Startup journey: acceleration

Startup journey: acceleration

December 2015… One year after “the idea” popped in. PocketConfidant is still not incorporated, has no technical team, no funding, some client interest and a prototype with the minimum possible functionality; however, PocketConfidant is making its first official trip to California. From Nice, to Paris, to Los Angeles, to San Francisco, and the Bay Area, […]

Innovating: A Wild Ride

Innovating: A Wild Ride

PocketConfidant started almost three years ago with two inspired people meeting for tea in the French Riviera to talk about an idea: a virtual coach powered by AI which would listen to people and help them question themselves to discover their own solutions. During two and a half years of work: Many people advised us […]

Ready for the Worldwide Finals of Microsoft Imagine Cup!

Ready for the Worldwide Finals of Microsoft Imagine Cup!

After being in the Top 3 in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup Finals in New Delhi, India, in February 2017, PocketConfidant’s technical members – Jyoti Mishra and Nikita Lukianets – are competing in the Worldwide Finals of Microsoft Imagine Cup which takes place in Seattle July 24th and 25th 2017. Imagine Cup is an inspiring initiative where […]

Jyoti Mishra brings PocketConfidant to the national final of Imagine Cup

Jyoti Mishra brings PocketConfidant to the national final of Imagine Cup

This weekend we received a notification from Microsoft that the PocketConfidant AI team has been selected as a finalist for the Imagine Cup India 2017. Imagine Cup is a global competition that empowers the next generation of computer science students to team up and use their creativity, passion and knowledge of technology to create applications […]

People Matter Most: How To Organize Your Team Meeting And Embrace Multiculturalism

People Matter Most: How To Organize Your Team Meeting And Embrace Multiculturalism

Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people. Steve Jobs Tuesday, February 21th 2017, I have to take the 7am train to Paris. This week something so great happened that I finally decided, after months thinking about it, to write about the entrepreneur journey my team […]