FusionCharts: Bootstrapped And (Very) Profitable Charting Company – with Pallav Nadhani

Pallav Nadhani, FusionCharts, B2B, Bootstrapping, Customer Acquisition, Hiring, Indian Founders, International Founders, Mixergy Fan, SaaS (software as a service)

How can an unfunded, first-time entrepreneur build a multi-million dollar business selling graphs?

You’ll hear how it happened in this interview with Pallav Nadhani, a Mixergy fan who created FusionCharts in 2002 when he was just 17. With happy customers such as LinkedIn, his business did $4.5 million in sales last year. I invited him to Mixergy to hear the inspiring story of how he did it. Also, since he launched a new seed investment fund (it’s like Y Combinator, but in India), I asked him why he thinks some entrepreneurs make it while others fail.

Pallav Nadhani

FusionCharts

Pallav Nadhani is the co-founder and CEO of FusionCharts.

 

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