Tara Viswanathan
Founder and CEO building disruptive companies in health and infrastructure
San Francisco, California
Summary
Tara Viswanathan is a serial entrepreneur, having founded and led Rupa Health to a successful acquisition by Fullscript, and now co-founding Unlimited Industries. Her journey includes navigating the challenging 'zero to one' phase, pivoting strategies to achieve product-market fit, and consistently building innovative companies. x+4
She possesses strong product management and design thinking skills, honed through her Master's degree at Stanford and practical experience in numerous roles, including Product Manager at Anova Culinary and co-founding VIVE Consulting. She applies a user-centric approach, evident in projects like designing Yelp's loyalty program and behavior design studies for workplace well-being. taraviswanathan+1
Viswanathan is a passionate advocate for personalized and root-cause medicine, inspired by personal experiences. Through Rupa Health, she aimed to modernize the process of specialty lab testing, making holistic health more accessible for practitioners and patients. forbes+2
Her hiring philosophy emphasizes calibrating intuition over solely relying on resumes, focusing on 'hard-to-change' competencies and understanding a candidate's life trajectory. This approach helped her build strong teams, even during the early, chaotic stages of a startup. rippling
Tara is actively engaged in the entrepreneurial community, sharing her insights through guest lectures at Stanford, Medium articles, and podcasts. She's particularly interested in new education models, as demonstrated by her interactions with Alpha School. taraviswanathan+3
She maintains a diverse set of personal interests and community involvement, including co-founding a women's wellness social club, hosting meditation sessions, and organizing inspirational brunches, reflecting a holistic approach to life and community building. taraviswanathan
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$20M to Bring Root Cause Medicine to the World 🌎
March 1, 2022An article detailing Rupa Health's Series A funding round and its mission to expand access to root cause medicine.
Introducing Rupa: Helping Doctors Get to the Root Cause of Illness
September 2, 2021An introductory post about Rupa Health's mission and platform to assist doctors in diagnosing and treating the root causes of illness.
I wore a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) for a month. Here’s what I learned.
October 1, 2019A personal account of wearing a continuous glucose monitor, sharing insights on glucose trends, the impact of sugary beverages, and the future of personalized health monitoring.