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#117: Bootstrapped to 9 Figure Exit in Online Education for Real Estate – Michael McAllister

#117: Bootstrapped to 9 Figure Exit in Online Education for Real Estate – Michael McAllister

by shawn | Nov 7, 2024

 Michael McAllister is the founder and former CEO of The CE Shop, the leading provider of pre-licensing and continuing education for real estate professionals in the U.S. Michael started The CE Shop in 2005 by distributing existing training materials from a...
#116: The Do’s and Don’ts of Succeeding with Offshore Software Development – Matt Watson

#116: The Do’s and Don’ts of Succeeding with Offshore Software Development – Matt Watson

by shawn | Oct 31, 2024

Last year I interviewed three-time software founder Matt Watson on this podcast about his successful practical founder journeys. Matt leveraged offshore software development talent in his last two SaaS companies to staff up quickly and grow efficiently. His top...
#115: The SaaS Startup Success Where “Build It And They Will Come” Actually Worked – Quickli

#115: The SaaS Startup Success Where “Build It And They Will Come” Actually Worked – Quickli

by shawn | Oct 18, 2024

Eric Dill was a successful mortgage broker in Sydney, Australia, who struggled with the same painful problem as every other broker: manually checking with multiple banks to validate and price mortgages for homeowners. Eric and his good friend Angus Keatinge resolved...
#113: Grew and Sold a Simulation Learning Platform for Higher Education – Stu Draper

#113: Grew and Sold a Simulation Learning Platform for Higher Education – Stu Draper

by shawn | Oct 4, 2024

Stuart Draper founded Stukent, an innovative ed-tech company that provides simulated internships for business students. Stukent started by focusing on high-quality digital marketing education for colleges and universities using up-to-date digital textbooks and...
#111: Bootstrapped Then Raised VC Funding Before Selling to Salesforce for $250 Million

#111: Bootstrapped Then Raised VC Funding Before Selling to Salesforce for $250 Million

by shawn | Sep 20, 2024

John Stewart created and sold an engineering services business, then grew a Salesforce integration services company before building some early software products. One of their software experiments allowed Salesforce customers to see and interact with their customer...
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