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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Decisively to Over $5M
RainmakerForce CRO Mack Sundaram had built a successful business optimized for autonomy and profitability when we spoke in 2018, and the company was acquired in 2023. Excellent navigation! Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to the very beginning of your journey. Tell us where you’re from. Where did you grow up? Where were you born and raised?
Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Tuft & Needle to Over $100M
Online mattress is one of the hottest e-commerce categories, and here is yet another one delivering venture-scale growth without venture capital. Tuft & Needle Co-founder JT Marino shared his story with me in 2017. If you’re inspired by Tuft & Needle’s bootstrapped success, explore how a virtual accelerator for solo founders or an equity-free startup
Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped to $30 Million from Florida
SproutLoud CEO Jared Shusterman shared his wonderful bootstrapping story with me in 2017. 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? Jared Shusterman: I was born in Miami, Florida. I’m one of the few South Florida natives. I
