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Sramana Mitra: So who were these corporate customers? The corporate customers were not for this hiring interviewing tool. Then, you were selling something else besides this product, right?
Josh Jones: Yes, we had a number of customers that we talked to that expressed interest. The first interesting customer was one of the largest consulting firms in the world. We pitched this product to them and asked for their feedback. We said we’ll continue to build and adapt this to their needs.
>>>Sramana Mitra: Were you using third party software for these projects? What was the lay of the land in terms of tools and technologies for doing this work at that time?
>>>According to a recent report, the global computer graphics market is projected to grow at 9% CAGR to reach $35.1 billion by 2030. Australia-based Canva is a big player in the industry that has seen strong growth in the past few years.
>>>Sramana Mitra: Okay, so we’re doing an Entrepreneur Journey story. I need a journey. So give me timelines. When did you do what and what led to what and so on. So, you were trying to do this business and your Alabama college education was from what year to what year? Seven years, you said.
Josh Jones: I was at the University of Alabama from 1998 until 2005.
>>>Josh is building a Data Science training company from Alabama. It’s a very interesting model, going deep into high school level skill development in what the market needs today.
Sramana Mitra: Hi, Josh. It’s great to have you. Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised? What kind of background?
>>>Sramana Mitra: You must have seen in the media how we’ve advocated very, very seriously bootstrapped startups. As a forum, we have legitimized bootstrapped startups. So today bootstrap startups take a lot of pride. Ten years ago, the bootstrapped startups used to apologize for being bootstrapped startups. Today, they don’t.
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