Bootstrapping with Services from London: Gurman Hundal, CEO of Media IQ (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What year was this when you decided to start Media IQ? Gurman Hundal: We launched in October 2010. Sramana Mitra: What was the idea? What did you think you were going to do with Media IQ at that time? Gurman Hundal: When you run online ads, you are actually sitting on a lot

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Bootstrapping with Services from London: Gurman Hundal, CEO of Media IQ (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Gurman has bootstrapped a fast growth company using services. Read about his impressive journey. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Gurman Hundal: I was born in

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Thursday, August 18 – 317th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 317th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, August 18, 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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Getting to Velocity: TeePublic Founder Adam Schwartz (Part 2)

Adam Schwartz: While all this was happening, the woman I was working with had some interaction with that PR agency. After exhanging ideas, we came upon the pain point of being a sustainable fashion designer. There was a sustainable fashion movement. A lot of people in fashion wanted to make sustainable choices, but everything that came after making those

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Bootstrapping Using Services to $12 Million: Square Root CEO Chris Taylor (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What year did you start selling products as opposed to just services? Chris Taylor: We started that shift in 2010. The journey was a much longer one that I expected. We were running at our typical parent consulting margins of 20% to 40% depending on the project and the year. We decided that year

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Bootstrapping Using Services to $12 Million: Square Root CEO Chris Taylor (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What year was this when you were the only employee? Chris Taylor: 2006. That’s how it started. For the first couple of years, I did a lot of different projects around the auto industry and also for a lot of startups out in the West Coast. Sramana Mitra: You were consulting at that

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August 18 – 317th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 317th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, August 18, 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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316th Roundtable Recording On August 4, 2016: With Bryce Roberts, OATV and Indie.vc

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