Yacine is the COO of Axya, a platform that simplifies the procurement process down to a few clicks for both buyers and suppliers.

Coming from the world of academia, Yacine was doing a PhD to study how consciousness could be detected in individuals not able to move or speak, when a hackathon set him on an entirely new but not unfamiliar path - entrepreneurship.

Listen in as we talk about Yacine’s transition from education to employment, strategies for building a startup, growing data teams, and more.

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[00:00 - 00:37] Intro

[00:37 - 06:12] How an interest in the brain and an unusual learning strategy led Yacine into Data Science

[06:12 - 08:33] How is research similar to entrepreneurship

[08:33 - 14:17] Yacine’s transition from academia to building startups

[14:17 - 19:26] How did Axya come about and what problem are you solving?

[19:26 - 24:58] Pivoting until you find success

[24:58 - 33:25] How did you approach building your team?

[33:25 - 40:24] How do you work with students to grow the business and what’s your process?

[40:24 - 44:18] What does the future look like for Axya’s data team?

[44:18 - 47:35] Thoughts on Axya and the current recession