If you haven't already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. I am always thrilled to do stories of pioneering entrepreneurs building technology startups in remote locations. Anjan Pathak, Co-founder and CTO of Vantage Circle, brings us into the nascent scene in Guwahati, in the northeast Indian state of Assam. Sramana Mitra: Let's go back to the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have? Anjan Pathak: I was born in a small town in North East India. It's about 50 kilometers from Guwahati. I spent my childhood there. I studied in a very small school. From there, I went to Guwahati. That is where I met my co-founder Partha Neog. I studied there for two weeks and after that, I went to the engineering school in Nagpur. I spent four years in Nagpur. I graduated and worked for a year and a half in a services company. I then went to the UK,