Bootstrapping Using Services to $40 Million: ActiveCampaign CEO Jason VandeBoom (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: How did you tackle that change? Jason VandeBoom: We made the decision to make the switch. This was a big change, but we did it very slowly. Sramana Mitra: When was this? Jason VandeBoom: Around 2012. We started offering this recurring option and we just put it in the background and then we

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Thursday, December 21 – 379th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 379th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, December 21, 2017, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/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 questions. Others can register

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Bootstrapping Using Services to $40 Million: ActiveCampaign CEO Jason VandeBoom (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: This is an entrepreneur’s journey that we are trying to capture. When you started, what did you start with? Jason VandeBoom: I started with the bare bones of just communicating with customers. Think of a system that brings in customer names and email addresses and you can send a campaign to them. I

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Bootstrapping Using Services to $40 Million: ActiveCampaign CEO Jason VandeBoom (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Jason has built a disciplined, profitable business and scaled it to $40 million in 2017 revenue. The company was first bootstrapped using services, and later raised ~$20 million in funding. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where

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378th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording On December 14, 2017: With Ken Elefant, Sorenson Capital

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December 21 – 379th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 379th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, December 21, 2017, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/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 questions. Others can register

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Roundtable Recap: December 14 – Please Do NOT Assume Concepts Can Be Funded

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Ken Elefant, Managing Director at Sorenson Capital, who discussed at length the investment thesis of his firm. OkiDoki First, Elena Avramenko from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pitched OkiDoki, a Slack-like app for family collaboration. Aponia Data Next, Jason Wisdom, New York, New York, pitched Aponia Data, a

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378th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 378th FREE online 1Mby1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, December 14, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!