Bootstrapping to $5 Million: Under30Experiences CEO Matt Wilson (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: How has you blog content strategy changed as you morphed from writing about entrepreneurship to travel? Matt Wilson: We ended up selling Under30CEO.com. We then decided to completely break off into a new content strategy and into a completely separate business. It was time for us to move on. I was running Under30Experiences

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Bootstrapping to $5 Million: Under30Experiences CEO Matt Wilson (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: How many people come on these trips? Matt Wilson: Usually, 18 people and a trip leader. Sramana Mitra: In one year, how many of these trips are you orchestrating? Matt Wilson: We did 250 this year. Sramana Mitra: You are leading 250 trips? That means you’re traveling all the time.

Bootstrapping to $5 Million: Under30Experiences CEO Matt Wilson (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What did you do when you came out of college? Did you start a company right away? Matt Wilson: I had a few job offers, but I was just not interested in going in that direction. It just didn’t sound appealing to have to show up somewhere from nine to five just to

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Bootstrapping to $5 Million: Under30Experiences CEO Matt Wilson (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Matt has built a fan business using content marketing to sell travel experiences to a millennial demographic. Very cool! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where did you grow up and in what kind of background? Matt

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Bootstrapping with Services from Michigan: Amjad Hussain, CEO of Algo.ai (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: How big is the team in Detroit? Amjad Hussain: Our total team size, including engineering, data science, and implementations, is a little over 50 people. We do not have any subcontracting or offshoring going on. Since we live in a very competitive and global landscape, we have to work in a very efficient

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Bootstrapping with Services from Michigan: Amjad Hussain, CEO of Algo.ai (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: At the very beginning, when you got this customer, what did you do for them? What did you propose to them that you were going to do that got you that customer? Amjad Hussain: They had a need for a very specific warehouse management application for complex product categories that had a lot

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Bootstrapping with Services from Michigan: Amjad Hussain, CEO of Algo.ai (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: You came to Michigan straightaway? Amjad Hussain: Yes, just because of where I landed my first job. I came to Detroit and I have lived here for 23 years. This is the longest that I have lived in any given place. Sramana Mitra: What job did you come with? Amjad Hussain: Since all

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Bootstrapping with Services from Michigan: Amjad Hussain, CEO of Algo.ai (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  I am always thrilled to see great entrepreneurship in various parts of the world that are off-center. Well, here’s a great one from Detroit. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in

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