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Fortuitous Meetings and Tough Decisions with Dr. Vikram Kumar and Jonathan Jackson (The Founding Story Part 1)

24 min • 23 maj 2022

Learn about the very earliest days of Dimagi from our co-founders, Dr. Vikram Kumar and Jonathan Jackson. You'll learn:

Who Dimagi's founders are and what drives them

How the founders met

How they came to focus on the problem of improving healthcare with digital technology

What Dimagi's first project was like and why Dimagi ultimately decided to walk away from it

How design under the mango tree became a core ethos

The genesis of Dimagi's focus on creating value for the end user

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