I’m Rudra — an entrepreneur and startup operator who started building businesses while I was still in college. I’m the CEO & Co-founder of BoomPanda, a student-focused technology and marketing company, and I’m also building Mira, an accessibility technology company focused on making information and experiences more accessible for the Deaf community. Over the years, I’ve had to figure out pretty much every part of building a company, from developing products and acquiring customers to sales, marketing, partnerships, fundraising, pitching investors, hiring teams and making decisions with incomplete information. I’m on Topmate because I regularly get messages from students, aspiring founders and entrepreneurs asking for advice. Instead of having fragmented conversations in DMs, I wanted to create a structured way to have genuinely useful conversations. You can book me if you’re: • Exploring a startup idea and want an honest assessment • Trying to figure out your first customers or go-to-market strategy • Building a pitch or preparing to raise funds • Unsure about an early career or entrepreneurship decision • Trying to understand how to approach sales, partnerships or business development • Stuck on a decision and need an experienced outside perspective • Or simply trying to figure out your next move I’m not here to give you generic motivational advice or tell you what you want to hear. I’ll listen to the situation, challenge your assumptions, share what I genuinely think, and help you leave the conversation with a clearer understanding of what to do next. Sometimes the most valuable thing I can tell you is that your idea is good. Sometimes it’s that your idea is terrible. Either way, you’ll get the honest answer.