How Dan Engel built FastSpring with $30K
Back in 2011 I was doing this and I interviewed an entrepreneur who bootstrapped his company.
At the time his revenue was $45 million–a lot of hustle, a lot of phone calls, a lot of posts online and he got it to $45 million in sales. And today he’s back. He grew the company bigger. I want to find out how he did that. And who he sold it to is important for us to talk about. I want to find out why he sold it and how life is now.
Then I want to discuss what he’s up to next. His new company is called Mobile1st and it helps companies increase mobile revenue by ensuring that their users’ mobile experience is flawless and optimized for performance.
Today’s guest is Dan Engel. The company that I interviewed him about that we’ll spend a lot of time in this interview talking about is called FastSpring. It helps businesses sell software, games, eBooks and other digital products online.
Dan Engel is the founder of Mobile1st which helps companies increase mobile revenue and preserve their brand value.
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Back in 2011 I was doing this and I interviewed an entrepreneur who bootstrapped his company. At the time, I see it here on my screen, his revenue was $45 million–a lot of hustle, a lot of phone calls, a lot of posts online and he got it to $45 million in sales. And today he’s back. He grew the company bigger. I want to find out how he did it. And he sold it to an interesting kind of fun that I think it’s important for us to talk about. I want to find out why he sold it and how life is now.
Then I want to discuss what he’s up to next. His new company is called Mobile1st and it helps companies increase mobile revenue by ensuring that their users’ mobile experience is flawless and optimized for...
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