Bots for Business (and my big announcement)
Scott and Katya, Bots for Business, B2B, Bootstrapping, Educational Company, Lifestyle Business, Marketing, Messaging, Scaling, Sell Your Business, System
This interview is completely different from any other interview on Mixergy. Here’s why–A couple years ago, I invested in a company called Assist that went through a bunch of different iterations, but eventually, it became one of the first Facebook Messenger chatbot makers.
I loved the whole idea of chatbots as a platform, but I felt that a lot of people didn’t get it.
Well, Scott Oldford and Katya Sarmiento are here to tell you how they started a business called Bots for Business. And I’ve got a big announcement you’ll hear about in this interview.
Scott Oldford and Katya Sarmiento are the founders of Bots for Business, which helps customers generate more leads and sales using Messenger bots.
Katya also runs Reach and Make Millions where she helps 6-figure entrepreneurs scale up to 7-figures.
Andrew: Hey, everyone. This interview is completely different from any other interview that I had ever done on Mixergy. And here’s why. A couple years ago, I invested in a company called Assist that went through a bunch of different iterations, but eventually, it became one of the first Facebook Messenger chatbot makers. In fact, when Mark Zuckerberg announced that chatbots were coming to Facebook Messenger, he said, “Well, here’s one that I really like.” And one that he liked was created by Assist. It was a chatbot for 800-Flowers. I loved immediately, loved, this whole idea of chatbots as a platform, but I felt that a lot of people didn’t get it. And so I first started teaching it to people one-on-one.
Then we started doing it as a Mixergy course. Then it started becoming this big thing that became its own site. And I thought we were miles ahead of everyone. And then I remember talking to this guy, Chris Winfield, and saying, “Hey,...
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