Bootstrapping Using Services From Colorado: InteliSecure CTO Chuck Bloomquist (Part 1)

Chuck has bootstrapped a security company using services all the way up to $16 million in revenue and has recently raised private equity capital to develop a platform product. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your story. Where are you from? Where did you grow up? What kind of background leads up

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Bootstrapping From Germany: Cleverbridge CEO Christian Blume (Part 1)

We’re always impressed by entrepreneurs who manage to build sizeable companies without outside capital. Read how Cleverbridge has maneuvered to $40 million in revenue and doesn’t want to deal with venture capital and private equity. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your story. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised?

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Bootstrapping Using Services: Evariant CEO Bill Moschella (Part 1)

Yet another case study of a services company successfully bootstrapping a product, then raising Venture Capital! Sramana Mitra: Let’s begin at the beginning of your personal story. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What’s the back story of your entrepreneurial story? Bill Moschella: I was born and raised in Connecticut. I

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Bootstrapping a Billion Dollar Unicorn with Services from Utah: Dave Elkington, CEO of InsideSales.com (Part 1)

The tried and true 1M/1M theme of Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later rings through Dave Elkington’s story. He used services to bootstrap a Unicorn that has since raised close to $140 million in VC funding. Revenue has scaled 100% year on year the last few years. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of

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Bootstrapping Using Services From Atlanta: PMG Founders Joe LeCompte and Robert Castles (Part 1)

Adding to our roster of Bootstrapping Using Services case studies, here’s PMG from Atlanta. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal journey. Tell us a bit about where you come from, where you were born and raised, and in what kind of background. Robert Castles: I was born in Columbia, South Carolina.

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Bootstrapping Using Services from London: Conversocial CEO Joshua March (Part 1)

Josh March first built a digital marketing agency around social media before identifying the product opportunity for Conversocial. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal story. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised, and in what kind of background? Joshua March: I grew up in a relatively small

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Bootstrapping in Minnesota: Praful Saklani, CEO of Pramata (Part 1)

Minnesota seems to be developing well as a hub for tech startups. With a strong culture of bootstrapping, we’re seeing a lot of entrepreneurs building high growth businesses. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your personal journey. Tell me a bit about where you were born and raised and in what kind of

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Bootstrapping to $55 Million from Rural Minnesota: Tom Fallenstein, CEO of Fun.com (Part 1)

Tom has built a kick-ass e-commerce company out of rural Minnesota that he hopes to build up into a billion dollar business. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start with your personal journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised, in what kind of environment? Tom Fallenstein: I was born in Minnesota in a small

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Bootstrapping Using Services: FullBottle CEO Reed Berglund (Part 1)

Continuing with our Bootstrapping Using Services theme, FullBottle is an interesting social media marketing venture that taps into the reach and engagement capacity of influencers to attract customers. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your story. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of circumstances? Reed

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Bootstrapping in Pennsylvania: OnSIP CEO Mike Oeth (Part 1)

The theme of entrepreneurs building robust companies without outside capital continues in the story of OnSIP. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your personal story. Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of circumstances? Mike Oeth: I was born in the MidWest, specifically in Speedway, Indiana. It’s the home of Indianapolis

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