Bootstrapping to $300 Million: Faisal Husain, CEO of Synechron (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: It sounds like you did a bunch of e-commerce systems at a couple of hundred thousand dollars a pop in the early days of the company. What’s the next major milestone? How long did it take you to get to a $100 million in revenue, for instance? Faisal Husain: We started in mid-2001.

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Bootstrapping to $300 Million: Faisal Husain, CEO of Synechron (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What was the concept around which you founded Synechron? Faisal Husain: The concept was based on being a customer of this industry. I saw a gap in the service that I was getting from the company out in the market. The gap was that they didn’t have sufficient business skills. The whole outsourcing model

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Bootstrapping to $300 Million: Faisal Husain, CEO of Synechron (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. Faisal is one of those rare entrepreneurs who have managed to grow his business with no outside financing to significant scale. We discuss his journey here. Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to the very beginning of your story. Where are you

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Thursday, July 30 – 270th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 270th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, July 30, 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

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269th Roundtable Recording On July 23, 2015: Future of K-12 Education with Betsy Corcoran, CEO of EdSurge

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July 30 – 270th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 270th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, July 30, 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

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Roundtable Recap: July 23 – Future of K-12 Education

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our special guest, Betsy Corcoran, Founder and CEO of EdSurge, and an authority on the subject of educational technology. We learnt a lot from Betsy today. Watchful Eye Security First up, Kevin Coleman from Wilmington, Delaware, pitched Watchful Eye Security, a real-time surveillance technology company. Kevin needs to

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269th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 269th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, July 23, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.