Bootstrapped Entrepreneurship from Estonia: Lauri Kinkar, CEO of Messente (Part 1)

Lauri takes us into a country that has done amazingly well in developing a technology and startup culture. Fascinating! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What is the background?

Flying Through Turbulent Skies: Joel Thomas, CEO of Stratos Jets (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Entrepreneurs seldom discuss the emotional and spiritual trauma of things going wrong. Joel’s story is a deeply felt and authentically told one where he shares how he survived immense setbacks and found the courage to keep going in his Stratos Jets journey. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start

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A Serial “Data” Entrepreneur’s Journey: Bassel Ojjeh, CEO of LigaData (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Bassel is a serial entrepreneur in the data world and talks about his exciting startup 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?

Climbing Out of Despair Through Entrepreneurship: Ferren Rajput, CEO of Book A Jet (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Ferren Rajput had hit rock bottom at one point of his life. This is his story of how he climbed out of that hole. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in

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Bootstrapping by Services from Wisconsin: SignalWire CEO Anthony Minessale (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Anthony is building a very interesting programmable communication platform company that has its roots in Wisconsin. 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?

Scaling to a $700M Exit: Zain Jaffer, CEO of Vungle (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  This is a delightful story of a young entrepreneur duo’s goofy journey to a huge exit! 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?

Scaling with Virality to 9 Million Users: Postman CEO Abhinav Asthana (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Postman has found tremendous adoption among developers through word of mouth. Read on to learn more. 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?

Unicorn in the Making: Datrium CTO Sazzala Reddy (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Datrium is executing very well in the cloud-based disaster recovery space. Read on for the company’s journey so far. 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?