Bootstrapping with a Paycheck: Aytekin Tank, CEO of JotForm (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Were you seeing the same kind of conversion levels from free to premium? Aytekin Tank: I can’t actually recall the numbers right now. Sramana Mitra: This is a very big question. Whenever people are doing freemium products, it’s a question that we ask. It’s something that people are trying to understand. What are

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Bootstrapping with a Paycheck: Aytekin Tank, CEO of JotForm (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Did the market accept that you had a better product? Aytekin Tank: Yes. Sramana Mitra: Who were the competitors that you faced at that point? Aytekin Tank: JotForm came out in February 2006. Before that, there were many forms products. All these products had old interfaces. Most of them are not very popular

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Bootstrapping with a Paycheck: Aytekin Tank, CEO of JotForm (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What was the revenue level when you quit your job and went full-time with the business? Aytekin Tank: It was a little higher than my salary, but it wasn’t too high. Sramana Mitra: I can’t gauge from that. What are we talking? Are we talking $10,000 a month? Aytekin Tank: It was less

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Meet Joanna Hoffman

Today is Steve Jobs’ death anniversary. A new film opens this weekend, based on Walter Isaacson’s biography, written by Aaron Sorkin (writer of Social Network, the Facebook biopic), and directed by Danny Boyle (also directed Slumdog Millionaire). In that film, you will encounter a character who has thus far received very little publicity, despite her

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Bootstrapping with a Paycheck: Aytekin Tank, CEO of Jotform (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study my free Bootstrapping course.  Aytekin is a Turkish entrepreneur who has bootstrapped his company with a paycheck. He has used a freemium business model, and a virtual team strategy to scale. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where were you born, raised, and in what

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Thursday, October 8 – 279th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

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