{"id":1185,"date":"2025-04-23T22:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T22:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/ep-102-bootstrapping-brilliance-building-a-tech-empire-from-the-ground-up\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T22:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T22:17:11","slug":"ep-102-bootstrapping-brilliance-building-a-tech-empire-from-the-ground-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/ep-102-bootstrapping-brilliance-building-a-tech-empire-from-the-ground-up\/","title":{"rendered":"EP. 102: Bootstrapping Brilliance: Building a Tech Empire from the Ground Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-content\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p>Run Time: <span itemprop=\"duration\">39:10<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 itemprop=\"name\" style=\"font-size:18px;margin-bottom:12px;\">EP. 102: Bootstrapping Brilliance: Building a Tech Empire from the Ground Up<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"ratings_wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-ratings-25143\" class=\"post-ratings\" data-nonce=\"5b57205d46\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_25143_2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.tv\/app\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/thumbs\/rating_2_off.gif\" alt=\"Like\" title=\"Like\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(25143, 2, 'Like');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\"\/> (No Ratings Yet)<\/div>\n<div id=\"post-ratings-25143-loading\" class=\"post-ratings-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.tv\/app\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" class=\"post-ratings-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">Loading&#8230;<\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"video-views-single-page\"><\/p>\n<p>81 <span>views<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-dropdown\">\n<hr\/>\n<p>    <button class=\"hide\" onclick=\"ijtv_deactivate_embed_dropdown(event)\">Close<\/button><\/p>\n<h4>Embed Video<\/h4>\n<p>Use the below code to add this video to your website.<\/p>\n<p>    <textarea readonly=\"readonly\" onclick=\"this.focus(); this.select();\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.tv\/player.php?v=25143\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/textarea>\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">In this episode, tech entrepreneur and JBKnowledge Founder James Benham shares his journey from coding in his college dorm room to leading a multinational software company serving the insurance and construction industries. 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