When I met Saumil and his partner Bernard last year in Singapore, I wasn’t sure about his plan by taking his company Chalkboard to the US market. The concept is easily cloned by some company in Silicon Valley and would’ve probably gain more exposure and investors’ trust compared to some company from Singapore.
Saumil has proven me wrong.
His company received funding from Neoteny Labs, a Singaporean fund backed by Twitter’s early investor Joi Ito who has strong connection to tech startups and investors in US. This strategic move works perfectly for Chalkboard to go conquer the US market with the help of their investors.
So in this session of CEO Corner, I’m interviewing Saumil Nanavati the founder and CEO of Chalkboard. Check it out!
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