Bootstrapping to Exit, Then Raise Money and Exit Again: Wendy CEO Lance Neuhauser (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: I assume that since it was a services company, you were able to bootstrap it, right?

Lance Newhauser: Yes, it was a service company that we initially bootstrapped. We did bring on one investor who put a few thousand dollars into the company so that we could go get some office space and work in the same area. But this was very much a bootstrapped, service-oriented organization. Over time, we incorporated technology to offer differentiated services and improve operational efficiency, enabling us to stay price-competitive.  But we’re very much a bootstrapped service business, no doubt.

Sramana Mitra: Now, how did this company that spent $50 million on a campaign find you?

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Bootstrapping to Exit, Then Raise Money and Exit Again: Wendy CEO Lance Neuhauser (Part 1)

Lance bootstrapped his first company to an exit. He venture funded his second company and exited after 10 years. He is about to launch his third. Read on, great story.

November 7 – 662nd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 662nd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, November 7, 2024, at 8 a.m. PST / 11 a.m. EST / 5 p.m. CET / 9:30 p.m. India IST.

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During this week’s roundtable, we worked on a healthcare case study.

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We had Avinash Magdum from Pune, India pitch MobiCo CPM, and discussed his pre-seed financing strategy.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Venktesh Shukla, Founder and Managing Partner at Monta Vista Capital (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Fair enough. What other AI companies have you invested in that are non generative AI? On our platform, we’ve been covering AI startups aggressively since 2016, long before generative AI hit the popular consciousness. And there are very substantial AI companies that have been built with AI, not necessarily generative AI. I do believe that there is a huge opportunity still in AI, not just generative AI.