Bootstrapping to $23 Million: Michael Nemeroff, CEO of RushOrderTees (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: In terms of strategic moves, what were some of your moves that were driving this growth? Michael Nemeroff: We invested in people, getting the right people in place, and learning about management, which wasn’t easy for us. We don’t have any formal education on management. We don’t have any background on that. I don’t

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Bootstrapping to $23 Million: Michael Nemeroff, CEO of RushOrderTees (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: How much did the equipment cost you? Michael Nemeroff: I remember the bill was about $10,500 for the initial investment. Then there’s all the ancillary stuff like the inks. I couldn’t tell my friends about it because I didn’t know if you’re allowed to have that equipment inside the house. We just kept

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Bootstrapping to $23 Million: Michael Nemeroff, CEO of RushOrderTees (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Who was making these t-shirts? Michael Nemeroff: They had a friend in the industry who did the printing for them. It wasn’t a partnership. It was like, “I have my own business. Do you want to start your own?” They went to the same guy to do the printing. Sramana Mitra: You decided

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Thursday, October 13 – 325th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 325th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, October 13, 2016, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any

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Bootstrapping to $23 Million: Michael Nemeroff, CEO of RushOrderTees (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. From setting up a printing machine in the dining room to $23 million in revenue, Mike’s RushOrderTees journey is one of steady, diligent execution. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were your born, raised, and in

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October 13 – 325th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 325th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, October 13, 2016, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any

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324th Roundtable Recording On October 6, 2016

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here:

Roundtable Recap: October 6 – Three Continents, Three Marketplaces

During this week’s roundtable, we worked with three entrepreneurs from three continents. Survifly First up pitching, Dotun Oni from Lagos, Nigeria, pitched Survifly, a crowdsourced market survey platform for collecting data for the African market. It sounds interesting, and I offered Dotun some next steps to move the project forward. SwasthRaho Then, Vaivhav Kumar from

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