Best of Bootstrapping: Raised Series A with $10M in the Bank

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Dean A. Stoecker is Executive Chairman and founding partner of Alteryx, a leading software developer and a pioneer of agile business intelligence technology with analytics. We had this conversation in 2012 when Dean was CEO. Sramana: Dean, let’s start at the beginning of your personal story.

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From Developer to Cyber Security Entrepreneur with $10M Revenue and $18M Funding: LoginRadius CEO Deepak Gupta (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: In what timeframe did you zero in on the pricing model? Deepak Gupta: We did experiments on pricing. After 9 to 12 months, we got to a decent pricing model. Sramana Mitra: Can you talk about those experiments? What was working and not working?

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Using a Paycheck to Exit

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Bootstrapping using a paycheck is still a real trend. Here’s the case study of Axosoft shared by Founder Hamid Shojaee in 2014. The company was purchased in 2020 by Resurgens Technology Partners. Sramana Mitra: Hamid, tell us a bit about yourself. Where were you born and

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From Developer to Cyber Security Entrepreneur with $10M Revenue and $18M Funding: LoginRadius CEO Deepak Gupta (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What did you get done in those few months when you still had the job? Deepak Gupta: At the beginning, there was a little hesitation whether the product was going to work. As soon as we launched, we started getting customers. Customers started asking questions. In those few months, I saw that there

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping a Big Data Company Using Services to Exit

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. We maintain that one of the best ways to identify complex problems worth solving inside enterprises is by offering services to them, thereby gaining exposure to the domain. DataSong is yet another case in point. After I spoke with Founder John Wallace, DataSong was acquired by

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Thursday, February 9 – 599th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 599th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, February 9, 2023, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your questions. Others

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From Developer to Cyber Security Entrepreneur with $10M Revenue and $18M Funding: LoginRadius CEO Deepak Gupta (Part 1)

Deepak tells a textbook story of a developer turned entrepreneur. He and his cofounder started by bootstrapping with a paycheck, validated the hypothesis, and then quit their jobs. We love stories like this, as you know. Sramana Mitra: Tell me where you’re from, born, raised. What kind of background?

11 Udemy Courses for Laid-off Techies to Launch Startups

When life throws you a curveball, like an unexpected job loss, it can be disheartening. Yet this could also present the opportunity to start your own business. Rather than searching for another employer, why not pursue something that you have always been passionate about? Michelle Munson is the CEO of Aspera, a company she began

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