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Bootstrapping Using Services From Sweden: Dapresy Founder Tobi Andersson and CEO Rudy Nadilo (Part 7)
Rudy Nadilo: I have a thought that is separate from what Tobi just said. A lot of people told me I was crazy to go work for the Swedes. When I joined, it was probably $2 million. There were more than 30 clients. I looked at this, not as a risk, but as a gift.
Bootstrapping Using Services From Sweden: Dapresy Founder Tobi Andersson and CEO Rudy Nadilo (Part 6)
Sramana Mitra: What is it about this company that appealed to you and what is your background? Rudy Nadilo: My background is in technology. To keep it simple, I graduated from Northwestern and got my MBA. I ended up being in the advertising industry for the first 10 years. Then I went to the research field because
Bootstrapping Using Services From Sweden: Dapresy Founder Tobi Andersson and CEO Rudy Nadilo (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: Were all the hundred customers, most of whom you transitioned into the new common platform, in Sweden? What was the geographical distribution of these clients? It sounds like you really remained close to them throughout this process. Tobi Andersson: I’d like to make one correction. The number of customers were about 30 and
Bootstrapping Using Services From Sweden: Dapresy Founder Tobi Andersson and CEO Rudy Nadilo (Part 4)
Tobi Andersson: I spent many hours meeting customers telling them about my efforts. We were able to launch our platform which was called Dapresy Pro. That is the platform that we are offering to the market today. The first version of Dapresy Pro was made to address each customer’s needs. I told them, “I’m going
Bootstrapping Using Services From Sweden: Dapresy Founder Tobi Andersson and CEO Rudy Nadilo (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: What changes did you make? How did you move to the next phase of the journey? Tobi Andersson: I decided two things. One is that I’m going to be an international company, which means I should have an offering that can help grow the company outside Sweden. Sweden is a great market. It’s
Bootstrapping Using Services From Sweden: Dapresy Founder Tobi Andersson and CEO Rudy Nadilo (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: It’s nothing particularly out of the ordinary. What was your next step to go in that direction? Did you write a software? Did you use other people’s technology and showed them how to use it? Tobi Andersson: This is also the next lesson here in becoming an entrepreneur. I realized that there is
Bootstrapping Using Services From Sweden: Dapresy Founder Tobi Andersson and CEO Rudy Nadilo (Part 1)
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
Bootstrapping with Services from London: Gurman Hundal, CEO of Media IQ (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: You said you have a team in India. How are you finding building a team in India at this point? Bangalore is a talent war economy. Gurman Hundal: It’s a massively fun and exciting journey we’ve had in India. It’s one of the proudest journeys we’ve had. The best part of Media IQ