Sramana Mitra: What did you do to wipe the initial money out? How did you use that money? Sal Akbani: You have real estate expenses because you need a place to store cars. You had to have the money to market those cars. Sramana Mitra: Were you buying cars? Were you actually holding on to
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Sal has bootstrapped Gateway Classic Cars to over $10 million in revenue. Another great story of how a two-sided marketplace was masterfully seeded and scaled in a niche market. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were