#164 | From Five Failed Products to the 100-Person Company w/ Prashanth Tondapu (ex-@McAfee, @Innostax Tech LLC)
Published: May 28, 2026
Duration: 51:08
▶︎ #164 | From Five Failed Products to 100-Person Company: Delegation, Detachment, and the Real Root of Burnout in Tech w/ Prashanth Tondapu (ex-@McAfee, @Innostax Tech LLC)
In this episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, Alex welcomes Prashanth Tondapu: CEO of InnoStacks Tech LLC, a 100-person software services company with active R&D in LLM products. Prashanth's story is one many tech leaders will recognise all too painfully: a gifted developer who believed that passion for the craft was enough to build a business, went through five failed products before finding one that worked, and had to syste...
In this episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, Alex welcomes Prashanth Tondapu: CEO of InnoStacks Tech LLC, a 100-person software services company with active R&D in LLM products. Prashanth's story is one many tech leaders will recognise all too painfully: a gifted developer who believed that passion for the craft was enough to build a business, went through five failed products before finding one that worked, and had to syste...