Eric Glyman (Co-founder & CEO at Ramp) on building a corporate card that helps businesses spend less, advice for aspiring entrepreneurs, and more.

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Eric Glyman (@eglyman) is Co-Founder & CEO at Ramp, the spend management platform and corporate card that helps businesses automate accounting and lower costs. Ramp has raised over $55M in funding to date from notable investors including D1 Capital, Coatue, and Founders Fund.

Prior to founding Ramp, Eric was Co-Founder & CEO at Paribus. With Paribus, Eric went through Y Combinator and later sold the business to Capital One.

In the episode, Eric joins The Takeoff’s Michael Spiro to discuss:

• What Ramp is and how it differentiates from other corporate cards, particularly why it wouldn’t make sense for traditional corporate cards to incentivize customers to spend less.
  
• His experience building Paribus, going through YC, and selling the business.
  
• The importance of listening to customers and being customer-centric.
  
• The future of Silicon Valley.
  

Want to get involved with Ramp? Check out their Careers page here.

Items mentioned in the episode:

• Packy McCormick’s Not Boring post on Ramp: https://notboring.substack.com/p/ramp-the-card-sized-finance-team
• Wooden on Leadership
• Xixa
  

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