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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 38: Ryan Smith and Lane Merrifield

Steve Blank

Ryan Smith co-founded Qualtrics in 2002 with his father in the family basement. But in the corporate world in 2002, no one was ready for it. We bootstrapped it. By the time we were acquired we had millions of users, we had a massive demand for consumer products, massive demand internationally.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 38: Ryan Smith and Lane Merrifield

Steve Blank

Ryan Smith co-founded Qualtrics in 2002 with his father in the family basement. But in the corporate world in 2002, no one was ready for it. We bootstrapped it. By the time we were acquired we had millions of users, we had a massive demand for consumer products, massive demand internationally.

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Exclusive: AfterDownload, The Israeli Ad Network that Serves 15 Million Ads Daily [Interview]

VC Cafe

A little startup that with less than 10 people and no VC funding was able to bootstrap its own ad server and 15 million daily ad impressions. Omer : I have been online since 2002. AfterDownload: Quite often depending on demand. I found a hidden gem in Israel. Below is the transcript of our exclusive interview.

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Exclusive: AfterDownload, The Israeli Ad Network that Serves 15 Million Ads Daily [Interview]

VC Cafe

A little startup that with less than 10 people and no VC funding was able to bootstrap its own ad server and 15 million daily ad impressions. Omer : I have been online since 2002. AfterDownload: Quite often depending on demand. I found a hidden gem in Israel. Below is the transcript of our exclusive interview.

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Exclusive: AfterDownload, The Israeli Ad Network that Serves 15 Million Ads Daily [Interview]

VC Cafe

A little startups that with less than 10 people and no VC funding was able to bootstrap its own ad server and 15 million daily ad impressions. Omer : I have been online since 2002. AfterDownload: Quite often depending on demand. I found a hidden gem in Israel. Below is the transcript of our exclusive interview.

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10 Tips for Enterprise Software Startups

ReadWriteStart

The big enterprise software companies almost all bootstrapped their way to profitability before they got their first external investors (typically via an IPO). But they also now demand the types of user interfaces they experience online with Google, Facebook and Twitter. These users require complex, feature-rich systems.

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