{"id":5150,"date":"2021-08-27T13:42:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T17:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplifiedblog.wpengine.com\/?p=5150"},"modified":"2023-11-30T03:43:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T08:43:42","slug":"welcome-ajay-yadav","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplified.com\/blog\/product-updates\/welcome-ajay-yadav","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Ajay Yadav (AJ) to Simplified"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"reader-article-header__title t-40 t-black t-normal pv4\" dir=\"ltr\">Passion led us here, welcome Ajay Yadav (AJ)<\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\udce2 Please join me in welcoming\u00a0Ajay Yadav\u00a0 (Friend, Angel Investor, Founder of Roomi) now as Co-Founder\/COO of Simplified officially.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There is immense power when a group of people with similar interests gets together to work toward the same goals. \u2015 Idowu Koyenikan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media-exp1.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/C4E03AQHLT9aCIIlY7w\/profile-displayphoto-shrink_400_400\/0\/1594838653719?e=1635379200&amp;v=beta&amp;t=ShifEmS3R6tMiL4OH0Saj3dDASfJTFC-EpXdrV0MDOw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd1d I met AJ for the first time in 2013 while building my last startup. We stayed in touch over the years. But earlier this year, we reconnected when AJ was exploring the next play after leading the Roomi for the past 9 years through all ups and downs. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/after-9-years-im-saying-goodbye-roomi-ajay-yadav\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read here<\/a>). He first joined the journey as an angel investor and started helping immediately<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-exp1.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/C5612AQGQJELBm37A1A\/article-inline_image-shrink_1000_1488\/0\/1629392238230?e=1635379200&amp;v=beta&amp;t=_7OXx8tw9yYpGNxTQ55m9ondaVaz9Mi3FXY3XdtNuY0\" alt=\"No alt text provided for this image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude80 We spent hours, days brainstorming and thinking about the vision, potential opportunities. Synergy was obvious to both of us. So we decided to join the forces to build\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Simplified<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0together. Stay a tuned lot more is coming. #Buildinpublic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passion led us here, welcome Ajay Yadav (AJ) \ud83d\udce2 Please join me in welcoming\u00a0Ajay Yadav\u00a0 (Friend, Angel Investor, Founder of Roomi) now as Co-Founder\/COO of Simplified officially. There is immense power when a group of people with similar interests gets together to work toward the same goals. \u2015 Idowu Koyenikan \ud83e\udd1d I met AJ for the first time in 2013 while building my last startup. We stayed in touch over the years. But earlier this year, we reconnected when AJ was exploring the next play after leading the Roomi for the past 9 years through all ups and downs. 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