Small Companies Storm the Edutech Market; Teachers and Parents Needed To Accelerate Innovation

Online education is now available for everyone. Parents can home school their children from the moment they start kindergarten until they graduate from high school. Online colleges and universities continue to gain legitimacy as more and more people pursue bachelor’s and master’s degrees via the Internet. Schools such as the University of Phoenix no longer

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Bootstrapping to $7M with DIY Business Apps: Andrew Gazdecki, CEO of Bizness Apps (Part 7)

Sramana: You really got some high quality investors. It’s great to have folks that will help you build a company. You originally started the company with four people. How has the team evolved? Andrew Gazdecki: The team is here in San Francisco. We are growing rapidly and we just got done hiring 10 people in

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Women of 1M/1M: Insane Logic, United Kingdom

Women entrepreneurs abound in the world, but they don’t seem to get the same amount of recognition as their male counterparts. As a serial entrepreneur with a focus on technology, I’m always excited to learn about and, in this case, work with other technology focused female entrepreneurs like Zoe Peden, co-founder of Insane Logic in our One Million by

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Bootstrapping to $7M with DIY Business Apps: Andrew Gazdecki, CEO of Bizness Apps (Part 6)

Sramana: What do you expect in revenues this year, around $5 million? Andrew Gazdecki: I am hoping for more. I am personally shooting for $7 million, but anywhere between $5 million and $7 million is where we will land. Sramana: You have put in less than $100,000 into the company and you are close to

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Bootstrapping to $7M with DIY Business Apps: Andrew Gazdecki, CEO of Bizness Apps (Part 5)

Sramana: What is the most successful iPhone app built with your tool sets to date? Andrew Gazdecki: There is an app called Tacolicious. They were one of our first customers and became a customer in January 2011. They have a fantastic restaurant in San Francisco. They built a beautiful app on our platform and their

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Bootstrapping to $7M with DIY Business Apps: Andrew Gazdecki, CEO of Bizness Apps (Part 4)

Sramana: You mentioned that the angel investors you brought on added a lot of value to the company. Would you elaborate on that? You were in revenue right away, so some would argue that this is a business you could have built without their money allowing you to maintain complete control. Andrew Gazdecki: To some

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Chris Gatch, CTO of Cbeyond (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: So, you do deals whereby you bring new products into your channel on a revenue-sharing basis? Chris Gatch: A lot of the services we sell to our customers are with third-party partners. Our desktop security product was delivered in partnership with F Secure. Our desktop backup product is in partnership with a large

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Bootstrapping to $7M with DIY Business Apps: Andrew Gazdecki, CEO of Bizness Apps (Part 3)

Sramana: You have mentioned your SEO and ad word marketing campaigns. What were some of your other successful marketing techniques? Andrew Gazdecki: One of the biggest turnarounds came from our initial press. We were very fortunate that we got picked up by big publications such as TechCrunch. We were in The Wall Street Journal and

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