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Serial Entrepreneur Bootstrapping Three PropTech Ventures: LuxuryProperty Founder Jason Hayes (Part 5)

Posted on Friday, Jun 23rd 2023

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

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Best of Bootstrapping: Lessons Learned from Different Combinations of Bootstrapping

Posted on Thursday, Jun 22nd 2023

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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609th Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting by @1Mby1M

Posted on Thursday, Jun 22nd 2023

Today’s 609th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, June 22, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. MEETING NUMBER: 2551 483 3108  PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

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609th Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting in 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting by @1Mby1M

Posted on Thursday, Jun 22nd 2023

Today’s 609th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, June 22, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. MEETING NUMBER: 2551 483 3108  PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

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Serial Entrepreneur Bootstrapping Three PropTech Ventures: LuxuryProperty Founder Jason Hayes (Part 4)

Posted on Thursday, Jun 22nd 2023

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

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped with No Outside Financing to $300M

Posted on Wednesday, Jun 21st 2023

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

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Serial Entrepreneur Bootstrapping Three PropTech Ventures: LuxuryProperty Founder Jason Hayes (Part 3)

Posted on Wednesday, Jun 21st 2023

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

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped from London, Scaled in the US

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 20th 2023

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

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