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Bootstrapping to $13 Million with Freemium and Free Trials: SurveyGizmo CEO Christian Vanek (Part 2)

Posted on Wednesday, Sep 7th

Sramana Mitra: What was the evolution of your career as a software programmer in this travel services company? Christian Vanek: I worked on building the system for that conference company. Then the parent company asked me if I’d like to join them as an actual official developer. I was given more of a traditional developer title.

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Bootstrapping to $13 Million with Freemium and Free Trials: SurveyGizmo CEO Christian Vanek (Part 1)

Posted on Tuesday, Sep 6th

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Christian has bootstrapped SurveyGizmo to $13 million from Boulder, Colorado. He has experimented with both freemium and free trial, and has managed to monetize nicely. Read more about the strategies that have worked for him. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey.

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