How Wild Apricot Became A Hit Only After Its Founder Left Himself No Other Option – with Dmitry Buterin

Dmitry Buterin, BonaSource, B2B, Failure, SaaS (software as a service), Subscription (Membership) Model

Before he launched Wild Apricot, the membership platform that now generates $160,000 in monthly sales, Dmitry Buterin tried building another product, which failed. It failed, he says, because it was side-business, which meant couldn’t get the attention it deserved.

So he did something drastic. Dmitry told his consulting clients that he couldn’t work for them any more. He gave up the revenue and forced himself to find a way to make Wild Apricot a success.

He now has a growing customer-base of 3,000 organizations. The details of how he did are in the interview.

Dmitry Buterin

BonaSource

Dmitry Buterin is the founder of BonaSource, the company behind the Wild Apricot software product.

 

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