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Self-Financing an Artificial Intelligence Software Company: John Rauscher, CEO of Yseop (Part 6)
Sramana Mitra: What do you want to do with this company? You have built a profitable company growing at 80%. What do you want to do with it? John Rauscher: We want to become public. We want to keep on building and growing. As we have been positive, becoming public may come sooner than we
Self-Financing an Artificial Intelligence Software Company: John Rauscher, CEO of Yseop (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: Let’s talk about sales. How did sales ramp at that point? John Rauscher: Of course, it was not easy. I cannot remember that it was a big start. We had to convince a lot. We had to be passionate. We had to be very good at delivery. My philosophy is we cannot lie.
Self-Financing an Artificial Intelligence Software Company: John Rauscher, CEO of Yseop (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: You got your first customer in 2007. How much money did you put into this? John Rauscher: A few millions. Sramana Mitra: Right at the beginning, you put a few millions in the company, right away? John Rauscher: No, not right away. We stopped looking for customers when we understood that people didn’t
Self-Financing an Artificial Intelligence Software Company: John Rauscher, CEO of Yseop (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: Can you give an example of something that was not possible for a salesperson to do before you introduced your product into the process? John Rauscher: Let’s take an example of a financial adviser in a retail bank branch. Customers enter from time to time. You go to your bank and look for
Self-Financing an Artificial Intelligence Software Company: John Rauscher, CEO of Yseop (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: What role did you play in this company? There were other people who co-founded the company and you came in later? John Rauscher: Yes, I came in as the COO. Then, I became the CEO of the company. Sramana Mitra: When the company was sold to Oracle, you were running the company? John
Self-Financing an Artificial Intelligence Software Company: John Rauscher, CEO of Yseop (Part 1)
John has self-financed and scaled an interesting AI software company built on French technology, and would like to take it public. Very impressive execution! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background? John Rauscher: I was born and
