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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Using Services to a VC-funded SaaS Marketplace

Posted on Wednesday, Jan 31st 2024

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Booksy Co-founder and CEO Stefan Batory started a software development company in Poland with a few other partners. Today, he’s running a high-growth, VC-funded SaaS and marketplace business in the US. Awesome journey! Here is our conversation from early 2020, plus you can listen to our

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Thursday, February 1 – 632nd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Posted on Tuesday, Jan 30th 2024

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 632nd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, February 1, 2024, 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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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped to a Public Unicorn using Services

Posted on Tuesday, Jan 30th 2024

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Bootstrapping with Services is a tried and true strategy, including for building Unicorns. In our 2012 story, Alteryx Executive Chairman Dean Stoecker talks about raising a Series A with $10 million in the bank. Today, Alteryx is a $3+ billion market cap public company. Dean

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Catching Up On Readings: WEF 2024

Posted on Sunday, Jan 28th 2024

This feature from Forbes by Bernard Marr looks at how the discussions at WEF Davos highlighted the significance of AI for economic, political, and social challenges. For this fortnight’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

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February 1 – 632nd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Posted on Friday, Jan 26th 2024

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 632nd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, February 1, 2024, 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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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Using Services to $40 Million First

Posted on Friday, Jan 26th 2024

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  ActiveCampaign Founder CEO Jason VandeBoom had built a disciplined, profitable business when we spoke in 2019 and had scaled it to $40 million in 2017 revenue. The company was first bootstrapped using services, and later raised ~$20 million in funding. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at

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631st 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting by @1Mby1M

Posted on Thursday, Jan 25th 2024

Today’s 631st FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, January 25, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9: 30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!      

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped a Virtual Startup to $25M

Posted on Thursday, Jan 25th 2024

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  I am a huge fan of virtual companies. Here is a conversation from 2019 about a virtual company built with excellent execution by a Russian entrepreneur, Percona Founder CEO Peter Zaitsev. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from?

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