Despite living in poverty, we never felt the burden of it; we lived carefree, enjoying whatever little we had and kept working hard.

I grew up in a one-room house with my family, and despite the extreme poverty, we never felt the burden of it, as my parents worked incredibly hard to ensure we never felt the struggles of our circumstances.

We lived carefree, enjoying whatever little we had, and kept working hard without complaints, which shaped my outlook on life.

We had a $500 a month budget for food, which forced us to cook all our meals and be resourceful as we built the company.

My early life was spent in extreme poverty, but we never really felt the burden of poverty because we had never worn fine shoes, so we didn't know what we were missing.

I never thought about being poor or judged others for their struggles; we lived with joy and kept working hard without complaints.

After Y Combinator, we struggled financially for about a year, living off savings and working out of a friend's living room, which was made possible by the generosity of his parents.

Not having a lot of money forced us to innovate and focus on making every dollar count, which ultimately helped us grow faster than competitors who had more funding.

To prevent bureaucracy from creeping in, we eliminated rigid expense policies and adopted a freedom and responsibility approach.