Bootstrapping with Services at the Cusp of AI and FinTech: Vahe Andonians, Founder of Cognaize (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Now we’re in 2017? Vahe Andonians: 2018. Sramana Mitra: What problem were you going to solve next? Vahe Andonians: It all started with Moody’s. They approached me with a problem. The problem was extracting financial PDF. They had identified this as a pain point of the market. They had just created a unit

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Bootstrapping with Services at the Cusp of AI and FinTech: Vahe Andonians, Founder of Cognaize (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What revenue level did you reach with this? Vahe Andonians: About $8 million. It was difficult. The 2009 to 2012 period was a difficult time for the area we were operating in. Sramana Mitra: Your clients were the banks and financial service institutions?

Bootstrapping with Services at the Cusp of AI and FinTech: Vahe Andonians, Founder of Cognaize (Part 1)

In this case study, you will hear Vahe talk a lot about bootstrapping – bootstrapping to exit, bootstrapping with services, so on. You will also learn a nifty way of building domain knowledge on top of horizontal AI expertise. This is a valuable and extremely interesting way of building AI companies for entrepreneurs to consider.

604th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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April 27 – 605th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 605th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, April 27, 2023, 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

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Roundtable Recap: April 13 – Startup Methodology Exists, Use It

During this week’s roundtable, we worked with three entrepreneurs. In advising them, I keep running into the phenomenon of reinventing the wheel and not using existing proven methodology and frameworks. Milk e-Taster First up, we had Barnali Ghatak from Kolkata, India, pitch Milk e-Taster, a technology for testing food contamination. Nudge Next, we had Reagan

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604th Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting by @1Mby1M

Today’s 604th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, April 13, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

604th Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting in 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting by @1Mby1M

Today’s 604th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, April 13, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!