Welcome to this new episode of Explore! 😎 For those of you that have been here since the beginning, 1000 thanks, and welcome to the newcomers who have joined us in recent weeks. I receive a lot of encouragement on LinkedIn, the best way to send me some love is to follow this podcast and give it 5 stars. It will allow others to discover it. 🙏 In this episode I sat down with Jas Jaiswal, the founder and CEO at SmartHaul, a software company that provides a relay model with the focus on bringing truck drivers back home more often while moving freight 2x faster. We discussed Jas’s unique journey from moving to the US from India, developing a business to $1BN EBIDTA before jumping into the unknown and building SmartHaul with the help of Platform Venture Studio. Jas shares the challenges of building a company, the reasons why he is planning to fundraise, the benefit of the venture studio model and much more! 🚀 Have a great episode!  Listen on Spotify. Listen on Apple Podcast. *****  Thanks to our sponsor ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OpenVC.app⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 🔥 Use the code "EXPLORE" to get a lifetime 20% discount on their premium membership. Learn more about Explore: ⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠.  Learn more about ⁠⁠⁠Jas and ⁠⁠⁠SmartHaul⁠⁠⁠. ***** Timestamps:  00:00 Introduction 05:24 Realizing the Desire to Become an Entrepreneur 07:30 Joining Platform Venture Studio 11:45 The Idea for SmartHaul 24:28 Building the Algorithm and MVP 26:38 Challenges and Opportunities 31:16 Business Model and Market Size 37:21 Advice for Future Entrepreneurs This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit explorepodcast.substack.com