Bootstrapping a Virtual Company to $10 Million from Atlanta: Field Pros Direct CEO Matt Anderson (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: How many people were in the company in 2018? How many full-timers and contractors did you have? Matt Anderson: I’m an avid user of Upwork.  Sramana Mitra: So are we. We are big users of Upwork. I am very familiar with this model and we run One Million by One Million in the

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Bootstrapping with a Paycheck and Scaling in Coimbatore: Kovai CEO Saravana Kumar (Part 4)

Saravana Kumar: That is the good part about running a business in Coimbatore – the attrition is low. People are loyal and if you look after them well, there is no reason for them to go anywhere.  Sramana Mitra: Yes, and they are probably close to their families. That’s a huge advantage.  

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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

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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

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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

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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

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