Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace: Mort Fertel, CEO of SudShare (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: So, from 2017 to about 2020, that’s the phase when you crossed the million dollar milestone. Then COVID accelerated your situation. What happened? Mort Fertel: On the customer side, I mentioned what happened there. It’s a hypothesis. I can’t prove it. I think that with life being so precious and that idea being

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Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace: Mort Fertel, CEO of SudShare (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: I’ve got two nuggets out of your initial story. One is using Indeed to get some of the sell side going. Then really building in virality into the app. On the buy side, laundry services Google keyword search. I take it you were self-funding this company.  Mort Fertel: Yes. Sramana Mitra: The business

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Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace: Mort Fertel, CEO of SudShare (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What about on the sell side? Mort Fertel: It might be interesting to note that the first sudsters – what we call the washers – were my wife and I. That didn’t last long. That’s how we started. The key to the growth of the platform has been the same thing. Create a

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November 11 – 553rd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 553rd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, November 11, 2021, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/4 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

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552nd Roundtable Recording on November 4, 2021

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording of this roundtable here: 1Mby1M Ambassador Program for Building Entrepreneurship Communities

Bootstrapping a Two-sided Marketplace: Mort Fertel, CEO of SudShare (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Who built the company? You or your son? Mort Fertel: Both. We’re co-founders. Sramana Mitra: The idea sounds great. It came out of your personal observation of your wife’s woes with laundry. It sounds like your son has the technical expertise. What was he doing at that time when he decided to put

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Roundtable Recap: November 4 – The 1Mby1M Ambassador Program for Building Entrepreneurship Communities

During this week’s roundtable, we held a Workshop on How to Build Communities of Entrepreneurs EVERYWHERE. The 1Mby1M Ambassador program has now been relaunched with a comprehensive revenue model. mKonnekt As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Seshu Madabushi from Dallas, Texas, pitched mKonnekt, a revenue-generating business within the restaurant ecosystem. PickMee Then, Felix Scholz

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552nd Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 552nd FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, November 4, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!