If you haven't already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. RegTech is emerging to become a category of its own with numerous risk and compliance issues getting addressed by technology solutions. PerformLine Founder and CEO Alex Baydin has bootstrapped a wonderful business and is now doing a private equity-driven roll-up within the space. Sramana Mitra: Let's start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Alex Baydin: I am the Founder and CEO of PerformLine. I was born in Boston, but shortly thereafter, my family moved to New Jersey in a town called Morristown. I've been here quite a large percentage of my life but also traveled and spent some stints outside of this area. Sramana Mitra: Where did you go to school? Alex Baydin: I went to Cornell University. Sramana Mitra: What kind of background? Alex Baydin: Non-technical. I am a graduate of hotel