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Synechron CEO Faisal Husain is one of those rare entrepreneurs who managed to grow his business with no outside financing to significant scale. We discussed his journey in 2015.

Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to the very beginning of your story. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background?

Faisal Husain: My roots are from India, but I was actually born in West Africa in Nigeria. My parents had moved from India to Nigeria in search of jobs and they were in the education field. My father was a principal and my mother was a math teacher. While they were doing their jobs and building their careers in Nigeria, I was born there. I lived in Nigeria for 13 years. At that point, my parents decided to move back home to India. I was then home schooled for about three or four years, and then came to the United States.

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October 31 – 661st 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 661st FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, October 31, 2024, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST.

If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your questions. Others can register to “attend” to watch, learn, and interact through the online chat.

You can learn more here and REGISTER TO PITCH OR ATTEND HERE. Register and you will receive the recording by email, even if you are unable to attend. Please share with any entrepreneurs in your circle who may be interested. All are welcome!

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Roundtable Recap: October 24 – Do NOT Write a Line of Code Until You Validate

During this week’s roundtable, we emphasized the importance of validation and underscored the maxim: Do NOT write a line of code until you validate with customers.

WebVeta

First we had Kanti Arumilli from Visakhapatnam, India, pitch WebVeta.

Gift of Hope International School

Next, Hismark Pilot Narh-Bamfrom from Kpong, Ghana, pitched Gift of Hope International School.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Investor Gus Tai (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: As an aside, I think the human-centric aspect of AI can actually turn out to be a very beneficial factor in healthcare, just because it’s a natural propensity for human beings who are in need of care to want another human being to be taking care of them; not a robot, not a digital persona. So, I think this may be at the end of the day in an industry that can be augmented by AI – the training and the ability to care will be powered by AI. However, there is also the human aspect – the compassion and the care aspect that can, if we can make it survive from an economics point of view, make the industry become a far more efficient and better quality care industry.

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