Our aim is to help small businesses turn every customer conversation into sales opportunity, leveraging power of AI

Her father was a medical practitioner, but she was also bequeathed with an entrepreneurial legacy from her father's grandparents (the Ray Burmans), a leading name in the city's business circles, pioneering retail business in this part of the country.

- RITWIK MUKHERJEE

With a strong background in engineering and management and a passion for writing, she has had exciting stints with tech biggies and a top advertising agency, before founding her own company. She has never looked back since then. Over these years she has successfully created and exited companies.

In her current role as co-founder of Heyo, her aim is to help small businesses turn every customer conversation into a sales or commerce opportunity leveraging the power of AI.

Speaking to The Statesman, Rimjhim Ray, Co-founder, Heyo, Partner, Goa Angels Network, narrates her entrepreneurial journey, how she is building her own company, how she is helping other startups grow and much more.

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Q: Be it technology space (IT) or advertising, you were doing well for yourself, working with some of the leading companies of the world. What was it that made you leave your job and start your entrepreneurial journey?