Maveen built 913.ai a company automating legal issues for insurances with AI. We talked about his past in india, previous jobs how he does business and handles staff decisions and so much more.
Maveens company: https://www.913.ai/de/
Maveens LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maveenmushtaq/
My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennart-kehrberger
My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lennart_keh/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/30pAQL0jENLP8F2wV0HW2G?si=pzmw3ba7R-2Zq0bMKRA10A
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scale-and-fail/id1794363702
Instagram: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scale-and-fail/id1794363702
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro(s)
01:37 First entrepreneurial contact in India
03:00 Starting to code at 12
05:30 Being a graphic designer early on and starting an event business with friends
08:17 Not having imposter syndrome when he was young and competing without adults
11:53 Learn how to code
15:40 Growing up in an entrepreneurial family and in india
23:25 Just go ahead and do stuff and how to start a startup
25:01 How Maveen approches founding companies.
30:00 Going to the UK and wanting to leave india. University of Cardiff
38:46 Dropping out of college.
43:55 Fear of dropping out of college and writing applications in universtity and finding a job without a degree.
47:21 Having the courage to drop out, without any job offers
53:55 How he found his Co-Founder
55:07 Worst thing a startup can do is to change to a big cooperation and how wrong hires kill the company
56:50 You notice great hires immeditately
57:30 Large companies try to reintroduce startup culture
1:00:51 How to find Co-Founders
1:04:45 Launch and V1 of 913.ai and Antler (VC)
1:08:14 Deciding to go all in, because of Antler
1:13:23 Pivoting to success and paid pilot
1:17:41 Don't build things for free and when to ask for money. Startups are cheaper than consultants.
1:18:47 How early would you ask for money?
1:23:35 AI agent model and further pivots
1:47:00 Biggest learning for Maveen in his startup journey.