The Bootstrap Blueprint or How to Create a Tech Business That Lasts

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Tech Startup Elev8or

Vlada Lotkina

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2 days ago

Helping tech founders grow their startups into unicorns. Elevate your startup at: https://www.elev8orlab.com/podcast. As a founder who’s navigated the startup world from the early struggles to a successful exit, I've made it my mission to help lift other founders to new heights in the tech sector – from achieving product-market fit to mastering the art of fundraising and beyond. I'm Vlada Lotkina, and welcome to the Tech Startup Elev8or! Let's turn your startup into an unstoppable force!

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The Bootstrap Blueprint or How to Create a Tech Business That Lasts | Melissa Kwan

Tech Startup Elev8or

49 minutes 13 seconds

1 year ago

The Bootstrap Blueprint or How to Create a Tech Business That Lasts | Melissa Kwan

Bootstrapping your business can seem like a difficult task. Many entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs don’t have the unlimited funds and resources they need to truly develop their ideas.

However, don’t let that scare you from trying new things.

Bootstrapping, in the long run, is the perfect strategy to build superior products and achieve significant growth without external funding, as long as you focus on profitability and sustainability.

To discuss this in more detail, I’ve invited an expert on the podcast today.

Her name is Melissa Kwan and she is the founder of not one, not two, but three tech businesses (all three bootstrapped), as well as a multitalented intrapreneur.

Her latest company, eWebinar, was born out of her own frustrations with the repetitive live webinars she needed to attend to onboard and train clients on her products.

From the beginning, Melissa’s founder’s journey was always about solving real-life problems, and nothing shows this more than eWebinar.

In this episode, Melissa will be discussing her bootstrap philosophy and why she follows it, how to be profitable as a bootstrap startup, the importance of focusing on simplicity and user experience when innovating, and more.

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

When then, what are you waiting for?

Tune in now.

Key Takeaways:

Introduction (00:00)

Melissa’s early days as an entrepreneur (04:00)

Blue ocean vs purple ocean (09:01)

Should you build in public? (15:48)

Horizontal expansion (21:22)

Why bootstrap companies are profit-driven (26:14)

How to measure product-market fit (32:56)

Melissa’s advice to other founders (43:06)

Additional Resources:

✨ Connect with Melissa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissakwan/

✨ Listen to Melissa’s podcast: https://ewebinar.com/profitled-podcast

✨ Learn more about eWebinar: https://ewebinar.com/

👉 Elevate your tech startup: ⁠⁠https://elev8orlab.com/call⁠

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