If you haven't already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Here's yet another case in point in our Bootstrapping Using Services series. Founder Manish Sood was scaling Reltio super fast when we spoke in 2015, and had raised venture capital, consistent with our theme Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later. 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? Manish Sood: I was born in the northern part of India. I grew up and went to school there. I went to an engineering college in the southern part of India, which was a new experience for me from a location perspective and getting acclimatized to the overall culture and environment. I trained as a Mechanical Engineer. Once I graduated, I started working in India. I worked there for about four years applying my technology skills to solve problems starting with