From Developer to Successful Entrepreneur with Exit: ACCELQ CEO Mahendra Alladi (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: There is a tool that I use when we teach our entrepreneurs about building a sales funnel. We call it pain extraction questions. When you start discussions, you ask questions about a pain. What is your first pain extraction question? Mahendra Alladi: How often do you get bit by a production bug? How

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From Developer to Successful Entrepreneur with Exit: ACCELQ CEO Mahendra Alladi (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Do you primarily go after the large enterprises? Mahendra Alladi: Of late, we focus more on the large enterprises, but it’s a mix. Sramana Mitra: How long did it take you to a million-dollar ARR? Mahendra Alladi: Within the first year. Sramana Mitra: You continue to bootstrap?

From Developer to Successful Entrepreneur with Exit: ACCELQ CEO Mahendra Alladi (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What was the MVP that you came up with? You had worked in that domain and created a vision for what would be the product that you wanted to go out with. You say it’s accidental, but a lot of developers transitioning to entrepreneurs encounter problems in their work life and go on

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Thursday, April 21 – 572nd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 572nd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, April 21, 2022, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your questions. Others

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From Developer to Successful Entrepreneur with Exit: ACCELQ CEO Mahendra Alladi (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What year did you start? Mahendra Alladi: From 2006 to 2007, we were doing services. With HP, there was also a bit of a services element. I was really representing HP to their customers. There, I had a much bigger exposure. That opened up my understanding of this domain. Sramana Mitra: How did

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From Developer to Successful Entrepreneur with Exit: ACCELQ CEO Mahendra Alladi (Part 1)

Mahendra transitioned from a developer to a successful entrepreneur with his first company, exited it, and then started ACCELQ. ACCELQ already has 200 customers and is a profitable, bootstrapped company growing fast. A wonderful and inspiring story! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you

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April 21 – 572nd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 572nd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, April 21, 2022, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your questions. Others

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571st Roundtable Recording on April 14, 2022

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