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Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later: Ben Hodson, CEO of JobNimbus (Part 7)
Ben Hodson: What we realized is that customers coming to us were for customization and choice. Because we’d built the software to be so customizable with all these integrations, we now had a full product solution that we could start scaling. We saw tremendous growth in 2018. We did over 100% in our growth. In
Thursday, July 29 – 540th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 540th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 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
Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later: Ben Hodson, CEO of JobNimbus (Part 6)
Ben Hodson: By the end of 2013, we were in a position where these guys would say, “Hey, we would pay for this. This is better than a lot of stuff out in the market.” We decided to take the money that we earned on our latest project RepeatSys. We had about $50,000 each. We
Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later: Ben Hodson, CEO of JobNimbus (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: What period of time did you do that mode of existence of doing consulting to pay down your debt? Ben Hodson: That was from about 2008 to 2012. During that time, I started a bunch of smaller companies that tried different things, but I made most of my money off of consulting. None
539th Roundtable Recording with Geoff Ralston, Y Combinator
In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording of this roundtable here: 539th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable with Geoff Ralston, Y Combinator
Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later: Ben Hodson, CEO of JobNimbus (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: Let’s go back to the 2004 timeframe when you were leaving this company. When you left, what did you do? Ben Hodson: I had the entrepreneur bug. I was saying, “Oh my gosh, I really want to do another company, but I need to find a problem that I believe in and care
Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later: Ben Hodson, CEO of JobNimbus (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: Did you get the funding first before building the product or vice versa? Ben Hodson: We built the product for the funding. It would not have gotten the funding if it weren’t for the product and the first customer. We had been raising money for a year and a half. I have probably
July 29 – 540th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 540th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 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
