Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to the Dubai business. Why Dubai? Jason Hayes: Tax. We don’t pay tax over here. We enjoy the most incredible taxation over here. There is no income tax or capital gains tax. That was a big driver for me. I was hugely keen to go into the PropTech area. Dubai has
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. FairWarning Founder Kurt Long has tried different permutations and combinations of bootstrapping, several of them successfully. Listen to his perspective on each of those from when we spoke in 2015. FairWarning was acquired by Imprivata in 2018. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of
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Sramana Mitra: One of the keys to building scalable businesses is to operate within guardrails. What you’re pointing out in deciding not to go for any kind of permit is a huge decision. It’s a smart decision. That allows you to move quickly. In the business that you did first versus this business, it’s a
If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. Faisal Husain, CEO of Synechron, is one of those rare entrepreneurs who managed to grow his business with no outside financing to significant scale when we spoke in 2015. We discuss his journey here. Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to the
Sramana Mitra: What segment were you going after? What kind of price? Jason Hayes: I started by buying homes around the $300,000 mark. I was looking to go for volume and was trying to spread the risk. Sometimes, we would buy homes that were significantly cheaper and sometimes, we would buy homes that were significantly
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Alexandre Wentzo is the former CEO of Casewise, an enterprise software company that started in London and scaled in the US. The company was self-financed and did $24 Million in revenue when we spoke in 2015. Our discussion focuses on some of the nuances of starting