Bootstrapping to $10 Million: Gesture CEO Jim Alvarez (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: The two of you got this product going. How did you find your customers? Jim Alvarez: I literally went door to door. I said, “I have this idea to help you manage the whole fundraising process during the event. Will you take a shot?” This was a pretty big pain point that charities

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Scaling to Profitability with $20 Million in Venture Capital: CloudShare CEO Zvi Guterman (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s get back to the story. How much did your raise from Sequoia and when was that? Zvi Guterman: In early 2008, we raised $5 million. This was our A round. Later on, we did another $10 million. Later we added another $10 million. Sramana Mitra: In terms of customer acquisition and customer traction,

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Bootstrapping to $10 Million: Gesture CEO Jim Alvarez (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: You basically built this on your father’s farm? Jim Alvarez: Yes. Sramana Mitra: You turned it into a theme park kind of thing? Jim Alvarez: Yes. This is our 8th year and we are still growing strong. It’s a really big operation. I’ve got eight people in the parking lot, three police officers,

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Scaling to Profitability with $20 Million in Venture Capital: CloudShare CEO Zvi Guterman (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s also understand how you apply the learnings you had in your previous company when you started this one. What did you do differently? How did you navigate funding? Zvi Guterman: It was clear to me that the first market was going to be the US market. As soon as possible, I moved

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