Here’s the full Forbes piece: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2018/10/08/the-new-atlanta-billionaires-behind-an-unlikely-tech-unicorn/ …
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Also, love this excerpt from this 2012 interview with
@benchestnut: http://www.doeswhat.com/2012/09/26/interview-with-ben-chestnut-mailchimp … "We started MailChimp in 2001, bought a few Adwords and forgot about it. And then in 2005, we noticed it was doing more revenue than our agency."
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"Hey, Ben!" "Yeah?" "Remember that little email app we put on a server 4 years ago?" "Umm.. yeah I think so." "Well, it's making more money than our whole design agency." "....." AND A BILLION COMPANY IS BORN!
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My journey's going to be different than
@benchestnut's, but as a new bootstrapped founder, his advice here is encouraging: "There’ll be times when it just keeps getting worse and worse and worse. You’ll feel like the only one who hasn’t figured it out yet."pic.twitter.com/7iuQJm4s6f
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They saw the market potential, waited to grow and evolve with the market. I'm sure in 2001 far less business saw a need for this type of software. Today, it's pretty much required.
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this and countless other successful side projects is why I dislike venture capital generally requiring you to be 100% commited to the company. Side projects sometimes make the best companies
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Yes. What impressed me about their story is *how long they were willing to wait*. So many of us are in a rush for our side-project to become our full-time thing.
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My side business outpaced my regular job for 5 years before going full time
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SaaS is the last step in a bootstrap carrer. Jumpin right into it wo/ market knowledge and network or audience is a bad strategy. Learn about sales, marketing, your target market before building a SaaS. Better ways to start is working for a small firm/doing services/info products
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Pure passion and persistence
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Wydaje się, że ładowanie zajmuje dużo czasu.
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Something for bootstrappers to ponder:
MailChimp's founders waited 6 years before going full-time. From 2001-2007 it was just a side project.
It's a long road!