Bootstrapping an App to $10 Million in Revenue: Christophe Bach, CEO of TextMe (Part 2)

Sramana: Okay. Let’s talk about what is the premise with which you started TextMe, Christophe? Christophe: In 2010, we were looking at new opportunities and that was the time when some other mobile communication apps like WhatsApp, Viber, and Tango were in the market and I felt there was still a strong opportunity to do

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Bootstrapping an App to $10 Million in Revenue: Christophe Bach, CEO of TextMe (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  This is a wonderful story of a self-financed company that has built itself up to $10 million in profitable revenue. Led by Christophe Bach, an experienced and successful serial entrepreneur, it’s a text-book case study of effective bootstrapping. Sramana: Christophe, to start, tell me your back

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200th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On Jan. 9th

Entrepreneurs are invited to join us for our milestone 200th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, January 9, 2014, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. Expect your pitch to be seen by a larger audience of

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199th Roundtable Recording On December 19, 2013

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200th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On January 9th

Entrepreneurs are invited to join us for our milestone 200th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, January 9, 2014, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. Expect your pitch to be seen by a larger audience of

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Roundtable Recap: December 19 – Final One For 2013

During today’s roundtable, we had representation from Texas, California, and three cities in India. Nanothermo First up, Rekha Bangalore from Austin, Texas, pitched Nanothermo, a thermal cooling technology for LED lighting. Rekha needs some funding, and is having difficulty cracking the seed market in Austin. Well, semiconductor, cleantech and related markets are seeing very little

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199th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 199th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, December 19, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.  

199th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 199th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, December 19, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!