Infer gives analysts machine-learning powers like never before. It gives users the ability to find insights, make predictions, and identify patterns through its easy-to-use but powerful SQL commands.  In the episode, Co-Founders Ryan Garland and Erik Mathiesen-Dreyfus talk through their unique path to founding Infer, going from boss and employee to co-founders, and how they’ve been able to shift the dynamic between them.  They then dive into their recent funding journey and the challenges they’ve had to overcome, and finally why they decided to create the values for the business before they’d even finished building the product, and why they are so important to them.  Questions asked:  1. Tell us a bit about yourselves and the story behind Infer 2. What problem does Infer aim to solve? 3. How has the dynamic between the two you changed going from boss and employee to co-founders? 4. You’re currently pitching to VCs for funding, how is it all going and is there any advice that you’d share or things that you’ve learnt about the process along the way? 5. You mentioned previously that you created the values for the business before you even had a product, why are values so important to you and how have you gone about implementing them throughout the business? 6. What has been the biggest challenge in your career to date? 7. And finally, what one piece of advice would you give to someone thinking about starting their own business? Follow The Start-Up Diaries Podcast on LinkedIn or learn more about Burns Sheehan.