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Building a Silicon Valley Style Company from Australia: ROKT CEO Bruce Buchanan (Part 2)
Sramana: What did you do after Jetstar? Bruce Buchanan: I stepped down from my position at Jetstar in 2012. I ran across two individuals who had founded the company that is now known as ROKT. I fell in love with the business. At the time, they did not really know what the business was, but
Building a Healthcare IT Company to $100 Million: Dr. Rob Langdon, Co-Founder of T-System (Part 1)
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. A technology company that first built a $30 million business selling a paper product? You got to be kidding! No, I am not. Read T-System’s story doing just that! Sramana Mitra: Rob, let’s start with the beginning of your personal journey. Where are you from? Where
Building a New Online Fashion Brand: Combatant Gentlemen CEO Vishaal Melwani (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: The first $700,000 of revenue, did that come from any of these cohorts? Vishaal Melwani: Yes, all these cohorts really converted well for us. We noticed it right away. Word of mouth also became really big for us. One investment banker would get a white shirt and he would then spread that through
Building a Silicon Valley Style Company from Australia: ROKT CEO Bruce Buchanan (Part 1)
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. We don’t hear of cutting edge technology ventures out of Australia succeeding in the marketplace. ROKT is a rare gem, and a fascinating story! Sramana: Bruce, where are you from? What kind of background do you come from? Bruce Buchanan: I was born in Sydney. My
Building a New Online Fashion Brand: Combatant Gentlemen CEO Vishaal Melwani (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: Tell me more about how you bootstrapped. What were some of the components of that bootstrap phase? Vishaal Melwani: I didn’t know too much about startups. I didn’t know anything about Silicon Valley or raising money. We just knew how to build businesses that were cash flow positive. That was our number one
Scaling a Fat Startup: MongoDB CEO Max Schireson (Part 7)
Sramana: It sounds like your thesis is that you want to get adoption and your assumption is that your free customers are eventually going to monetize. Is that correct? Max Schireson: I suspect that most of them will not. That is OK because a lot of them will. The big banks and government agencies pay.
Building a New Online Fashion Brand: Combatant Gentlemen CEO Vishaal Melwani (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: Can we go back to the exact moment when you decided that you were going to do this business? What triggered the idea? What was going on in the industry? What are the dynamics of the founding? Vishaal Melwani: One of the biggest things that struck me was there’s a need for this.
Scaling a Fat Startup: MongoDB CEO Max Schireson (Part 6)
Sramana: When did you join the company? Max Schireson: I joined just at the beginning of 2011. Sramana: Did you join the company as the CEO? Max Schireson: I joined as the President. I did that for a while and then I was appointed CEO. Sramana: What were the highlights of 2011 to 2014? What