Infinite Monkeys And The Unbelievable Story Behind Selling His First Company – with Jay Shapiro

Jay Shapiro, Infinite Monkeys, Customer Acquisition, Marketing, Mixergy Fan, SaaS (software as a service), Sell Your Business

How did a guy working out of a basement office with a leaky roof in Asia build a multimillion dollar digital marketing agency?

In 1999, Jay Shapiro launched BLUE. 8 years later, he sold it to WPP, the multinational advertising and public relations company.

I invited him to tell us how he did it, and to talk about his latest company, Infinite Monkeys, a self-service platform that enables ordinary people who can’t code to create their own mobile apps.

Jay Shapiro

Infinite Monkeys

Jay Shapiro is the founder of Infinite Monkeys, a self-service platform that enables ordinary people who can’t code to create their own mobile apps.

 

Andrew: Hey, there are a few things I want to make sure that you catch in this interview, because you’re going to be upset if you miss them. The first is the way that this entrepreneur, who you’re going to meet kept his big clients from knowing that he was working from a tiny operation from a basement with a leaky roof. Check out how he did it.

Also, check out what he did, to keep a potential acquirer, someone who wanted to buy his business from knowing that he had gone blind. It’s an amazing story and you’re not going to want to miss it. In fact, even if you don’t watch this video scroll through the transcript and make sure you catch that section. Finally, and you don’t want to actually scroll and reveal this. Why this founder brought a box with dry ice into a meeting. It’ll shock you. Let it unfold within this interview, it’s all coming up and so much more.

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