Vish is a Revenue Operations leader who describes the role as the 'kingmaker' — the Hand of the King who sees the whole business and moves it forward through influence rather than authority. He started his first company at 15: an English-language K-pop media property built with a co-founder that peaked at roughly a million page views and 25 million views in a year (pitching VCs as a teenager) before shutting down. Since then he has strung together consulting and operations roles spanning finance, sales, HR, payroll, and day-to-day operations — a 'do everything except firing' foundation that led him into RevOps — changing companies roughly every two years and stepping up scope each time. A self-described nocturnal operator who protects a late-night deep-work power hour and an avid traveler (a flight most weeks in 2024), he is a proponent of winning through trust, curiosity, and continuous learning over credentials.
“The kingmaker — it's not the king, but you're the person who makes the king.”
“Everybody's fatal flaw is you run too fast — you don't know when to stop, to reflect, to look back and see what changes you should make.”
“You need to know the business better than they do, so that when they talk about something, you're on the same page and not catching up with them.”
“Nobody's ever asked us — why now? And that's the question I always bring up: why not?”
“It could be broken — that's human nature, we're not perfect. I don't care how you got there. What I care about is how we're going to fix it.”
“People who do RevOps tend to like to work outside of normal office hours. And there's a key part to that: nobody can disturb you.”
“Since we see the big picture, it's like we're the genie — we can go to our lamp and ask it a wish. But to that point, we may know too much.”
“I'll follow you, but my goal isn't to be with you. My goal is to replace you.”