Bootstrapping to $100 Million Using Services from The Netherlands: Pierre and Fred Guelen, Planon Software (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Pierre and Fred Guelen have bootstrapped a very significant company from The Netherlands using the bootstrapping using services principle. Read on and learn how. Sramana Mitra: We’re going to start at the very beginning of your personal journeys. One of you please start by telling us

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292nd Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 292nd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, February 4, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

292nd Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 292nd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, February 4, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Bootstrapping to $15 Million: David Braun, CEO of TemplateMonster (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: How did these people find you? David Braun: Basically, because of the forums. I was very active. Sramana Mitra: That’s awesome. David Braun: But you know what, out of this $70,000, $60,000 were fraud and our account was frozen because it was all from stolen credit card numbers. We had to shut down the processing.

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Bootstrapping to $15 Million: David Braun, CEO of TemplateMonster (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: You were still in Ukraine? This is happening while you were still in Ukraine? David Braun: Yes, I was in Ukraine. I had shares in that, so I was a co-founder. He was finding the prospects while my job was to organise the production. During this seven months of completing the project, we recruited

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Bootstrapping to $15 Million: David Braun, CEO of TemplateMonster (Part 1)

When you run a business over a long period of time, technology changes create massive challenges. David has navigated TemplateMonster in  several of these. 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 circumstances? David Braun: I’m from Georgia

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Thursday, Feb. 4 – 292nd 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 292nd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, February 4, 2016, 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 to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any

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February 4 – 292nd 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 292nd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, February 4, 2016, 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 to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any

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