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Bootstrapping a Virtual Company to $10 Million from Atlanta: Field Pros Direct CEO Matt Anderson (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: What did you launch with? You talked about the two-sided marketplace. Did you have insurance companies already recruited who were going to hire out of your marketplace? How did you gather the critical mass of adjusters? Matt Anderson: A lot of insurance adjustment firms were asking to find adjusters. I started with those
Bootstrapping with a Paycheck and Scaling in Coimbatore: Kovai CEO Saravana Kumar (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: What happens in 2012? Saravana Kumar: I got 30 more customers in 2012. I was single handedly doing everything. I was a one-man team. I did the accounting, support, and the releasing of the product. I decided that I wanted to reach about 30 customers. I’ve been based out of London ever since
Thursday, November 5 – 508th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 508th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, November 5, 2020, 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
Bootstrapping a Virtual Company to $10 Million from Atlanta: Field Pros Direct CEO Matt Anderson (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: You took a two-step journey into entrepreneurship. You did something that was slightly lower risk. Somebody else gave you clients and profit-sharing but without equity. But you were preparing to go into the full entrepreneurship model. By the time you were ready to leave, did you have something worked out in your mind
Bootstrapping with a Paycheck and Scaling in Coimbatore: Kovai CEO Saravana Kumar (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: Before you continue, talk to me about the first five customers while you were still at Fidelity. How did you find them? Who were they? What kind of deal sizes did you have? Saravana Kumar: Since 2004, I have been writing blogs – technology articles about BizTalk Server. I was always passionate about
Bootstrapping a Virtual Company to $10 Million from Atlanta: Field Pros Direct CEO Matt Anderson (Part 1)
We’re big fans of bootstrapping, virtual companies, and domain knowledge. Matt’s story has all those ingredients. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have?
Bootstrapping with a Paycheck and Scaling in Coimbatore: Kovai CEO Saravana Kumar (Part 1)
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. I love doing stories of entrepreneurs who are long-time readers of the 1Mby1M blog. Saravana is one. A wonderful story of how this entrepreneur is scaling a SaaS company from Coimbatore! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where were you born and
November 5 – 508th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 508th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, November 5, 2020, 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