Mishra: Business presentation volume grew 150% during COVID-19
Rajat Mishra · Codifying Empathy: What 1 Million Slides Taught This Founder · Nov 25, 2021 · at 6:30
Rajat Mishra discusses the timing of leaving Cisco to launch presentation software startup Prezent.ai during the COVID pandemic.
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“Number of presentations, Sean, actually went up by 150% in COVID because more people were communicating remotely.”
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