Sramana: How did you get the company off the ground? Did you raise VC money? Did you use your own money? Did you bootstrap? Krishna Kumar: Initially, we had to bootstrap. The first few years were funded through my checking account. Sramana: How long did it take you to get your first customer? Krishna Kumar:
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. See how a serial entrepreneur is using the ‘Bootstrapping Using Services’ methodology repeatedly to get companies off the ground. Sramana: Krishna, let’s start with the beginning of your personal story. Where are you from, what is your background? What leads up to your entrepreneurial story? Krishna