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Bootstrapping, Pivoting, Gaining Liquidity, Scaling to Over $100 Million: MediaAlpha CEO Steve Yi (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Aug 29th 2016

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Fascinating story of MediaAlpha, beautifully told by Steve, relates how the team has navigated through various experiments to over $100 million in revenue. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in

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Bootstrapping with Affiliate Marketing: Zeeto CEO Stephan Goss (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Aug 22nd 2016

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Affiliate Marketing is at the heart of many wonderful bootstrapping stories. It’s inexpensive to get going and profitable quickly, and managed well, can scale substantially. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and

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Bootstrapping from Ukraine: BPMOnline CEO Katherine Kostereva (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Aug 22nd 2016

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  This is a fascinating story of a Ukrainian entrepreneur bootstrapping her CRM Software company to global scale. We’re thrilled to bring you Katherine Kostereva’s inspiring and super intelligent entrepreneurial journey. Sramana Mitra: Let’s get going. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? Let’s

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Bootstrapping Using Services From Sweden: Dapresy Founder Tobi Andersson and CEO Rudy Nadilo (Part 1)

Posted on Thursday, Aug 18th 2016

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  European entrepreneurs often successfully bootstrap using services. The chasing investor from the get go disease is less prevalent on the other side of the Atlantic, although the virus from Silicon Valley has been traveling now to all corners of the world. Dapresy has crossed $7 million

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Bootstrapping with Services from London: Gurman Hundal, CEO of Media IQ (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Aug 15th 2016

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Gurman has bootstrapped a fast growth company using services. Read about his impressive journey. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Gurman Hundal: I was born in

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Bootstrapping Using Services to $12 Million: Square Root CEO Chris Taylor (Part 1)

Posted on Thursday, Aug 4th 2016

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  You know that we believe in the Bootstrapping Using Services methodology quite firmly. Here’s yet another story of how and why it works. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what

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Bootstrapping an Ad Tech Company from Paris: Daniel Nathan, CEO of BidMotion (Part 1)

Posted on Thursday, Jul 7th 2016

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Europe is imploding. Entrepreneurs are its only hope. Daniel Nathan is building a really cool company based in Paris. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Daniel

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Bootstrapping Using Services from Ireland: Shane Evans, CEO of ScrapingHub (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, May 23rd 2016

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Shane has built a 140-people virtual team-based business from Ireland. Very interesting view into a different part of the world. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background?

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Bootstrapping to $10 Million from Helsinki, Finland: Mikko Valimaki, CEO of Tuxera (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, May 16th 2016

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  In our effort to bring you stories from the global startup ecosystem, here we introduce you to a wonderful success story from Finland. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what

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Bootstrapping from New Zealand, Scaling in America: Jason Westland, CEO of ProjectManager.com (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, May 2nd 2016

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  I have always said that you need to bootstrap your way to validation and traction. Jason did just that, and has built a robust company from New Zealand. Read on, it’s a fabulous story. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where

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