If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. We maintain that one of the best ways to identify complex problems worth solving inside enterprises is by offering services to them, thereby gaining exposure to the domain. Datasong is yet another case in point. Related reading: Bootstrapping Using Services. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the
Sramana Mitra: You were doing college level courses? Andrew Grauer: Yes, we focused on US colleges. Then, we expanded internationally as well and now we’re just starting to go into high school. Sramana Mitra: Within those colleges, was there any bias in terms of courses?
During last week’s roundtable, we spoke with four entrepreneurs, two from the US and two from India. Bespoke Atelier First up, Michele Spiezia from Hoboken, New Jersey, pitched Bespoke Atelier, an app for streamlining visual content management and production for creative professionals. The company has done some degree of validation work, and is in the
Sramana: Let’s double down on the evolution of your business. Can you talk more about the progression of the business chronologically? When did you actually start the business? Michael Dash: We started it in September of 2011. We had sold our equity in our previous company in July of 2011. We started brainstorming our next
Sramana Mitra: You mentioned that there’s also feedback going into engineering. Does that imply that you see bug reports on social media? Howard Lau: It’s not so much bug reports. It’s something like product enhancement request. Sramana Mitra: That’s for product management though, right? Howard Lau: Yes, product management.
Sramana Mitra: That’s actually great. We love these stories of student entrepreneurs who didn’t drop out. Going back to the subscription model, how did the revenue ramp? Andrew Grauer: It ramped really well in terms of growth rate but we were starting on a really small figure. I don’t remember the specifics. I do know
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 213th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, May 1, 2014, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any
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