Today’s 335th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, January 12, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!
Sramana Mitra: What was the thought process in your pivot? How did you arrive at whatever was the pivot strategy? Shaul Weisband: The pivot happened in two stages. The credit mainly goes to the team that was able to roll the punches and figure out exactly what was wrong and the Board. We have one
Right now, we’re still processing the 2016 US Presidential election, and focusing on blue-collar job losses that led to Trump’s victory. But the truth is, within the next election cycle or two, we will see the pain being felt not only by blue-collar workers, but also white-collar folks. Inequality: Technology & Automation: In the 30-50
Sramana Mitra: I have a couple of follow-up questions. First question is on adoption. Where are you seeing adoption? What kinds of companies are adopting your technology? One thing you said which completely perplexes me is the example you chose to share was from one of the largest banks in India. Why? We never hear
Sramana Mitra: What about your co-founders? How did the three of you come together? Shall Weisband: One co-founder, who’s now the CEO, comes from the retail space. Similar to me, he was born in the United States and moved to Israel. We went to school together a long time ago but lost touch. I happened
Sramana Mitra: Our audience is highly sophisticated and highly technical. Can you double-click down a bit and help us understand the technology? Jack Porter: If you do an artificial intelligence or data science project, you normally have two different technologies to choose from. You either use machine learning which is some type of statistical form of
Sramana Mitra: Talk to me about things in a sequential order. Let’s go to the beginning of the company. How did this company get off the ground? How did you pull this together? What worked? What didn’t work? Tell the story. Shaul Weisband: What encouraged us to start the company was the gift registry. This
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 335th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, January 12, 2017, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any