Rajesh Jain has built a Bootstrapped Unicorn from India. This is an important case study for all the bootstrapped entrepreneurs out there looking for inspiration and methodology to scale. Sramana Mitra: Alright, Rajesh, let's start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from, where were you born, raised, what kind of background? Rajesh Jain: I was born and raised in Mumbai and did my schooling there. Then I did Electrical Engineering (EE) from IIT Bombay from 1984 to 1988. Then I went to Columbia for my masters in EE. I worked for two years in the US, and then I came back. Sramana Mitra: What year did you go back? Rajesh Jain: That was May of 1992. Sramana Mitra: It was right before the internet. Rajesh Jain: Yes, and I came back because my father had told me, "Finish your master's in nine months, work in the US for two years and come back." So there was no staying in the US. Sramana Mitra: What did you do when you went back to Bombay? Rajesh Jain: So I