Candid Discussion of a Bootstrapper’s Journey Through Failures to Success: Robly CEO Adam Robinson (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: You got this $3 million cash cow. You had other people running it. You didn’t have to spend time on it and it gave you cash with which you could do other things. Adam Robinson: Yes, that’s great to have but it’s not that exciting. I had been building this lead.com product. I

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Thought Leaders in Online Education: Niall McKinney, President of Avado (Part 2)

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Will eBay Sell StubHub and Classifieds?

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Best of Bootstrapping: Co-founders Bootstrap Linguamatics to Over $10M from the UK

Cambridge, England is a great place for high-end technical talent. This story traces the journey of a group of such talented people with core expertise in Natural Language Processing, including Co-founder Roger Hale, and how they turned their expertise into a robust, profitable business. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal

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Candid Discussion of a Bootstrapper’s Journey Through Failures to Success: Robly CEO Adam Robinson (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: What was your analysis of the gap in MailChimp’s story where you could actually come in and do something? Adam Robinson: What I had observed over the years is that people had success doing very narrow things. I’m sure you’ve heard of this guy Nathan Barry at ConvertKit. He has the perfect tool

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Thought Leaders in Online Education: Niall McKinney, President of Avado (Part 1)

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Zendesk Next Targets WhatsApp Users

According to a recent Marketers Media report, the global helpdesk automation market is estimated to grow 33% annually to $11 billion by 2023. Earlier this month, Zendesk (NYSE: ZEN), a leading player in the market reported its second quarter results that were well received by the market.

Candid Discussion of a Bootstrapper’s Journey through Failures to Success: Robly CEO Adam Robinson (Part 4)

Adam Robinson: After hiring agencies to try do Facebook marketing, none of them worked because our product wasn’t good enough. It was only good enough for this uncompetitive channel. We had to do stuff that MailChimp isn’t doing. I didn’t want anything like the freemium model because they’re doing that. The company which I cannot

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