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Bootstrapping Using Services From Sweden: Dapresy Founder Tobi Andersson and CEO Rudy Nadilo (Part 4)
Tobi Andersson: I spent many hours meeting customers telling them about my efforts. We were able to launch our platform which was called Dapresy Pro. That is the platform that we are offering to the market today. The first version of Dapresy Pro was made to address each customer’s needs. I told them, “I’m going
Bootstrapping Using Services From Sweden: Dapresy Founder Tobi Andersson and CEO Rudy Nadilo (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: What changes did you make? How did you move to the next phase of the journey? Tobi Andersson: I decided two things. One is that I’m going to be an international company, which means I should have an offering that can help grow the company outside Sweden. Sweden is a great market. It’s
Bootstrapping Using Services From Sweden: Dapresy Founder Tobi Andersson and CEO Rudy Nadilo (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: It’s nothing particularly out of the ordinary. What was your next step to go in that direction? Did you write a software? Did you use other people’s technology and showed them how to use it? Tobi Andersson: This is also the next lesson here in becoming an entrepreneur. I realized that there is
Bootstrapping Using Services From Sweden: Dapresy Founder Tobi Andersson and CEO Rudy Nadilo (Part 1)
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. European entrepreneurs often successfully bootstrap using services. The chasing investor from the get go disease is less prevalent on the other side of the Atlantic, although the virus from Silicon Valley has been traveling now to all corners of the world. Dapresy has crossed $7 million
Bootstrapping with Services from London: Gurman Hundal, CEO of Media IQ (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: You said you have a team in India. How are you finding building a team in India at this point? Bangalore is a talent war economy. Gurman Hundal: It’s a massively fun and exciting journey we’ve had in India. It’s one of the proudest journeys we’ve had. The best part of Media IQ
Bootstrapping with Services from London: Gurman Hundal, CEO of Media IQ (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: Who was your first client and how did you get that client? Gurman Hundal: We went down the route of working with media agencies who represented the clients. Our first clients came from big agency groups like Publicist Media. Our first big advertisers were the likes of the Weight Watchers, Honda, British Airways,
Cross Border E-Commerce in Africa: Mall For Africa CEO Chris Folayan (Part 6)
Sramana Mitra: Besides this bank deal, was there any other strategic moves that you made that helped you accelerate? Chris Folayan: There are many ways you can look at competitors. Who are our competitors? Competitors came to us in different forms and fashion. There were the brick-and-mortar stores and online stores that have a limited
Bootstrapping with Services from London: Gurman Hundal, CEO of Media IQ (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: What year was this when you decided to start Media IQ? Gurman Hundal: We launched in October 2010. Sramana Mitra: What was the idea? What did you think you were going to do with Media IQ at that time? Gurman Hundal: When you run online ads, you are actually sitting on a lot