Bootstrapping Using Services From Sweden: Dapresy Founder Tobi Andersson and CEO Rudy Nadilo (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: What is it about this company that appealed to you and what is your background? Rudy Nadilo: My background is in technology. To keep it simple, I graduated from Northwestern and got my MBA. I ended up being in the advertising industry for the first 10 years. Then I went to the research field because

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Bootstrapping from Ukraine: BPMOnline CEO Katherine Kostereva (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Tell me a little bit about you and how this came about. You’re saying that you experienced demand from different countries for CRM. This was 2003? Katherine Kostereva: Yes. Sramana Mitra: How did you get this off the ground? Katherine Kostereva: It was just the two of us – myself and my partner. We

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Bootstrapping with Affiliate Marketing: Zeeto CEO Stephan Goss (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Affiliate Marketing is at the heart of many wonderful bootstrapping stories. It’s inexpensive to get going and profitable quickly, and managed well, can scale substantially. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and

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Bootstrapping Using Services From Sweden: Dapresy Founder Tobi Andersson and CEO Rudy Nadilo (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Were all the hundred customers, most of whom you transitioned into the new common platform, in Sweden? What was the geographical distribution of these clients? It sounds like you really remained close to them throughout this process. Tobi Andersson: I’d like to make one correction. The number of customers were about 30 and

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Thursday, August 25 – 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 318th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, August 25, 2016, 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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Bootstrapping from Ukraine: BPMOnline CEO Katherine Kostereva (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  This is a fascinating story of a Ukrainian entrepreneur bootstrapping her CRM Software company to global scale. We’re thrilled to bring you Katherine Kostereva’s inspiring and super intelligent entrepreneurial journey. Sramana Mitra: Let’s get going. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? Let’s

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Catching Up On Readings: Rio Olympics 2016

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Bootstrapping Using Services From Sweden: Dapresy Founder Tobi Andersson and CEO Rudy Nadilo (Part 4)

Tobi Andersson: I spent many hours meeting customers telling them about my efforts. We were able to launch our platform which was called Dapresy Pro. That is the platform that we are offering to the market today. The first version of Dapresy Pro was made to address each customer’s needs. I told them, “I’m going

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