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entrepreneur journeys
Dutch Student Entrepreneurs Building a Large Scale EdTech Marketplace: StuDocu CEO Marnix Broer (Part 1)
We’ve done a lot of EdTech case studies and also a lot of 2-sided Marketplace Case Studies.Here’s one from The Netherlands that compares/competes with Course Hero and Quizlet. Terrific story! 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
From Solo Developer to Venture Scale Entrepreneur: Jordan Boesch, CEO of 7shifts (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: Did you just do more of the same for the next few years? Jordan Boesch: Yes. There were some interesting moments. We hit about 30 people. You start to feel these inflection points where things start to get rocky. It’s a lack of process for things. As a startup, you thrive off of
From Solo Developer to Venture Scale Entrepreneur: Jordan Boesch, CEO of 7shifts (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: In terms of marketing and customer acquisition, was Google search still yielding for you? Jordan Boesch: Yes. If you searched for something as basic as restaurant scheduling software, there’d be no organic relevant results. We thought this was a great opportunity to build content around these keywords. We didn’t have a ton of
From Solo Developer to Venture Scale Entrepreneur: Jordan Boesch, CEO of 7shifts (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: Were your other co-founders technical? Jordan Boesch: My wife is not technical. She was doing client success, sales, and business development. I was doing design and web development. Our third co-founder was doing the mobile apps. Sramana Mitra: How did you find him?
From Solo Developer to Venture Scale Entrepreneur: Jordan Boesch, CEO of 7shifts (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: Beyond your dad, how did other customers find you? Jordan Boesch: We had it online and people were finding us because they were just looking for scheduling software. They would google us and they’d sign up. I didn’t think anything about how to expand and get more. It was really just a fun
From Solo Developer to Venture Scale Entrepreneur: Jordan Boesch, CEO of 7Shifts (Part 1)
Jordan started as a solo entrepreneur in a small province of Canada, Saskatchewan, and has built a heavily funded, high-growth SaaS business. Fascinating journey! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, and raised, and in what kind of background? Jordan Boesch: I’m from
Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later and Build a World-Class AI Startup from India: Raghu Ravinutala, CEO of Yellow.ai (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: You got to a million ARR on the strength of those first 10 customers? Raghu Ravinutala: No, once we got the 10, we got more. When we were at $1 million, we had 35 to 40 customers. Sramana Mitra: You didn’t have to raise money until that point? Raghu Ravinutala: Correct. Sramana Mitra:
Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later and Build a World-Class AI Startup from India: Raghu Ravinutala, CEO of Yellow.ai (Part 1)
Raghu has built an incredible AI startup from India with a global base of enterprise clients. Fabulous story! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as the genesis of Yellow.ai. Raghu Ravinutala: I’m the Co-Founder and CEO of Yellow.ai. Yellow.ai enables enterprises to drive automation on their customer experiences and
