If you haven't already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Motili CEO Jeff Wilkins and his co-founder had turned $1 million of personal investment into $80 million in revenue. Pretty capital-efficient, this entrepreneur's journey! Motili was acquired by Daikin/Goodman in 2019. Sramana Mitra: Let's start with where your story begins. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Jeff Wilkins: I grew on the East Coast. I was born in Bethesda, Maryland, outside of Washington DC, and moved around a lot as a kid. I spend time in Maryland, North Carolina, Texas, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania. I went to undergraduate school back on the East Coast. I went to Duke and majored in Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. I then went to the West Coast. I was at Stanford and pursued a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and an MBA. Sramana Mitra: How about the timeframe? Jeff