Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later to $120M from Colorado: Madwire CEO JB Kellogg (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  This story discusses all sorts of interesting nuances, including DIFM vs. DIY. Read on. 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?

Bootstrapping by Piggybacking from Romania: 123FormBuilder CEO Florin Cornianu (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  You may have been reading our PaaS coverage, as well as Bootstrapping by Piggybacking posts. Well, Florin has built a $6M SaaS business using this methodology with just $1M in funding. What’s more, he has done it entirely from Romania and sells to largely a US

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From a Security VAR to a $10 Million ARR SaaS Product Business: Andrew Plato, CEO of Anitian (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. We’re big fans of unfair advantage derived out of deep domain knowledge. Read how Andrew played his. Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background?

Bootstrapping a Virtual Company to Scale: Lily Stoyanov, CEO of Transformify (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Lily has built a virtual company with zero employees, all freelancers and scaled it without outside financing. Read on for more. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to you. Where are you from? Where did you grow up? Let’s start at the very beginning

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Bootstrapping to Exit: Imagine Easy Solutions CEO Neal Taparia (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  We’re big fans of bootstrapping to exit case studies. This is a wonderful one. 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?

Bootstrapping to $35 Million: BannerBuzz CEO Nishant Shah (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  In these unusual times, many who once dreamed of funding are forced to bootstrap. Well, bootstrapping is good during good times, and necessary during bad times. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised,

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Bootstrapping to $8 Million: Sina Khanifar, CEO of Waveform (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Sina started tinkering with bootstrapped entrepreneurship way back in college. It has paid off. 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?

Serial Entrepreneurship in Ad and Content Networks: inPowered CEO Peyman Nilforoush (Part 1)

Peyman has done two startups in the ad network and content network field, and this discussion takes us through that 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?