Bootstrapping an App to $10 Million in Revenue: Christophe Bach, CEO of TextMe (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  This is a wonderful story of a self-financed company that has built itself up to $10 million in profitable revenue. Led by Christophe Bach, an experienced and successful serial entrepreneur, it’s a text-book case study of effective bootstrapping. Sramana: Christophe, to start, tell me your back

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Bootstrapped Journey of a Child Entrepreneur in India: Varun Shoor, CEO of Kayako (Part 3)

Sramana: How did the business ramp in 2002? Varun Shoor: It was quite interesting. I started receiving money at the very end of 2001, and then it kept coming in 2002. I kept telling my mom and dad that I had just earned $1,000 and they would not believe me. They made me show them

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Bootstrapped Journey of a Child Entrepreneur in India: Varun Shoor, CEO of Kayako (Part 2)

Sramana: When did you learn to program? Varun Shoor: I learned to program when I was 13. We had x286 and x386 computers, so I started learning FoxPro and Visual FoxPro. This was in 1996. My father had a spare computer from his factory, so he gave it to me. I did not get a

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Bootstrapped Journey of a Child Entrepreneur in India: Varun Shoor, CEO of Kayako (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  [Also check out my Entrepreneur Journeys book, Seed India – How To Navigate The Seed Capital Gap in India] Varun Shoor is the founder and CEO of Kayako, a company offering advanced helpdesk management software. Varun steers the overall direction of the company and as customer experience fanatic and lead

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