#1873 Case Study: Leaving an impressive corporate career to launch a data startup

Joining me is an entrepreneur from Italy who wanted to start a business so bad that he was doing it even as a child. But he went on to a very safe corporate job that made his friends envious and his parents proud. And then he left. He risked it to start a company. Simone Di Somma is the founder of Askdata, a natural language data access platform that simplifies data access.

Simone Di Somma is the founder of Askdata, a natural language data access platform that simplifies data access.

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