With me today is Raj De Datta, CEO & Co-founder of Bloomreach and bestselling author. Bloomreach has over $100M in ARR, powers $400BN of ecommerce sales and has raised over $400M. But these are just the headlines. Listen to the real story on Founders Uncut. In this episode, you will hear more from him on: Near Death Experiences  When 25M ARR Just Isn’t enough Telling Investors This Could Be a Zero Realising what may be a False Dream Culture is Tested In the Hard Times Making Tough Decisions Early Coming Back from Near Death From $25M ARR back to $1M to over $100M in 6 years Is the Planet you are Inhabiting Repairable or Uninhabitable  Finding another Planet while keeping Employees & Investors with You Growing for 5 years without Raising - Revenue Based Growth Hero to Zero and Zero to Hero overnight The Founder Mindset  Why you have to be 100% in as the Leader The Question you are not Allowed to Ask Yourself Defining Himself as a Founder Why You Don’t Want investors to have all their Eggs in your Basket  Relying on Yourself - In the End it’s Your Judgement Building Early Investor Relationships Probability of Value Destroyer VC versus Value Add  The Best Part of Being a Founder - There is Nothing You Can’t Do  The Process of Writing a Book Things that are Worthwhile are Really Hard  Get Raj's book The Digital Seeker here. Find out more at KindredCapital.VC/FoundersUncut This podcast was produced by Fascinate Productions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices