After Losing a Teammate to Suicide, He Built 17 Exits and a New AI Purpose | Sergey Sundukovskiy

In this episode of My First Overnight Success, we sit down with Sergey Sundukovskiy, Ph.D., Co-Founder, CTO, CMO, and Chief Product Officer at Salesmsg, to unpack what it really takes to build and scale a SaaS company from the ground up. Sergey's path started in electrical and mechanical engineering before he immigrated to the United States and reinvented himself as a computer scientist, working his way up from senior developer to the C-suite. With over 25 years in tech, he shares hard-won lessons on product development, early-stage growth, and the mindset it takes to keep building through reinvention after reinvention. Key Topics:• Entrepreneurial journey and resilience• The role of technology and AI in mental health• Building distributed teams and remote work strategies• Lessons from startup exits and company buildingChapters00:00 The Impact of Personal Tragedy09:56 Learning from Mistakes: The Unfailing Approach15:06 Understanding Your Market: Beyond Demographics19:50 The Role of Technology in Mental Health25:02 The Future of AI in Therapy32:33 The Importance of Work Ethic and Flexibility38:51 Overcoming Imposter Syndrome and Setting Clear Goals46:27 Influential Figures in Business and Entrepreneurship𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Sergey Sundukovskiy, Ph.D.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ssunduko/https://www.linkedin.com/company/salesmsg/X/Twitter: https://x.com/ssunduko𝗠𝗙𝗢𝗦 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀:𝗟𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗡𝗴LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lillianvictoriaspeaks/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lillianvictoriaspeaks/𝗧𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗽:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonycrisp/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tonycrisp/𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗮𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘇:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelsawitz/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sawitzmichael/𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 TCVNWebsite: https://www.tcvn.org/Instagram: https://lnkd.in/dw2jm-5jLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tcvn/𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀:Sunstone Community Fund: https://lnkd.in/gUxKzCVVReed Smith: https://www.reedsmith.com/