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Best of Bootstrapping: Co-founders Bootstrapped First, Raised $10M, Scaled to $16M
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. This is a textbook case study of founders with deep domain knowledge in starting with services and then productizing, eventually raising institutional capital. EZOPS Co-Founders Sarva Srinivasan and Dutt Chintalapati told us all about their journey in 2021. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning
Best of Bootstrapping: Co-founders Bootstrapped Using Services, then Raised $10M and Scaled to $16M
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. This is a textbook case study of founders with deep domain knowledge in starting with services and then productizing, eventually raising institutional capital. EZOPS Co-Founders Sarva Srinivasan and Dutt Chintalapati tell us all about their journey. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your
Bootstrapping Using Services, then Raising $10M and Scaling to $16M: EZOPS Co-Founders Sarva Srinivasan and Dutt Chintalapati (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: In 2018, are you still self-financed? Sarva Srinivasan: Yes. At the end of 2018, we did a Series A. Sramana Mitra: How much did you raise? Sarva Srinivasan: $10 million.
Bootstrapping Using Services, then Raising $10M and Scaling to $16M: EZOPS Co-Founders Sarva Srinivasan and Dutt Chintalapati (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: You have a wonderful positioning because anything that has a compliance angle to it has a very mission-critical purchase cycle. You must have experienced pretty high-velocity customer building. Sarva Srinivasan: That’s correct. In parallel, we started building EZOPS. As part of our engagement, we were talking with the clients and their challenges. Oftentimes,
Bootstrapping Using Services, then Raising $10M and Scaling to $16M: EZOPS Co-Founders Sarva Srinivasan and Dutt Chintalapati (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: You were doing this out of Chicago? Sarva Srinivasan: New Jersey. All three of us are from New Jersey. We started off in a small office back in January 2014. Sramana Mitra: All these 20 clients, you serviced with just the three of you?
Bootstrapping Using Services, then Raising $10M and Scaling to $16M: EZOPS Co-Founders Sarva Srinivasan and Dutt Chintalapati (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: Can either one of you summarize Bikram’s background? Sarva Srinivasan: Bikram spent most of his time in banking. He graduated from Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago and then went on to work at McKinsey for a year or so. He then worked at Lehman, Goldman, and Citi. He comes from a background
Bootstrapping Using Services, then Raising $10M and Scaling to $16M: EZOPS Co-Founders Sarva Srinivasan and Dutt Chintalapati (Part 1)
This is a text book case study of founders with deep domain knowledge in starting with services and then productizing, eventually raising institutional capital. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where were you born? Where does your journey begin?
