How A First-Time Entrepreneur Sold His Company For $17+ Mil Then Launched IngBoo – with Rikard Kjellberg

Rikard Kjellberg, IngBoo, European Founder, International Founders, Mobile Apps, Sell Your Business, System

Before launching his mobile startup, Ellipsus Systems, Rikard Kjellberg spent most of his adult life as an employee of Swedish Space Corporation and a company it spun off. But in the late 90s, he saw the opportunity for mobile apps, so he left the corporate world to pursue it. It was a tough economic climate for a startup (the dotcom bubble burst) and his first approach was off, but he and his cofounder adjusted, found the right partners and sold it for over $17 million.

You’ll hear they did it, in this interview. You’ll also hear about his latest startup, IngBoo, a web-based utility for consumers to organize their routine web activities in one place.

Rikard Kjellberg

IngBoo

Rikard Kjellberg is the co-founder of IngBoo, “The Intelligent Distribution Channel for Changes on the Web.”

 

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