While corporate travel has been centralized for decades, corporate entertainment is still comparatively scattered.
On Lightwork, Lohit Sarma shared how he approached that problem at @weareande: start with supply.
He spent the last two and a half years building the network from that side first, including going door to door with hospitality groups before scaling the enterprise side.
Corporate entertainment still runs on relationships. AI can handle things like availability, pricing, and multi-player workflows, but Lohit draws the line at negotiation.
As he puts it, “one bad event is one lost relationship that they can’t recover from.”
Tune into the full episode below!
Chapters:
0:00 Ande Comes Out Of Stealth
2:17 Why Corporate Entertainment Has Stayed Fragmented
4:51 Lohit Sarma's Background (Lifion by ADP)
9:51 What CFOs Revealed About Fraud And Offshore Teams
10:47 Building The Supply Side First
16:44 Ande's Enterprise Customers And Rollout Strategy
18:40 How AI Is Built Into Ande's Ethos
22:58 The Future Of Ande
26:11 Hiring A Team To Build A Category
29:38 What Can Break At Ten Times The Size
31:50 Celebrating The Launch And Where To Find Ande
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Let’s hear it for Miami’s new additions to the @MichelinGuideNA 🥳👏
We are blessed with so many amazing restaurants in this city! More info: https://t.co/feS54qb8vD
• EntreNos
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• Maty’s
• Ossobuco
• Ogawa
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Today's teaser is The Leopard at des Artistes in NYC!
The menu reaches a balance between dishes based on rural elements, such as pasta, vegetables, cheese, and seafood ingredients from the Costiera.
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Today's teaser is Il Piatto in DC!
Book one of the private or semiprivate spaces, including an outdoor patio, for your next event and wow your guests with the service, food and ambiance at Il Piatto.
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