Shalin Madan
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we've also built it just as you very well know it is you know just building something that can be put for sale and is usable actually usable not just a nice ui that's powerful that's the vision the vision is to continue what we're doing and start redeploying our resources into kind of the sales and the marketing our software to our peers.
I also think that because of this, the leaps and bounds that we have made in our technology, I think that having disparate solutions in firms with different technologies, it might not make as much sense. It might make more sense for us and others to entertain ways to work together.
I also think that because of this, the leaps and bounds that we have made in our technology, I think that having disparate solutions in firms with different technologies, it might not make as much sense. It might make more sense for us and others to entertain ways to work together.
I also think that because of this, the leaps and bounds that we have made in our technology, I think that having disparate solutions in firms with different technologies, it might not make as much sense. It might make more sense for us and others to entertain ways to work together.
closer perhaps joint ventures and mergers and utilizing this technology stack that we have spent a lot of time on and spent a lot of money on and worked on very hard and having what i call a unified brain to to run services that are effectively the same across our industry we're all trying to sell accounting
closer perhaps joint ventures and mergers and utilizing this technology stack that we have spent a lot of time on and spent a lot of money on and worked on very hard and having what i call a unified brain to to run services that are effectively the same across our industry we're all trying to sell accounting
closer perhaps joint ventures and mergers and utilizing this technology stack that we have spent a lot of time on and spent a lot of money on and worked on very hard and having what i call a unified brain to to run services that are effectively the same across our industry we're all trying to sell accounting
so why do we have disparate platforms particularly when we have this one platform that is a unified solution it doesn't you don't need to piecemeal three different applications together cobble something together we have a unified solution that it lends itself to having a bigger firm that kind of answers hopefully as well that previous question you asked about scalability i think that is i think the definition of scalability when you can just simply staple on somebody else and use your existing infrastructure
so why do we have disparate platforms particularly when we have this one platform that is a unified solution it doesn't you don't need to piecemeal three different applications together cobble something together we have a unified solution that it lends itself to having a bigger firm that kind of answers hopefully as well that previous question you asked about scalability i think that is i think the definition of scalability when you can just simply staple on somebody else and use your existing infrastructure
so why do we have disparate platforms particularly when we have this one platform that is a unified solution it doesn't you don't need to piecemeal three different applications together cobble something together we have a unified solution that it lends itself to having a bigger firm that kind of answers hopefully as well that previous question you asked about scalability i think that is i think the definition of scalability when you can just simply staple on somebody else and use your existing infrastructure
Obviously, the greats. I have been influenced by the greats. I have a tremendous amount of respect. People like Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk. I can't say enough in terms of the influence that they have provided to me, to others, to go down this path, because it's not an easy thing.
Obviously, the greats. I have been influenced by the greats. I have a tremendous amount of respect. People like Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk. I can't say enough in terms of the influence that they have provided to me, to others, to go down this path, because it's not an easy thing.
Obviously, the greats. I have been influenced by the greats. I have a tremendous amount of respect. People like Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk. I can't say enough in terms of the influence that they have provided to me, to others, to go down this path, because it's not an easy thing.
On the investment side, of course, because I am an investor in terms of my original foundation, Warren Buffett, of course, is a major influence because at the end of the day, as a company founder, you are a capital allocator. You're a resource allocator. And thinking in terms of returns on investment, thinking like an investor is a tremendous skill set for any entrepreneur.
On the investment side, of course, because I am an investor in terms of my original foundation, Warren Buffett, of course, is a major influence because at the end of the day, as a company founder, you are a capital allocator. You're a resource allocator. And thinking in terms of returns on investment, thinking like an investor is a tremendous skill set for any entrepreneur.
On the investment side, of course, because I am an investor in terms of my original foundation, Warren Buffett, of course, is a major influence because at the end of the day, as a company founder, you are a capital allocator. You're a resource allocator. And thinking in terms of returns on investment, thinking like an investor is a tremendous skill set for any entrepreneur.
If you don't mind, I'll show myself. But I would, if I like the idea, I'd recommend that they bring me on as an advisor. I think that there's a lot of, and just put myself to it. Yeah. but put myself to the side for a second.
If you don't mind, I'll show myself. But I would, if I like the idea, I'd recommend that they bring me on as an advisor. I think that there's a lot of, and just put myself to it. Yeah. but put myself to the side for a second.
If you don't mind, I'll show myself. But I would, if I like the idea, I'd recommend that they bring me on as an advisor. I think that there's a lot of, and just put myself to it. Yeah. but put myself to the side for a second.
The one thing that I learned, and I learned this as a quote-unquote failed entrepreneur in my first business, is that the cost of having good mentors is so negligible relative to the sort of benefit you can get. Because it really makes no sense to repeat the same mistakes as every entrepreneur, which I made every single mistake in the book lab. That makes me a better person, by the way.