Michael sits down with Hari Raghavan, CEO and founding team member of AbstractOps, an automated back-office OS for startup businesses. They abstract away tedious, unfamiliar needs in HR, finance, legal ops, and compliance by democratizing access to world-class operations so founders can focus on what they do best: building fantastic products. 

During his time as COO at Forge (formerly Equidate), he was a part of the team that scaled the business 100x over three years before moving on to launch AbstractOps. An active angel investor since 2015, Hari’s notable investments include Notion, Rippling, and Slack, to name a few.

Connect with Hari on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hraghavan/

Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/haridigresses

Check out AbstractOps: https://www.abstractops.com/

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Out of the Woods is hosted by Michael Martocci, the Founder, CEO of SwagUp, the leading Swag Management Platform that has empowered over 5000 companies manage the creation and distribution of branded merchandise globally.

The goal of Out of the Woods is to help as many startup teams make it to the other side of these uncertain economic times by arming them with insights and tactics from those on the front lines.

About Michael Martocci - Michael is a lifelong entrepreneur, first selling groceries at the foot of his driveway at the age of 5. Since then Michael has launched countless businesses. Michael is a dropout of The College of William & Mary where he studied finance, before ultimately starting SwagUp in 2017, which he's led to over $100m in revenue in 5 years while bootstrapping the majority of the way 

About SwagUp - SwagUp is an API-first platform that empowers companies to create and distribute branded merchandise at scale globally to connect with their employees, customers, partners, and prospects! SwagUp works with over 5000 of the top companies around the world with a focus on high-quality products and a seamless experience. 

Learn more at www.swagup.com