Felix has done nine ventures and sold several of them. He is currently building a venture-funded,AI-enabled FinTech venture. Really intelligent, scrappy maneuvering in various alleys of online entrepreneurship. Sramana Mitra: All right, Felix, let's start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised? What kind of background? Felix Rodriguez: Thank you for having me. I came to the United States when I was five years old from the Dominican Republic (DR). My grandma had arrived before us, and she had about thirteen kids in the DR. Sramana Mitra: Wow. Felix Rodriguez: After she got to the US, she'd get enough income to be able to justify getting a visa for each one of us kids. So, by the time it was my dad's turn to come over, I was five. I was very fortunate to have gotten here at a young age and grow up as an American. Sramana Mitra: What year was that? When did you come? Felix Rodriguez: I believe it was towards the