Chart software coded on a morning commute

Andrew Burnett-Thompson, SciChart, Bootstrapping, European Founder, International Founders, SaaS (software as a service)

Today’s guest is Andrew Burnett-Thompson. He is the founder of SciChart.

A lot of software has charts in it and I always assumed that the software makers created those charts. But it turns out it’s not just the chart–it’s a way of analyzing lots of data fast and making it look presentable.

So, many developers, whether it’s for their own software or software that they create for customers, pay Andrew’s company to create those charts. I want to find out where he came up with the idea and how he built it up.

Andrew Burnett-Thompson

SciChart

Andrew Burnett-Thompson is the founder of SciChart, fast, rich & interactive WPF Charts.

AW: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I am the founder of Mixergy where I interview entrepreneurs for an audience of entrepreneurs. I am so happy about today’s guest because he’s someone listened to these interviews just like you. And, I don’t, I don’t, I was going to say you’re a hustler, Andrew, but I don’t think that’s what it is.

You know, what amazes me about you? It’s you learning to code you, putting in the work for the sun came up before your family woke up. It’s you? I picture on the train with what was it? You had a laptop with you.

ABT: Oh, gosh. Yeah, that was a long time ago. And I remember those early days. We, well, I say we, it was, I at the beginning, I had to literally write this product on my commute or before work because I had a job. You know, I had to earn a, an, an income and, um, yeah, I, I, as I wrote in the blog post, you read, you know, in the early days I would...

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