Sramana Mitra: Wonderful capital-efficient entrepreneurship. Where do you want to go from here? Ike Kavas: We’re in the final stages of Series A. I’d like Ephesoft to remain a technology company and keep innovating. In 2013, we came up with a web service API. It brought new ways of thinking around what we do for
Sramana Mitra: What happens in 2012? Ike Kavas: We got a few more sales people. We continue to expand in every location in America. If I remember correctly, our revenues went up to $550,000 that year. From there, we went to $1.1 million. The next year, it was $2.4 million. Sramana Mitra: So $2.4 million
Sramana Mitra: How much money did you get from your friends and family to start this company? Ike Kavas: Less than $200,000. Sramana Mitra: How did you find these four people in India? Ike Kavas: I did a lot of research on companies that can develop software. I interviewed companies from Ukraine, Russia, and India.
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Ike has bootstrapped Ephesoft and turned a relatively small $3.2 million investment into $12 million in 2016 revenue. Excellent execution. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of