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From Developer to Successful Entrepreneur with Exit: ACCELQ CEO Mahendra Alladi (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: There is a tool that I use when we teach our entrepreneurs about building a sales funnel. We call it pain extraction questions. When you start discussions, you ask questions about a pain. What is your first pain extraction question? Mahendra Alladi: How often do you get bit by a production bug? How
From Developer to Successful Entrepreneur with Exit: ACCELQ CEO Mahendra Alladi (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: Do you primarily go after the large enterprises? Mahendra Alladi: Of late, we focus more on the large enterprises, but it’s a mix. Sramana Mitra: How long did it take you to a million-dollar ARR? Mahendra Alladi: Within the first year. Sramana Mitra: You continue to bootstrap?
From Developer to Successful Entrepreneur with Exit: ACCELQ CEO Mahendra Alladi (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: What was the MVP that you came up with? You had worked in that domain and created a vision for what would be the product that you wanted to go out with. You say it’s accidental, but a lot of developers transitioning to entrepreneurs encounter problems in their work life and go on
From Developer to Successful Entrepreneur with Exit: ACCELQ CEO Mahendra Alladi (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: What year did you start? Mahendra Alladi: From 2006 to 2007, we were doing services. With HP, there was also a bit of a services element. I was really representing HP to their customers. There, I had a much bigger exposure. That opened up my understanding of this domain. Sramana Mitra: How did
From Developer to Successful Entrepreneur with Exit: ACCELQ CEO Mahendra Alladi (Part 1)
Mahendra transitioned from a developer to a successful entrepreneur with his first company, exited it, and then started ACCELQ. ACCELQ already has 200 customers and is a profitable, bootstrapped company growing fast. A wonderful and inspiring story! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you
