Bootstrapping with Services from Poland to a US SaaS Company: Stefan Batory, CEO of Booksy (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: I thought you were trying to reposition the taxi company to doing a marketplace. How did you get to the software house? Stefan Batory: I did not reposition the taxi business. I just kept it growing. At the same time, I was also running a small division of the software development house, which

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Bootstrapping with Services from Poland to a US SaaS Company: Stefan Batory, CEO of Booksy (Part 3)

Stefan Batory: At the same time, I was preparing for a Marathon race on the Sands. It’s a marathon across the Sahara desert. You have to carry a backpack with all your food and supplies to survive in the desert. I started having some aches and pains in my legs, so I had to see

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475th Roundtable Recording on March 5, 2020

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: 475th 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs March 5, 2020

Thursday, March 12 – 476th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 476th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, March 12, 2020, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/4 p.m. CET/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

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Bootstrapping with Services from Poland to a US SaaS Company: Stefan Batory, CEO of Booksy (Part 2)

Stefan Batory: After 12 years of running that first company, I got a little bit tired of growing a company that was in the service business. To double the revenue, I had to double the headcount. When we got to over 200 engineers, I didn’t feel like I wanted to hire another 200 to double

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Bootstrapping with Services from Poland to a US SaaS Company: Stefan Batory, CEO of Booksy (Part 1)

Stefan started a software development company in Poland with a few other partners. Today, he’s running a high-growth, VC-funded SaaS + marketplace business in the US. Awesome journey!

March 12 – 476th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 476th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, March 12, 2020, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/4 p.m. CET/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

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Roundtable Recap: March 5 – Do Not Spray and Pray

During this week’s roundtable, we had an extensive discussion on Positioning. Pebble Distributed Ledger Technology Our entrepreneur pitch was by Deepansh Singe from Kerala, India. He pitched Pebble Distributed Ledger Technology. You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here: 475th 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs March 5, 2020