Connect Who or what is your inspiration in business?

One cold day in India, a tiny shivering puppy walked through our gate. My sister washed him, fed him, and named him Jimmy. He never left. For four years, he wasn’t just a pet — he was family, her whole heart. Then one day Jimmy started acting strange. We had no vet. No money. No way to know what was wrong. We watched him fade away, helpless. He died and we never knew why. My sister’s WhatsApp bio still says “Miss you, Jimmy.” It always will. That moment is why WagVi

How do you stay motivated?

On the hardest days, I close my eyes and see my sister’s face the day we lost Jimmy. The confusion. The guilt. The silence in our home after he was gone. I carry that with me every single day. Not as pain — but as purpose. Somewhere right now, a family is watching their pet act differently and feeling completely lost, exactly like we did. I cannot let them go through what we went through. That thought alone is enough to keep me going, no matter what.

What would you do with the $25,000?

If Jimmy had a WagVitals tracker, we would have seen his heart rate drop. We would have caught his fever. We might have saved him. This $25,000 would fund the final hardware development of our zirconia ceramic sensor — beautiful like jewelry, powerful like medicine. It would get our first devices into real families’ hands. Not just as a product launch, but as a promise — that no sister should ever have to change her bio to “Miss you.” Not if we can help it.