Bootstrapping a Tech Company by an English Major: Kevin Groome, Founder of Pica9 (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: I’d like to cover this CEO transition, which is always a tricky thing to do. For founders to let go and bring on a new CEO is a tricky transition. How did you do it? What wisdom do you have to offer for people who are trying to do that? Kevin Groome: Let

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Bootstrapping a Tech Company by an English Major: Kevin Groome, Founder of Pica9 (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: What’s the next major inflection point? Kevin Groome: The introduction of Campaign Drive. We kept on building the software and getting more of our legacy customers over to the SaaS platform, which was an enormous risk point. By 2014, we were able to say that we had 90% of our legacy customers on

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November 27 – 467th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 467th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 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 Tech Company by an English Major: Kevin Groome, Founder of Pica9 (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: How many clients did you have in 2007? Kevin Groome: Brands under management were 40. Billing relationships were probably 15. Sramana Mitra: What kind of revenue level were you at? Kevin Groome: We were at around $1.6 million in subscription revenue. We used to call ourselves an ASP.

Roundtable Recap: November 21 – A Superb Discussion on Artificial Intelligence

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Arijit Sengupta, Founder and CEO at Aible. Previously, Arijit founded another AI startup, BeyondCore, which was acquired by Salesforce.com. This was an excellent discussion, and I urge you to check it out. Ederlabs As for the pitches, up first, we had Sharat Satyanarayana from Bangalore, India,

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Bootstraps First to $5M ARR, Raises $10M Later: Toucan Toco CEO Charles Miglietti (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What else is interesting in your strategy? Charles Miglietti: What we are building right now. We are building a series of ready-to-use applications that will be plugged into existing systems. As we provide the very top layer of the visualization, we can build business applications that rely on any existing ERP or any

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466th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 466th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, November 21, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

466th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 466th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, November 21 at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!