Gupshup nearly died. Became $1.4 billion text company

Beerud Sheth, Gushup

Joining me is someone whose business failed so many times that most people would started over with something new.

He didn’t. And today the business is worth $1.4 billion.

Beerud Sheth is the founder of Gupshup, a smart messaging platform that enables developers to build messaging services and bots that work across all channels.

 

Beerud Sheth

Gushup

Beerud Sheth is the founder of Gupshup, a smart messaging platform that enables developers to build messaging services and bots that work across all channels.

Andrew: Hey, they’re freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. And joining me is someone who  I, this business basically failed so many times and most people would have said, okay, I’m going to start over with something new.

And today’s founder. Didn’t. He went from having a business that was bigger than Facebook in India to then having one that was completely unsustainable and basically had to be scrapped to now today, dude, all I see about you in the press is that you raised a hundred million dollars from tiger. The business is worth $1.4 billion and you figured out messaging for businesses.

And you’re to me, baroud chef feels like one of the few people who has, um, I invited him here to find out how Gupshup did it. And, um, we could do it. Thanks to one phenomenal sponsor it’s HostGator, but I’ll tell you later why...

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