Is a startup that’s trying to “boil the ocean” destined to fail?

Alan Knitowski, Phunware, B2B, Brand (branding), Mobile Apps, Social Media

Today’s guest is a guy who had a grand vision. If you’re listening to me, you might also have one—but his seems even bigger. So big in fact, that his investors though he might have been high.

They said he was trying to boil the ocean. Do way too much. Well, it turns out that it actually worked.

I invited him here to talk about how he did it. Alan Knitowski is the cofounder of Phunware, which helps Fortune 5000 companies engage, manage and monetize their application.

Alan Knitowski

Phunware

Alan Knitowski is the cofounder of Phunware, which helps fortune 5000 companies engage, manage and monetize their application.

Andrew: Hey, everyone. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy.com, where I’ve done over a thousand interviews with proven entrepreneurs who come here to tell their stories so that my audience of entrepreneurs can learn from them.

And as you’ve noticed over the years, many of the people who I’m interviewing are also people who have been listening to these interviews, learned a lot along the way and came back to do interviews themselves. That’s my goal. So, if you’re listening, my goal is for you to not just be entertained, but to learn something, use it and then come back here and talk about how you built a great company as you were listening to these interviews.

Well, today’s guest is a guy who had a grand vision. Like if you’re listening to me, you might have one, but his seemed even bigger, so big that his investors thought the guy might be high. They thought he was possibly high because he was trying...

Continue reading the transcript...