Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped by Piggybacking to $6M from Romania

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. 

You may have read our PaaS coverage, as well as Bootstrapping by Piggybacking posts. Well, when we spoke in 2020, 123FormBuilder CEO Florin Cornianu had built a $6 million SaaS business using this methodology with just $1 million in funding. What’s more, he had done it entirely from Romania and selling to largely a US customer base. Excellent story!

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?

Florin Cornianu: I’m the CEO and Co-founder of 123FormBuilder. We are a form-building SaaS. The company is in Romania. I was born in a small city in the northern part of Romania. I’m an engineer by profession. I graduated with computer science degree from a large university in the city where I live.

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped with Services from Wisconsin

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SignalWire Founder CEO Anthony Minessale is building a very interesting programmable communication platform company that has its roots in Wisconsin. This conversation is from 2020.

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?

Anthony Minessale: I’m from the Midwest. I live in Wisconsin where I’ve lived all my life. I have been involved in computers since high school. After high school, I became interested in how the internet works. At that time, the internet was starting to take off. I started to teach myself programming.

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Thursday, Feb. 22 – 634th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 634th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, February 22, 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 can register to “attend” to watch, learn, and interact through the online chat.

You can learn more here and REGISTER TO PITCH OR ATTEND HERE. Register and you will receive the recording by email, even if you are unable to attend. Please share with any entrepreneurs in your circle who may be interested. All are welcome!

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Catching Up On Readings: Tech Trends 2024

This report from CBInsights identifies 20 under-the-radar tech trends that will reshape industries in 2024. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

February 22 – 634th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 634th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, February 22, 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 can register to “attend” to watch, learn, and interact through the online chat.

You can learn more here and REGISTER TO PITCH OR ATTEND HERE. Register and you will receive the recording by email, even if you are unable to attend. Please share with any entrepreneurs in your circle who may be interested. All are welcome!

633rd 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: February 15 – Great Positioning Discussion

During this week’s roundtable, we had an excellent discussion around positioning a product in a crowded market.

Skillkeepr

Ron Maitra from Toronto, Canada pitched SkillKeepr, an HCM product. HCM is an extremely crowded marketplace. I like how Ron and his partner Shibu are going about navigating the market.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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633rd 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting by @1Mby1M

Today’s 633rd FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, February 15, 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!