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S11 Bonus:The Spreadsheet Trap: Why Custom E-Commerce Workflows Crash in the Back-Office and the Rise of Lightweight Fashion ERP Architecture with Harish Chandramowli, Co-Founder & CTO of Flaire
Oct 2, 2025 · Season 11 · 20 min
Making the back office a piece of cake
Harish Chandramowli grew up in a small town in India. The goal was simple early on - study well, go to university, and get a job. After undergrad, he realized he can do so much more, eventually coming stateside to get his masters, and meet a ton of really smart people over the last 10 years. Outside of tech, he is a broadway show fanatic, seeing 1-2 on a regular basis. He also follows Manchester United, which can be difficult watching the lose on the regular.
Harish used to work for MongoDB, and spent some time on call and in the weeds. At that time, he realized how much data is used by a business. When he eventually supported the fashion industry, specifically the back office, he wanted to build a solution to make the lives of those back office individuals as easy as possible.
This is the creation story of Flaire.
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