saman rahmanian

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@saman

Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of @Ro

New York, USA ro.co Joined December 2008

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saman rahmanian @saman 12h

Listen to my co-founder @ZReitano sharing our story of Ro - and the cultural transformation of the last 4 years.

Great episode by @patrick_oshag

Patrick OShaughnessy Verified account @patrick_oshag 13h

My conversation with Zach Reitano (@ZReitano), co-founder and CEO of Ro

In four years he took Ro from a $250M run rate to over $3B, with about a third fewer people

Zach rarely does long conversations like this, so it was fun to talk about the details of what that took and everything happening in healthcare

Plus, his answer to the closing question is amazing

We discuss:
- the state of the US healthcare system
- refounding Ro
- strong attract, strong repel culture
- the notion of jobs over lives
- the power of celebrities in marketing
- the importance of tailwinds (AI, GLP-1s)
- trying to recreate his dad in software

Enjoy!

TIMESTAMPS
0:34 How Much Should We Spend on Health
4:59 The Patient Is Not the Customer
10:24 Inside Ro's Business
18:28 The Future of GLP-1s
25:46 Jobs Over Lives
30:02 The Turnaround
47:43 Where Healthcare Goes Next
1:00:27 Recreating His Dad in Software
1:06:33 Marketing Into Stigma
1:19:06 Zach's Hottest Take
1:20:58 The Kindest Thing

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saman rahmanian @saman 12h

In 4 years, we've grown Ro's revenue 10x. Today we passed $3B ARR — with fewer employees than we had in 2021.

Since our refounding, the team has locked in every single day. With maniac levels of focus.

Grateful to fight for patients alongside @ZReitano and the entire @ro team.

We're just getting started. Wait until you see 2027.

🚀

Z Reitano Verified account @ZReitano 13h

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saman rahmanian @saman 2d

Losing 50 lbs takes 200 lbs off each knee every step and 240,000 lbs every mile. That’s 3 fully loaded 18-wheelers per mile. Find your number with The Ro Knee Relief Calculator, from @roresearchlab: ro.co/research-lab/t…

ro.co Knee Relief Calculator: Weight Loss & Knee Pressure Every pound you lose takes about 4 pounds of pressure off each knee per step. See what your weight loss adds up to with Ro's free knee relief calculator.

saman rahmanian @saman 5d

After 9 years we have one of the largest real-world health datasets in the world. Today we decided to put that data to good use – to help advance medicine and our scientific community with real-world evidence and insights. Meet @Roresearchlab, our new AI research unit.

Z Reitano Verified account @ZReitano 6d

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saman rahmanian @saman Nov 2

My better half @ZReitano said it well. @davidtisch and Box Group was our first money into @ro and it was easily one of the best decisions we made.

Z Reitano Verified account @ZReitano Nov 1

When I shut down my first startup and returned the money to investors, some of them never spoke to us again. @davidtisch was the opposite. He was a human heat shield with many of those investors, and he backed me personally and professionally right after.

When we started Ro, @BoxGroup was our first call. Tisch and the BG family will always have a special place in my heart. They march to their own drum. They build differently. And after years of being misunderstood, game is finally recognizing game. About time :)
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