How I Became A Founder: Enso Connect’s Francois Gouelo
Francois Gouelo is the CEO and Cofounder of Enso Connect. After graduating from the University of Toronto in Computer Science and Cognitive Science, Francois brought onboard Peter Sorbo, CTO and cofounder, to build a home management system that leverages smart home devices and AI communication for hosts, property managers, and guests in the short term rental industry. Francois is also pursuing his studies in parallel building Enso, at the University of Cambridge, pursuing a master’s of Entrepreneurship. Francois’ passions include scuba diving, traveling, and listening or playing jazz piano.
Frederick Daso: When did you first gain interest in being a founder?
Francois Gouelo: I’ve always loved the concept of entrepreneurship — it blends cognitive diversity, tenacity, and creativity to solve real problems. I knew I wanted to eventually work for a startup or build one of my own, but I never really planned it out.
Becoming a founder was an accident.
My friend Samin Khan (founder and CTO of Animo.AI) and I were in the same computational linguistics course at the University of Toronto. We kept bouncing ideas off of each other and discussing potential applications of our different course assignments. I was fascinated by his entrepreneurial drive. I worked on different past projects…
