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Frontier Podcast: Interview with Akshita Iyer, CEO & Founder of Ome

Frontier Podcast: Interview with Akshita Iyer, CEO & Founder of Ome

Posted on May 29, 2023


Akshita Iyer, CEO and founder of Ome, sat down with Teja Yenamandra, host of the Frontier Podcast. On this episode, they discuss Akshita’s path from studying neuroscience and wanting to become a doctor to entrepreneurship and smart kitchen technology. She shares the winding road to building and funding her idea and how her appearance on Shark Tank helped her build the brand to where it is today, despite not taking their offer.


Other topics they discuss include:

  • How to build a team of talented engineers as a non-technical founder 
  • Running and scaling a complex hardware and software business
  • Networking and the importance of learning from and exchanging ideas with other founders
  • Why Akshita was glad she didn’t take the Shark Tank offer and what she learned from it 
  • The value of collecting and leveraging customer feedback  
  • What Akshita looks for when hiring 
  • What’s next for Ome: Growth plans and upcoming product launches
  • How to make sure you’re never the smartest person in the room
  • Building a successful hybrid work culture  
  • Overcoming imposter syndrome 

Listen to the full conversation with Akshita and Teja here.

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