Ajinkya Tanpure is a mechanical engineer turned venture capitalist turned fintech founder. He is the Founder & CEO of Crossval on a mission to eliminate the pain of accounting with automation, AI, and smart financial workflows. In this episode, we talk about his leap from engineering to finance, the realities of the founder-to-CEO journey, and why good communication, clear positioning, and tracking what matters can make or break your startup.Last Message: "Being successful is about finding balance"0:00 Intro3:02 AJ’s background3:57 Switching from engineering to finance11:04 Should you join a VC when you’re young?15:49 The founder journey is the same25:04 The importance of communication for founders33:14 Positioning35:30 Going from founder to CEO43:39 Why is finance hard to learn?47:59 Crossval Academy52:15 Why we don’t like to track1:00:22 Crossval is revolutionizing your accounting1:10:44 Working with startups vs enterprise1:16:20 What is Crossval?1:18:39 Accounting pain points1:22:45 Gov’t initiatives supporting Crossval1:25:04 Biggest challenge launching fintech company1:32:44 Proud1:34:14 Last messageFollow Ajinkya:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajinkyatanpure/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crossval_/Website: https://www.crossval.com/Follow Hope It Helps:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khaled-abuljebain/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopeithelpspod/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hopeithelpspodWebsite: www.hopeithelps.net 

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