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Building an SMB SaaS Business: Stitch Labs CEO Brandon Levey (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: You decided to work hard in grad school? Brandon Levey: Yes. I finished my grad school with an exchange program. The University of Michigan, University of Friedberg in Germany, and University of Tokyo had an exchange. We were the first batch to actually do the physical exchange. I went to Germany for four
Bootstrapping From Germany: Cleverbridge CEO Christian Blume (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: Now that we’ve gone through the background analysis, position the product for me. Which customers are you going after? Specifically, what was the value proposition that you were going to deliver? Christian Blume: We didn’t want to deliver a me-too product because there had been so many go’s at this already over the
Long Journey To Realize a Vision: Limeade CEO Henry Albrecht (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: What did you do after that? Henry Albrecht: So, I was quite jaded by the world of business. I wanted something with more meaning. Luckily, I was admitted to Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School. Frankly, I wasn’t even sure I wanted an MBA or to be in business at all, but I don’t
Building an SMB SaaS Business: Stitch Labs CEO Brandon Levey (Part 1)
I am quite bullish on SaaS solutions for the SMB market. Here’s one that is doing well. Sramana Mitra: Let’s go back to the very beginning. Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Brandon Levey: I was born and raised in Michigan. My family has a long history of entrepreneurship—from my
Bootstrapping From Germany: Cleverbridge CEO Christian Blume (Part 1)
We’re always impressed by entrepreneurs who manage to build sizeable companies without outside capital. Read how Cleverbridge has maneuvered to $40 million in revenue and doesn’t want to deal with venture capital and private equity. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your story. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised?
Long Journey To Realize a Vision: Limeade CEO Henry Albrecht (Part 1)
Entrepreneurship is a marathon, not a sprint, usually! Persistence pays, as Henry’s story beautifully illustrates! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your story. Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of circumstances? What is the backstory to the Limeade story? Henry Albrecht: I was born and raised in Seattle, Washington.
Bootstrapping Using Services From Atlanta: PMG Founders Joe LeCompte and Robert Castles (Part 7)
Joe LeCompte: We are starting to enter a new market in the business process automation where we’re actually going head to head against the BPM players. These are large-scale business management platforms that typically are in the order of seven figure license deals, five to ten person consultant deals for one to two years. What we’re
Bootstrapping a Billion Dollar Unicorn with Services from Utah: Dave Elkington, CEO of InsideSales.com (Part 7)
Sramana Mitra: Are you building the whole organization in Utah? Dave Elkington: Yes. Here’s why. I’m maniacal about that. I drive everybody crazy. So much of a business, especially in hyper growth, happens ad hoc. It happens in the hallway. It happens in ad hoc meetings. If you distribute your leadership team, you impair them.