If you haven't already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. I am a huge fan of virtual companies. Here is a conversation from 2019 about a virtual company built with excellent execution by a Russian entrepreneur, Percona Founder CEO Peter Zaitsev. Sramana Mitra: Let's start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Peter Zaitsev: I was born in what was the Soviet Union. I studied Math and Computer Science in Moscow State University. I started my first startup company while studying. Sramana Mitra: You were very young when you started your first company in Russia. Peter Zaitsev: Yes. I was 19 years old. Sramana Mitra: What prompted you to do that? You were a very young teenager studying Computer Science and then you started this company. What were the circumstances that pushed you that far? Peter Zaitsev: I was the co