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Guys, node.a.I got going, call it six months ago researching.

They just closed a $500,000 convertible note with a $10 million cap.

So call it the sold 5% of the business.

Pretty healthy.

The question now is, can they get MBA students, is their initial ICP target?

Can they get these students using the tool?

And then after that, can they start turning on a revenue stream here?

We will see what happens. Justin's got experience, though, two time exited, first time exited founder, second time exited founder, bootstrap VC, Node is his third project. We'll see where it goes.

Hey, folks, my guest today is Justin Shum. He's building node.aI, which extends human reasoning and-making abilities, he's building on his own

experience. So, three-time founder, one bootstrap, one exit, and one venture backed. Justin, you ready

to take us to the top? Absolutely. Let's do it. All right. What was the name of the bootstrapped one?

Yeah, ready chat. Founded back in 2013, exited it in 2015. Ready chat. Okay. And what was the, you bootstrap that, right?

Yep, you got it. So like no angels, you just put in your own money, basically? Yes, that and a lot of

blood, sweat and tears, yeah. And how many years was that again, you said? We operated for three years,

and then we had an acquisition. Okay. And did you, I mean, did you guys break a million bucks of A or R at that point?

Or what were you when you exited?

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