09:21 - Adjusting from Big Corp to Startup00:11:24 - Advice for Budding Entrepreneurs00:13:04 - Learning Go-to-Market Fundamentals00:15:27 - Humility and Customer-Centric Product Building00:18:02 - Maple Billing's Mission and Invitation to Connect --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inflectionpodcast/message