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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped a Virtual Company to Scale
If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. There’s been some controversy around whether virtual teams scale. Taso Du Val, CEO of Toptal, scaled a sizeable business using a virtual team. Read this interview from 2015 to learn more. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of
Best of Bootstrapping: Toptal CEO Bootstraps a Virtual Company to Scale
If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. There’s been some controversy around whether virtual teams scale. Taso Du Val, CEO of Toptal, scaled a sizeable business using a virtual team. Read on to learn more. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal entrepreneurial
Bootstrapping a Virtual Company to Scale: Taso Du Val, CEO of Toptal (Part 7)
Sramana Mitra: Have you bootstrapped your company all the way or have you raised money along the way? Taso Du Val: We raised a really small round for approximately $1.4 million with some really great individuals. It was a seed round, so it was not a priced round. We still consider ourselves a bootstrapped startup. Hence,
Bootstrapping a Virtual Company to Scale: Taso Du Val, CEO of Toptal (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: I’ll just benchmark it by saying oDesk, for instance, charges 10% of the contract value. Tell me what the additional value is that you’re adding to the process. Taso Du Val: We screen all of the individuals for you. Not only for our network but also for your specific request. There are many
Bootstrapping a Virtual Company to Scale: Taso Du Val, CEO of Toptal (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: Let’s take that on a more granular basis. What year are we talking when you decided, two years in, to give up? Taso Du Val: That was probably around 2012. In 2012, we said, “Maybe we should figure something else out.” That was two years after we started the company. Sramana Mitra: Who’s
Bootstrapping a Virtual Company to Scale: Taso Du Val, CEO of Toptal (Part 1)
If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. There’s a lot of controversy around whether virtual teams scale. Taso Du Val has scaled a sizeable business using a virtual team. Read on to learn more. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal entrepreneurial journey.
