How A Japanese Salaryman Became An Entrepreneur – with Patrick McKenzie
Today we have a founder I invited here because I’ve been really caught up in his story.
He was a Japanese salaryman who launched an online business on the side and blogged openly about the money he was making.
So, as the revenue and profits increased, a bunch of other people on Hacker News really got caught up in his story.
Patrick McKenzie is the founder of Bingo Card Creator, a product aimed at making elementary school teachers’ lives easier.
He recently earned enough money with the business to quit his day job and focus exclusively on the company. So I invited him here to celebrate and to also find out how he got here and what he’s planning to do next.
Patrick McKenzie is an ex-Japanese salaryman who currently runs a small software business. My main product at present is Bingo Card Creator, a product aimed at making elementary school teachers’ lives easier.
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Here’s the program:
Hey, everyone. It’s Andrew Warner, founder of Mixergy. com, home of the ambitious upstart. Today I invited Patrick McKenzie to Mixergy. He is the founder of Bingo Card Creator, and I invited him here because I’ve just been really caught up in his story. He was a Japanese salaryman who launched an online business on the side and he blogged openly about the money he was making. So, as the...
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