Sramana Mitra: Talk to us about the hiring of this CEO. What was the process that you followed and how did you decide who was the right CEO for you? This is a very difficult and challenging exercise to bring in an outsider to replace the founders. Heidi Jannenga: I want to be very clear
During this week’s roundtable, Dan Dillon, Owner at CleanItSupply.com, shared his wonderful story of building a niche e-commerce business with just $50,000 of personal money to $11 million in annual revenue in 2016. YoBanjare Travel Cafe As for the pitches, Prateek Kishore Kahnojia from Noida, India, pitched YoBanjare Travel Cafe, a concept for a chain
Sramana Mitra: Did you fire the CEO that you brought on? Ashik Ahmed: Yes. Sramana Mitra: How did that go? Ashik Ahmed: Not pretty. I doubted myself whether I would be capable of being the CEO of this company. I didn’t even know what the job description of a CEO looked like back then. My
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Sramana Mitra: You’ve done all this organically. Right from the beginning, you didn’t raise any money. Heidi Jannenga: Yes, we are huge proponents of bootstrapping. We have been building it for four years. We’re profitable. Within two years, we were at a million dollar run rate. They passed the Affordable Care Act around the same
Sramana Mitra: From a vertical point of view, it was all in the hospitality area? Ashik Ahmed: That’s correct – all restaurants, bars, and hotels. That was the industry we were focusing on. Sramana Mitra: How many customers are we talking? Ashik Ahmed: By the end of 2013, I believe we only had 150. Sramana
In order to give focus to some major changes she sees on the horizon, Sramana Mitra has written several pieces that grew out of her original article, Man and Superman: Human History Bifurcates. The previous articles in this series: Two Distinct Species; What CAN Be Controlled?; Rationalizing Populations; How Long Does Democracy Survive? Please share your thoughts and