Bootstrapping with a Paycheck and Scaling in Coimbatore: Kovai CEO Saravana Kumar (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  I love doing stories of entrepreneurs who are long-time readers of the 1Mby1M blog. Saravana is one. A wonderful story of how this entrepreneur is scaling a SaaS company from Coimbatore! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where were you born and

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Building an Analytics Company to $10M+ in Revenue: Mode Analytics CEO Derek Steer (Part 1)

Analytics has been one of the most active areas of entrepreneurship in this past decade as data has exploded up and down the value chain. This is an exciting journey of a company in the space. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and

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Bootstrapping to $10 Million: Coalition Technologies Co-Founder Jordan Brannon (Part 1)

Coalition is still largely a services company but also has a few products. It’s a well-managed journey. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background?

Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later, Build an EdTech Unicorn from Canada: John Baker, CEO of D2L (Part 1)

This is a terrific story of bootstrapped entrepreneurship in EdTech. The company also has a great PaaS strategy. Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background?

Capital Efficient Startup, Venture-Scale Growth: ShipMonk CEO Jan Bednar (Part 1)

Jan has built a tremendous company with very limited capital infusion. Love the strategy. Sramana Mitra: Where are you from? Where were you born, raised and in what kind of family background? 

Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later from Houston: Onit CEO Eric Elfman (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: You went straight to legal again? Eric Elfman: It was about who we knew. Not only did we go back to legal but we also ended up configuring a solution for the same problem that our first company addressed. We realized that despite our last company being one of the dominant players in

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Entrepreneurship in Heavy-Duty Technology: Digital Asset CEO Yuval Rooz (Part 1)

I always love to cover entrepreneurs who push the envelope on high horsepower technology. Digital Asset has. Fascinating story! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have?

Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later from Houston: Onit CEO Eric Elfman (Part 1)

Eric has built two sizable companies in legal tech from Houston. Great journey! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have?