If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Rik Chomko, now CEO at InRule, and his team had to navigate a long journey, including a recession that disrupted one of their key customer segments dramatically. Read our interview from 2014 to learn how they survived. Sramana: Rik, let’s start with the beginning of your
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Rik Chomko, now CEO at InRule, and his team had to navigate a long journey, including a recession that disrupted one of their key customer segments dramatically. Read our interview from 2014 to learn how they survived. Sramana: Rik, let’s start with the beginning of your
Sramana: What was the number of customers? What were the major milestones in 2004? What were you able to accomplish? Rik Chomko: We had about 10 customers in 2004 and then probably another 15 in 2005, so we were starting to really get some momentum. We also started getting some bigger blue chip customers and a lot more attention from overseas. This was