Eruditus: Powering Growth With An A-plus Team

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Eruditus, which has partnered with prestigious universities like Harvard, MIT Sloan, Columbia and Cambridge to deliver online executive education courses, scaled by building deep relationships with universities over many years – and by making hiring a number one priority. The company, which was founded in Mumbai in 2010, currently serves students from over 80 countries in multiple languages.  In this episode of Moonshot, Eruditus co-founder and CEO Ashwin Damera chats with Sequoia India Managing Director GV Ravishankar about why playing the long game is crucial to his business, the need to have founder-startup fit, and why it's so important to hire A-plus talent. Show notes: Patience, faith and perseverance: The path to an enduring company [5:42] Knowing when to let go: Lessons from Travelguru [09:01] Go after big ideas and large opportunities [12:03] Assessing founder-market fit at every stage of the company [21:44] To build a great company, hire A-plus people [28:47] Why you should never make trade-offs when hiring [34:00] Focus on input metrics for hiring and managing people [37:28] A great culture is key to retaining top talent [38:16]