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Bootstrapping an Evergreen Business From Oregon: Kirstin Quinlan, CEO of Certified Languages International (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: We’re doing an Entrepreneur Journey story. We’ve got to focus on a bit more chronological telling of the story of how you put one foot before the other. I realized that you didn’t become the CEO of the company until 2006 but I do need to capture some of the beginning story of
Thursday, June 11 – 263rd 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 263rd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, June 11, 2015, 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
Bootstrapping an Evergreen Business From Oregon: Kirstin Quinlan, CEO of Certified Languages International (Part 1)
If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. There is a trend among entrepreneurs wanting to keep running companies without seeking an exit. Certified Languages International (CLI) is one such evergreen company. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your story. Where are you from? Where
Serial Bootstrapper: Oversee and Manage Founder Fred Hsu (Part 7)
Sramana Mitra: What do you want to do? You’ve had one successful exit. You’re in a financially comfortable position. You’ve built a second company that is also bootstrapped and very profitable. You’re still fairly young. What do you want to do with your business? How are you thinking about your choices and options now? Fred
Serial Bootstrapper: Oversee and Manage Founder Fred Hsu (Part 6)
Sramana Mitra: What are the milestones of this business? By how much did it scale? How fast did it scale? What kind of strategy did you follow to make it grow? Fred Hsu: What we wanted to do at first was to basically get a good sense of the market and establish a few key
262nd Roundtable Recording On June 4, 2015: Billion Dollar Unicorns With Druva Founder Jaspreet Singh
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Serial Bootstrapper: Oversee and Manage Founder Fred Hsu (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: In 2009, you were out. What did you do next? Fred Hsu: I moved out of LA. I married and had two kids. I raised them for a couple of years and got the entrepreneur itch again. Then in about 2010, I met up with an old college friend called Kai. He was
June 11 – 263rd 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 263rd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, June 11, 2015, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/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